Offered by Vancouver Community College in Vancouver, Canada, University Transfer: Pathway to Health Sciences Certificate is a certificate in Health Sciences programme. The programme runs for 1 year, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 5,400 per total for local students.
This certificate covers prerequisite coursework required for entry into health sciences programmes. It builds critical thinking applied to systematic inquiry, theoretical reasoning and decision-making, alongside information literacy skills used to judge what information a task requires. Students also practise choosing an appropriate rhetorical approach and presentation style to produce clear, accurate written, verbal and visual communication intended for clients and other professionals.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: This University Transfer certificate requires Grade 12 graduation, or equivalent. English is met through English 12 with a minimum 'C+' grade, or through one of VCC's formal English Language Proficiency routes: successful completion of VCC ENGL 1101 or ENGL 1100; IELTS Academic with a minimum overall score of 6.5 and no band below 6.0 (within 24 months); TOEFL iBT with a minimum score of 82, including at least 21 in reading and listening and 20 in writing and speaking (within 24 months); the Language Proficiency Exam (LPI) with a minimum score of 4, at least 5 in English Usage and 26 in composition (within 24 months); the VCC English Language Assessment with a minimum score of 145 and at least 16 of 20 on the essay portion (within 12 months); or the Langara English Test with a minimum score of 4 (within 24 months). Individual courses within the certificate carry their own prerequisites, such as Chemistry 12 before Chemistry 1. Applicants must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents, at least 16 years old or a secondary-school graduate, and submit official transcripts and any other required documents.
Application Details
Start Date:January, May and September intakes. VCC's academic year runs in three terms: Winter (January to April), Spring/Summer (May to August) and Fall (September to December).
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants (Canadian citizens and permanent residents) apply through EducationPlannerBC. VCC publishes this programme's windows term by term on its When to Apply page: Winter 2027 entry (January start) — open 15 July 2026, close 1 December 2026; Spring/Summer 2027 entry (May start) — open 15 November 2026, close 1 April 2027; Fall 2027 entry (September start) — open 15 March 2027, close 1 August 2027. Seats go to eligible applicants in the order their applications are completed, so the programme can close before the listed end date once it fills. VCC flags this programme as one that still accepts late applications after the close date. VCC's page for this programme states it is open to Canadian citizens and permanent residents, and points international students to VCC International, which lists separately the programmes and intakes open to them; there the application periods open on 1 February, 1 June and 1 October of the previous year for the Winter, Spring/Summer and Fall terms, with no fixed closing date — a programme accepts applications until roughly three to four months before classes begin, or until its seats are gone.
