- Level
- 4-Year Bachelor Degree
- CIP code
- 52.0201
- Duration
- 4 Years (including a work placement)
- Open intakes
-
Off-shoreJan 2027, Sep 2027
- Field
- Innovation and Technology Management
- Institution
- Public College
- Offer speed
- Fast Offer Speed5โ7 days
- Next deadline
- 2026-09-01
Program overview
The Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) – Digital Business Management is a four-year degree for the management of technology-enabled business rather than for technology itself.
Specialised coursework covers digital business models and platform economics, e-commerce strategy and operations, data analytics for business decisions, digital marketing and customer acquisition, business process automation, emerging technologies including AI applications in business, cybersecurity and privacy from a management perspective, digital transformation and change management, and technology project delivery.
The positioning is the translator role between business and technology — people who understand what a technology can do commercially, can specify what is needed and can manage delivery, without necessarily building it. Organisations consistently report that gap as their binding constraint on digital projects.
All Humber Bachelor of Commerce degrees share a common business core across the first two years: financial and managerial accounting, microeconomics and macroeconomics, business mathematics and statistics, marketing principles, organisational behaviour, business law, information systems, operations management and business communication. Specialisation deepens through years three and four, alongside a work placement.
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 Lakeshore campus sits on the shore of Lake Ontario in south Etobicoke, next to Colonel Samuel Smith Park, and is home to Humber’s business degrees, media and creative arts, and social and community services programs. Heritage buildings, a residence opened in 2024 and a free shuttle to the North campus make it the most distinctive of Humber’s sites.
Its field maps to CIP 52.0201 (Business administration and management). Because this is a degree, graduates are exempt from the November 2024 PGWP field-of-study restriction that applies to college credentials. Full-time on-campus study and graduation remain the conditions, and IRCC makes the final decision.
What it costs per year ยท 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 โ with your marks, gap and budget โ 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 65% overall.
- Subject requirements: Grade 12 English and Grade 12 Mathematics at 65% or higher.
- IELTS: Overall 6.5, no band below 6.0
- TOEFL iBT: Total 84
- PTE Academic: Overall 58
- Duolingo: 115
- 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 ยท 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 โ 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 โ our team checks every file before submission.
Career opportunities
Digital transformation roles span every sector, not only technology companies:
- Digital Business Analyst — requirements and process work
- E-commerce Manager — online retail operations
- Product Owner — agile delivery teams
- Digital Transformation Analyst — change and modernisation programs
- Data Analyst — business intelligence and reporting
- Technology Consultant — advisory and implementation firms
- Digital Marketing Manager — performance and growth teams
The translator role between business and IT is one of the most consistently under-supplied in Canadian employers.
About Humber Polytechnic - Lakeshore
- Type
- College
- Ownership
- Public
- Rating
- โ 4.6
- World rank
- #1299
- Reference No.
- O19376943122