University Certificate in Culinary Arts, Professional Cook Training (Co-op)

A one year university certificate in professional cookery, covering knife skills and technique, stocks and sauces, baking fundamentals, kitchen safety and sanitation, and two months of co-op placement.

University Certificate in Culinary Arts, Professional Cook Training (Co-op) is the one year entry point to the culinary route, and it shares the nine window entry pattern that makes VIU culinary training unusually flexible.

University Certificate in Culinary Arts, Professional Cook Training (Co-op) is delivered by Vancouver Island University in Nanaimo, a designated learning institution. Because University Certificate in Culinary Arts, Professional Cook Training (Co-op) is a one year university certificate rather than a degree, the Canadian field of study requirement applies to it, so the Post-Graduation Work Permit depends on this programme sitting inside an eligible field at the moment you apply. Where VIU offers the same subject as University Certificate in Culinary Arts, Professional Cook Training (Co-op) at degree level for the same tuition, the degree removes this risk entirely. The eligible field list is revised by the Canadian government, and eligibility for University Certificate in Culinary Arts, Professional Cook Training (Co-op) is tested when you apply rather than when you enrol. The study permit application for University Certificate in Culinary Arts, Professional Cook Training (Co-op) also requires a British Columbia attestation letter, which VIU issues with the letter of acceptance.

Admission to University Certificate in Culinary Arts, Professional Cook Training (Co-op) requires Grade 12 or Class 12 at 50 percent. The English requirement is IELTS 6.5 with no band below 6.0, and tuition for University Certificate in Culinary Arts, Professional Cook Training (Co-op) is recorded at CAD 29,955 a year with a CAD 156 application fee, with a recorded initial deposit of CAD 10,000. No scholarship is recorded against University Certificate in Culinary Arts, Professional Cook Training (Co-op). Nine windows a cycle across September, January, February and August. Apply Study Visa manages the University Certificate in Culinary Arts, Professional Cook Training (Co-op) application, the deposit, the letter of acceptance and the Canadian study permit as one process.