Advanced College Diploma - Business Administration

The Business Administration advanced diploma is the three-year version of Humber’s general business credential, adding a full year of management-level coursework and a longer work placement.

Years one and two mirror the business diploma — accounting, economics, statistics, marketing, organisational behaviour, business law, operations. The third year is where the credential earns its length: corporate finance, strategic management, project management, international business, business analytics and decision modelling, leadership and change management, and a substantial capstone consulting project. Students choose an area of concentration and go deeper than a two-year program allows.

For international students the third year does two useful things. It produces a stronger transfer position into the Bachelor of Commerce, and under current rules a longer program supports a longer Post-Graduation Work Permit, subject to field-of-study eligibility.

The work placement is a graded part of the program, so you finish with documented Canadian experience and a referee rather than only a transcript.

Humber Polytechnic — formerly Humber College — is Ontario’s largest public college and a Designated Learning Institution (DLI O19376943122). The North campus in Etobicoke is its main site, running technology, engineering, health science, business and skilled trades programs in purpose-built labs and shops rather than lecture halls, with three intakes a year and the deepest employer network in the Greater Toronto Area.

Its field maps to CIP 52.0201 (Business administration and management). Important: this is a college credential rather than a degree, so it is not exempt from the November 2024 PGWP field-of-study restriction — eligibility depends on this CIP field appearing on IRCC’s eligible list when you apply. Humber publishes a PGWP-eligible program list with CIP codes; check it, and confirm with an Apply Study Visa counsellor before committing. IRCC makes the final decision.