College Certificate - Pre-Health Sciences Pathway to Certificates and Diploma

The Pre-Health Sciences Pathway to Certificates and Diploma is an eight-month preparatory certificate aimed at entry to Humber’s two-year health diplomas and certificates rather than its degrees and advanced diplomas.

Content covers foundational biology and human body systems, introductory chemistry, mathematics for health programs, anatomy and physiology basics, medical terminology, health sciences communication, and academic skills for science study. The academic level is calibrated to diploma-entry requirements, which is why it is priced below the degree-pathway version.

Choose between the two pre-health certificates by target program, not by price. This one prepares for practical nursing, personal support work, pharmacy technician and similar credentials; the degree-pathway version is the correct choice for nursing degrees, sonography, respiratory therapy and medical laboratory technology. Enrolling in the wrong one wastes eight months.

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 51.0000 (Health services preparatory studies). 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. As a short preparatory certificate this is not a standalone employment or immigration credential. 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.