- Level
- 1-Year Post Secondary Certificate
- CIP code
- 14.0101
- Duration
- 1 Year
- Field
- Civil, Mechanical, and Electrical Engineering
- Institution
- Public College
- Offer speed
- Fast Offer Speed5–7 days
Program overview
The College Certificate - Engineering Transfer at Selkirk College’s Castlegar campus is a 1 year college certificate a one-year certificate delivering first-year engineering for university transfer.
Students complete the full first-year engineering curriculum — calculus, linear algebra, physics, chemistry, programming and engineering design — in small classes, then transfer into second year at UBC and other BC engineering schools. The 75% admission average reflects the program's genuine rigour.
Selkirk College, founded in 1966 as British Columbia’s first regional community college, is a fully public institution in the province’s West Kootenay region. The 65-hectare forested Castlegar campus offers genuinely small classes, on-campus student housing, and some of the lowest combined tuition-and-living costs of any BC public college. University courses transfer to UBC, SFU, UVic and other BC universities through the province’s formal transfer system, and graduates working in the region can pursue the BC Provincial Nominee Program toward permanent residence.
This program is registered in the field of CIP 14.0101 (Engineering, general) and is offered to international students under Canada’s post-November-2024 PGWP field-of-study rules; two-year programs support a Post-Graduation Work Permit of up to three years. Selkirk College maintains a live list of PGWP-eligible programs and seat availability changes by intake — verify this program on the official list and with IRCC before applying (final decisions rest with IRCC).
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) from a recognised board with approximately 75% or better.
- IELTS: R-6.0, W-6.0, L-6.0, S-6.0, Overall 6.5
- TOEFL iBT: R-20.0, W-20.0, L-20.0, S-20.0, Total 86.0
- PTE: R-60, W-60, L-60, S-60, Overall 60
- Duolingo: 120
- GRE/GMAT: Not required.
- Specific requirement: 75% admission average with strong Grade 12 Pre-Calculus, Physics and Chemistry.
Application fee $100 CAD. A BC Provincial Attestation Letter (PAL) is arranged through the college as part of admission. International seats are capped and popular programs genuinely fill — apply early, and ask an Apply Study Visa counsellor to confirm current seat availability 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
- Bachelor's degree marksheets & final certificate
- English test scorecard (IELTS / PTE / TOEFL) or MOI certificate
- Statement of Purpose (SOP)
- Letters of Recommendation (LOR)
- Updated CV / resume
- 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
The transfer route leads directly into professional engineering:
- University Transfer (Year 2 entry) — UBC and BC engineering programs
- Engineering Degree Pathway — civil, mechanical, electrical and beyond
- Engineering Co-op Direction — paid placements within degree programs
- Technologist Alternative — diploma pathways if plans evolve
- P.Eng Trajectory — the professional-engineer licensure route
- STEM Career Foundation — mathematics and physics that transfer everywhere
Surviving first-year engineering is famously brutal in 400-seat lectures — doing it in classes of 30, with professors who know your name, is this program's entire point.
About Selkirk College
- Type
- College
- Ownership
- Public
- Rating
- ★ 4.5
- World rank
- #10223
- Reference No.
- O19360990072
