Graduate Certificate in Infection Prevention and Control

A one year graduate certificate in infection control, covering microbiology for practice, surveillance, outbreak management, sterilisation standards and healthcare audit practice, with applied practice running through the programme, with applied practice running through the programme.

Infection prevention became a recognised specialism across Canadian healthcare after 2020, and Conestoga records it under the same code as public health.

Graduate Certificate in Infection Prevention and Control is taught at Conestoga College Doon campus, a public Ontario college. The infection prevention certificate sits below degree level, so a work permit depends on its field of study. Conestoga records the infection prevention certificate under CIP 51.2202 and lists it among its PGWP-aligned programmes, which supports a permit of up to one year. IRCC alone decides, so verify 51.2202 against the current eligible list before paying for the infection prevention certificate. Ontario also requires a provincial attestation letter before the infection prevention certificate can support a study permit.

Applicants to Graduate Certificate in Infection Prevention and Control need a completed undergraduate diploma or equivalent with a minimum of 50 percent. The English requirement is IELTS 6.5 with no band below 6.0, and tuition for the infection prevention certificate is recorded at CAD 15,844. Conestoga charges a CAD 100 application fee, and no scholarship is recorded against the infection prevention certificate. The infection prevention certificate lists three entry windows across the annual intake cycle. Apply Study Visa manages your the infection prevention certificate application, the deposit, the offer, the attestation letter and the Canadian study permit as one process.