Further Your Education. Advance Your Career with Additional Undergraduate Studies
Are you interested in starting your own business, patenting an idea, or working in a corporation or small enterprise? In a world that thrives off of innovation, creative thinking and savvy ideas, this program will help you develop your business acumen and better prepare you for a rewarding career in marketing, sales, product development or brand management. You will explore everything you need to know about the strategic implementation of ideas from the incubation phase to the marketplace. Topics include entrepreneurship, marketing, branding, and advertising, which will provide graduates with the foundational tools to start a business, pursue a passion for research and innovation, or simply to improve marketability to potential employers.
This intensive postgraduate certificate program of undergraduate courses will be of interest to recent graduates wishing to acquire knowledge and skills in the area of entrepreneurship and marketing. Graduates from sciences, social sciences, and the humanities will find the courses particularly engaging should they wish to start their own business, market an innovation, or patent a recent idea or product.
Admission Requirements
Apply online or learn more here. In order to be accepted into the postgraduate certificate, students must have completed an undergraduate degree from an accredited university.
Entry Term: January 2025 and September 2025 on both the Trent Peterborough and Trent Durham campuses.
Duration: Available for full-time studies (2 consecutive terms) or part-time studies.
Program Completion Requirements: Completion of 5.0 credits as specified.
Are you an international student and want to apply? Please complete this application form.
Important note: This certificate is not on the Immigration, Refugees & Citizenship Canada (IRCC) list of approved courses that are eligible for a Postgraduate Work Permit (PGWP).
When applying to a postgraduate certificate program, please ensure that you select the exact program and campus that you wish to study at. Be sure to research the program length, courses, and available start terms and campuses prior to submitting your application. After submitting your application, changes to programs and campuses will not be made without a new, paid application. Once you are registered in courses, changes cannot be made to your program or campus.
OSAP Eligibility for Postgraduate Certificates
Please note that not all postgraduate certificate programs qualify for OSAP funding. Students are encouraged to verify their program’s eligibility prior to submitting an application.
The following postgraduate certificates are eligible for OSAP:
- Postgraduate Certificate in Human Resource Management
- Postgraduate Certificate in Marketing & Entrepreneurship
- Dual Postgraduate Certificate in Human Resource Management and Marketing & Entrepreneurship
Graduating from Trent this year with your undergraduate degree?
As a 2024 Trent grad*, you qualify for direct admission to our Postgraduate Certificate in Marketing and Entrepreneurship. No need to pay to apply. Registering is easy – just send a confirmation email to admissions@trentu.ca from your Trent University account. We will also waive the application fee. For more information about this special offer, visit call 1-888-739-8885.
*this certificate is meant for non-Business program graduates, as there is too much course overlap for graduates of Trent’s BBA program.
For more information visit our Admissions webpage
Courses
The Certificate program consists of the following 5.0 credits (10 courses). A minimum cumulative average of 65% is required to complete the certificate.
Postgraduate certificate courses can be found in the undergraduate calendar and timetable. For individual course descriptions, see University Calendar. Please consult the academic timetable, for information on when courses will be scheduled.
It is important to register in your courses without delay and prior to your arrival!
Course Registration
New Student Course Registration:
For support with new student course registration,
visit our website for next steps.
New International Student Webpage:
Visit our New International Student Website to determine your next steps after you have completed course registration.
Breakdown of courses by terms
Students are to follow the schedule of courses by term as outlined below for full-time studies. We cannot guarantee course availability if students do not follow the recommended course sequencing. Students who fail to adhere to the recommended schedule may not be able to complete their certificate program within the scheduled number of terms and students may have to return to complete an additional term. The full time certificate is to be completed as two consecutive terms. Additionally, when you are studying in the May/summer term, that means you must be registered in courses in both terms (S61 and S62).
Part time students should begin with ADMN 2080H, 2100H, 1221H and 3420H.
January 2025 course registration instructions
Term 1 Course Requirements
- ADMN 1221H: Financial Accounting
- ADMN 2080H: Managerial and Market Research
- ADMN 2100H: Intro to Marketing
- ADMN 3420H: Entrepreneurship
- ADMN 3441H: Social Enterprise and Social Innovation
Term 2 Course Requirements
- ADMN 3021H: Fundamentals of Management Accounting
- ADMN 3150H: Advertising
- ADMN 3170H: Introduction to Retail Marketing
- ADMN 3430H: New Venture Planning and Design
- COIS 3750H: Online Marketing (Web)
For students who have accepted their offer of admission and have questions about registering in their courses or life at Trent in Peterborough, please email ptbocerts@trentu.ca.
Application to Graduate from the Certificate
At the beginning of your last term, when you believe you are ready to graduate, you can submit the Application to Graduate form found in myTrent under Academics > Self Service > Graduation Overview. You should apply as soon as your course registration for your final term is finalized (early in Summer term if you are graduating in September; early in the Fall term if you are graduating in January; early in the Winter term if you are graduating in Spring). The deadline to apply to graduate can be found in the Academic Calendar site under Important Dates, as well as at Important Dates & Deadlines. A minimum cumulative average of 65% is required to complete the certificate.
Convocation ceremonies for students who graduated during the last year (September, January and Spring) are held the first week of June. Please visit Convocation site for the most up-to-date information.
