Applications currently being accepted until June 30, 2012 for admission to the 2012 year. Program begins September 2012, with the first online course, CH560.
To initiate your application, please submit the two application forms required, and contact us by email to confirm that the balance of your application – including transcripts and references – have been ordered.
We welcome your application. Admission is a competitive process, based on both grades from prior studies, and on evidence of related professional experience and achievements.
Select the application option best suited to you:
We welcome applications from individuals with a strong commitment to informed and meaningful practice in all aspects of the cultural heritage sector. We recommend a minimum of two years of relevant professional experience to contextualize your learning goals and specialized studies.
To be eligible for admission to the program, you must be admissible to the Faculty of Graduate Studies, as such hold a baccalaureate degree with a minimum B (5.0) average in the last two years (30) units leading to the degree. Applicants with four or more years of relevant professional experience whose grade point average is below B may be considered for admission as a mature student.
Please complete or assemble the following materials, and submit them, either online or by mail, to Graduate Admissions and Records:
Further guidelines are found on the Graduate Admissions and Records site.
If you are an international applicant, submit the application materials noted above. (Fee: $125 CDN if your transcripts come from outside Canada)
English Language Proficiency Requirements: If your first language is not English and you have not resided in Canada or any country where English is an official language of the country for at least three consecutive years immediately prior to the beginning of the session applied for, you must also demonstrate competency in English. Please refer to the English language proficiency requirements on the Graduate Admissions and Records site.
Further guidelines are found at Application Information for International Applicants on the Graduate Admissions and Records site. Please note that this page is written primarily for degree candidates and some deadlines differ from those noted for the graduate professional certificate.
If you are already a graduate student at the University of Victoria and wish to apply to take the Graduate Professional Certificate concurrently, please complete or assemble the following materials, and submit them, either online or by mail, to Graduate Admissions and Records:
If you are interested in making a transition from the Diploma in Cultural Resource Management (CRM) or the Professional Specialization Certificates (PSC) in Heritage Conservation Planning please note the following limitations:
To be eligible for admission to the Faculty of Graduate Studies, you must hold a baccalaureate degree with a minimum B (5.0) average in the last two years (30) units leading to the degree, and you must have also achieved this average in your Diploma or Certificate studies. Applicants with four or more years of relevant professional experience whose grade point average in undergraduate studies is below B may be considered for admission as a mature student.
*Note: Current Professional Specialization Certificate (PSC) in Collections Management UVic students may be able to apply 1.5 units of their undergraduate program to the new Graduate Professional Certificate, subject to Senate approval in February, 2012. Contact us if you are a current PSC student interested in this option. Note the deadline for applying the Graduate Certificate is January 6, 2012.
If space is available, we will consider including non-Certificate and non-degree students in GPC courses, subject to approval. Non-Certificate students will need to hold or degree standing in the Faculty of Graduate Studies to register. Non-degree students must apply to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and meet the same entrance requirements and follow the same application procedures as degree-seeking applicants. To be eligible for admission to the Faculty of Graduate Studies, you must hold a baccalaureate degree with a minimum B (5.0) average in the last two years (30) units leading to the degree. Applicants with four or more years of relevant professional experience whose grade point average in undergraduate studies is below B may be considered for admission as a mature student.
Alternatively, if you are interested in taking a single course for transfer to a program at another university, you may do so as a visiting student with the permission of your academic unit. Please refer to Special Admissions to the Faculty of Graduate Studies for further information.
This program will be introduced in 2013, following the completion of the first cohort of the Graduate Professional Certificate in Heritage Studies, who may apply to ladder into the Graduate Diploma.
Admission to the Graduate Professional Diploma (GPD) in Cultural Heritage Management is based on completion of the GPC in Cultural Heritage Studies, the Diploma in Cultural Resource Management, or the Professional Specialization Certificate in Heritage Conservation within the previous six years, and with a minimum of a 5.0 (B) average. Please note that if you are seeking admission on the basis of the Diploma in Cultural Resource Management or the PSC in Heritage Conservation Planning you will need to complete HA 560 Cultural Heritage Stewardship and Sustainability as a prerequisite.
Select the admission option best suited to you:
If you are completing, or have completed, the GPC in Cultural Heritage Studies, you can apply to the GPD by assembling and submitting the following materials to Graduate Admissions and Records:
The deadline for applications for the GPD will be posted late in mid-2012. Contact us in the meantime if you are interested in applying for this program.
If you have completed the Diploma in Cultural Resource Management or the Professional Specialization Certificate in Heritage Conservation Planning, you will be asked to assemble the following materials, and submit them, either online or by mail, to Graduate Admissions and Records:
Further guidelines are found at the Graduate Admissions and Records site.