Offered by Vancouver Island University in Nanaimo, Canada, Business Administration Diploma is a diploma in Business & Management programme. The programme runs for 2 years, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 5,100 per total for local students.
This diploma offers a broad business education addressing three areas: global business operations, activity in emerging markets, and organisations built around technology. Students gain in-depth knowledge in a chosen business major and build managerial, problem-solving and communication skills that apply more widely. Elective flexibility is intended to prepare graduates for careers spanning global management, administration and entrepreneurship, plus further postgraduate study.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: The Business Administration Diploma page does not state its own prerequisites; it directs applicants to the admission requirements published for the Bachelor of Business Administration, which the diploma shares. That BBA page requires one of Pre-Calculus 11, Foundations of Mathematics 11, Computer Science 11, or Computer Science 12 at a minimum "C" grade or equivalent, plus VIU's general admission requirements for academic programs: graduation from a BC secondary school (or accepted equivalent) with at least a "C" in English Studies 12 or English First Peoples 12, a prior degree, a Letter of Permission, 24-plus transferable university-level credits, or the academic mature-student category at 21 or older. VIU publishes no IELTS, TOEFL, PTE, Duolingo or CAEL score for this domestic route, and no minimum admission GPA is stated for the diploma.
Application Details
Start Date:September and January
Application Deadline:Domestic (Canadian) applicants apply through EducationPlannerBC; Vancouver Island University sets no institution-wide equal-consideration date, and its admissions FAQ states deadlines vary by programme, with applications for most academic programmes opening 1 October in the year before a September start. VIU publishes no general closing date for that window; applicants are directed to each programme's own page for its own deadline. International applicants use the same portal; VIU publishes no international-specific institution-wide date either, and several health programmes (Practical Nursing, Nursing Unit Assistant) are stated as not currently open to international students. Each programme's own page carries its own Start Date, Deadlines, and Additional Application Details table for the 2026-27 cycle, and admission for programmes without a stated window is treated as ongoing/rolling until the intake fills. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
