At University of Victoria in Victoria, Canada, LiDAR Fundamentals for Climate Change Micro-Certificate is offered as a micro-credential in Climate Studies & Meteorology programme. The programme runs for 6 weeks, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 1,015 per total (CAD 1,100 per total for local students).
This six-week micro-certificate equips students to use and analyse LiDAR data. Using remote sensing data gathered via LiDAR, students develop skills to analyse risk and inform decisions across sectors such as agriculture, transportation, urban development, mining, coastal zone conservation, flood mapping, and wildfire risk, among other industries. This is intended to help students make more informed, effective choices and policies for managing resources, supporting conservation, and planning as the climate changes.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Learners in this micro-certificate must meet UVic's general admission requirements, including its English-language proficiency requirement, rather than a set of program-specific academic prerequisites; the program's own page defers explicitly to those university-wide standards. UVic's published minimums for non-native English speakers are an IELTS Academic score of 6.5 with no component below 6.0, a TOEFL iBT score of 88 with no section below 20, or an equivalent score on PTE Academic, Duolingo, or CAEL. The program targets entry-level or mid-career professionals with a background in geography, geomatics, GIS, environmental science, or a related field, though this is presented as a target audience rather than a mandatory prerequisite, and enrolment is by direct course registration with no formal application.
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.
