We offer 40+ professional part-time programs designed to help you grow your career or embark on a new one. Credentials include Citation, Certificate, and Diploma programs and generally take 1-4 years to complete.

Communication Skills for the Workplace Certificate

Language skills and soft skills for ESL individuals who are either currently working in the public or private sector, or looking to increase their employability.

Renewable Energy Technologies Certificate
The Renewable Energy Technologies Certificate aims to fill the shortage for knowledgeable and skilled professionals for the growing sector of clean energy. 
Digital Marketing Certificate
Digital technology is deeply changing the way businesses and not-for-profits operate and market themselves. The Digital Marketing Certificate is a part-time, fully online program...
UX / UI Design Certificate
User Experience (UX) Design and User Interface (UI) Design are the two sides of user-centred design, an emergent field that has seen rapid growth...
C# Back End Web Development Certificate
Digital skills are in high demand, with back end web development ranking fifth out of the top ten most in-demand digital jobs in Alberta...
Python Back End Web Development Certificate
Digital skills are in high demand, with back end web development ranking fifth out of the top ten most in-demand digital jobs in Alberta...
Full-Stack Web Development Diploma
Software development involves more than coding. Solid foundations in time-tracking, project planning, user experience, communication, and quality assurance help you build awesome programs and...
Front End Web Development Certificate
Learn about the front end of website development in this part-time, fully online certificate offered as a partnership between Online and Continuing Education and...
Applied Geostatistics Citation
This citation is designed to provide geoscientists, as well as mining and petroleum engineers, with knowledge and skills that will allow them to better...
Local Authority Administration (NACLAA II) Certificate
The NACLAA Level II program is designed for municipal administrators that hold higher-level positions within the municipal civil service and are interested in greater...
Supply Management Training Diploma
With all areas of the supply chain increasingly impacting an organization’s competitiveness, today’s market demands skilled practitioners to support the management of complex supply...
Social Media Certificate
The Social Media Certificate provides an in-depth understanding of how to use various social media platforms for communication and marketing. Explore tools used to...
Residential Interiors Certificate
This unique program, the first in Western Canada, offers you a university-level certificate in the art of interior decorating.
Certified Administrative Professional Designation
Keeping skills up to date with current trends is vital to any role. More and more often, administrative assistants are being recognized as key...
Occupational Health & Safety Certificate
The Occu­pa­tion­al Health and Safe­ty Cer­tifi­cate, one of the most advanced in Cana­da, is a cor­ner­stone for safe­ty in the province. Whether you are...
Occupational Health & Safety Diploma
As an indus­try changes and grows, so too does the bench­mark for knowl­edge and skills expect­ed by lead­ing indus­try pro­fes­sion­als. Devel­oped to meet the...
Management Development for APEGA Certificate
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Forthcoming Program Closure. Please be aware of the forthcoming closure of the Management Development for Professional Engineers and Geoscientists Certificate. The last...
Management Development Certificate
Management at all levels has a dramatic impact on the performance of an organization, influencing areas from productivity and growth to profitability and employee...
Local Authority Administration (NACLAA I) Certificate
This is a long-running and award-winning program that consists of two fully online certificates: NACLAA Level I and NACLAA Level II (primarily designed for...
Advanced Leadership Certificate
Businesses and organizations rely on strong leaders to move them forward—outstanding individuals who excel at leading change, making difficult decisions, and inspiring teams.
Information Access and Protection of Privacy Certificate
This award-win­ning, online pro­gram focus­es on the the­o­ries, con­cepts, prin­ci­ples, issues, and best prac­tices involved in the appro­pri­ate admin­is­tra­tion of access and pri­va­cy leg­is­la­tion...
Human Resources Management Certificate
In the era of knowledge-based economies, human capital has become a critical factor for organizational success. Talented intellectual capital is a coveted asset, one...
Global Leadership Certificate
Every day the world becomes more connected through technology, trade, humanitarian work, and shared environmental resources. Strong leadership is an increasingly needed asset, the...
Soil Science Certificate
Water Resource Management Certificate
Land Reclamation Certificate
Environmental Remediation Certificate
Construction Management & Administration Certificate
The construction industry is one of the largest economic driving forces in Alberta and Canada. The University of Alberta’s Construction Management & Administration Certificate...
Certified in Management Designation
This designation is awarded by Canada’s senior management association, the Canadian Institute of Management (CIM), an organization that for 75 years has been advancing...
Business Analysis Certificate
Change has always been a constant—but never as fast as now. Technologies grow old at light speed, the advance of globalization erases traditional borders...
Applied Land Use Planning Certificate
This program supports the learning needs of professionals in the areas of municipal government planning, development, and bylaw enforcement. Designed to match the complexity...
Indigenous Community-Industry Relations Certificate
The University of Alberta and Yellowhead Tribal College (YTC) are pleased to announce a partnership to jointly deliver the Online and Continuing Education's Indigenous...