Cooperative Entrepreneur Training Certificate

Admission Requirements: Vancouver Island University admits Cooperative Entrepreneur Training Certificate applicants who hold high school graduation or a completion certificate and are at least 17 years of age and out of high school for at least one year. In place of an academic-average bar, the programme instead asks for either completion of an accredited employment-preparation programme such as WEST, or at least one year of work and/or volunteer experience. No IELTS, TOEFL, PTE, Duolingo or CAEL score, and no minimum GPA, is published for this programme. Every applicant goes through an intake assessment, described by VIU as addressing suitability and identifying whether self-employment is a feasible, realistic goal for that applicant, rather than a standard academic entrance interview.