- Level
- 3-Year Advance Diploma / Accelerated Programs
- CIP code
- 50.0602
- Duration
- 3 Years (including a work placement)
- Open intake
-
Off-shoreSep 2027
- Field
- Film Making and Production
- Institution
- Public College
- Offer speed
- Average Offer Speed10–15 days
- Next deadline
- 2026-09-01
Program overview
The Film and Television Production advanced diploma is a three-year production program taught in working studio and post-production facilities.
Students rotate through the production departments rather than specialising immediately: screenwriting and story development, directing and working with performers, cinematography and camera operation, lighting and grip work, production and location sound recording, art direction and production design, editing and post-production workflow, sound design and mixing, colour grading, and producing — budgets, schedules, permits and crew agreements. Later years narrow to a chosen department and culminate in substantial productions crewed to industry structure.
Toronto is the third-largest screen production centre in North America, which means the crew market is large, unionised and continuously hiring. Careers here are built on credits and contacts rather than transcripts, so the productions you crew during study matter directly.
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 50.0602 (Cinematography and film/video production). 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.
What it costs per year · indicative
Living cost is an estimate; tuition is the institute's published international fee. We confirm exact, current figures before you pay anything.
Do you qualify?
These are the published minimums. Whether your profile fits — with your marks, gap and budget — is exactly what a free counsellor check confirms.
Admission requirements
Who can apply (guide for international students):
- Education: Completed Class 12 (10+2) or equivalent with a minimum 50% overall.
- Subject requirements: Grade 12 English.
- IELTS: Overall 6.0, no band below 5.5
- TOEFL iBT: Total 80
- PTE Academic: Overall 53
- Duolingo: 105
- GRE/GMAT: Not required.
Application fee $100 CAD, plus an initial tuition deposit of $2,000 CAD — Humber will not request your Ontario Provincial Attestation Letter (PAL) until that deposit clears, so deposit timing drives your study-permit timeline. Admissions run on a rolling basis and popular programs fill months ahead under Canada’s international seat caps. Ask an Apply Study Visa counsellor to confirm current fees, seats and PGWP status before applying.
English requirements
Documents you'll need typical · we confirm yours
- Valid passport (6+ months validity)
- Class 10 & 12 marksheets and certificates
- English test scorecard (IELTS / PTE / TOEFL) or MOI certificate
- Statement of Purpose (SOP)
- Financial proof — bank statement / loan sanction + GIC
- Passport-size photographs
- Study-gap affidavit or work-experience letter (if applicable)
Getting documents right is the #1 reason applications succeed or get refused — our team checks every file before submission.
Career opportunities
Toronto’s production sector hires crew continuously across studio and streaming work:
- Production Assistant to Coordinator — the standard industry entry ladder
- Camera and Lighting Crew — technical department roles
- Editor / Assistant Editor — post-production houses
- Sound Recordist / Designer — production and post audio
- Director / Cinematographer — credit-built creative progression
- Production Manager — the business side of production
- Corporate and Branded Content Producer — the largest volume employer
Screen work in Ontario is largely freelance and union-structured — build contacts deliberately during study.
About Humber Polytechnic
- Type
- College
- Ownership
- Public
- Rating
- ★ 4.6
- World rank
- #2344
- Reference No.
- O19376943122
