Offered by University of Victoria in Victoria, Canada, Intercultural Studies and Practice Diploma is a diploma in Communication Studies programme. The programme runs for 8 months, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 39,313 per total (CAD 8,191 per total for local students).
At a glance
Degree:Diploma
Field:Communication Studies
Duration: 8 months
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
Local tuition: CAD 8,191 / total
International tuition: CAD 39,313 / total
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
The Diploma in Intercultural Studies and Practice is an interdisciplinary credit program in cross-cultural relations, intercultural communication and cultural diversity, engaging topics such as power, oppression and privilege. Students complete 15 units — eight upper-level courses plus a capstone chosen between a hands-on practicum and an individual final project. Delivered face to face, the diploma takes eight months of full-time study between September and April, and concurrent undergraduate students can finish in as little as one term.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Admission to the Intercultural Studies and Practice Diploma requires a minimum of second-year university standing, or a university degree or its equivalent, together with admissibility to, or existing admission at, the University of Victoria. Applicants must also have related professional, volunteer or personal experience in intercultural studies, intercultural education or intercultural communication. The program notes that mature students who do not meet the standard academic threshold may be admitted under a special category. Admission is described as non-competitive, with applications accepted on a year-round basis. The program page does not publish its own English-language-proficiency scale for applicants whose first language is not English and instead defers to the University of Victoria's general admission requirements, including UVic's standard language-proficiency policy set out on the university's own admissions pages.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through EducationPlannerBC, which opens for 2027-entry applications on 1 October 2026: most degree programmes see September 2027 entry close 31 January 2027, January 2027 entry close 30 September 2026, and Summer 2027 entry close 31 March 2027, though Teacher Education post-degree programmes close 2 January 2027, Indigenous Education post-degree admits on an ongoing basis, and Engineering's Summer entry (high-school graduates only) closes 31 December 2026. International applicants use the same portal and face identical dates, since UVic publishes no separate international deadline. UVic treats these as fixed annual dates rather than rolling admission, though it warns any programme can close early without notice. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
