Ontario College Graduate Certificate in Software Quality Assurance and Test Engineering (Optional Co-op) in Waterloo Canada | Conestoga College

Conestoga College | Waterloo Canada
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Qualification
Graduate Certificate
Languages
English
Delivery Mode
On-Campus
Tuition (2025)
CAD 15,383
(c. USD11,061.73)
Attendance
Full-time
Full-time Duration
12 months

This program enhances students' knowledge of testing approaches, techniques, and tools used in software development. Ensuring software quality demands understanding what defines excellent software from user, developer, and business perspectives, along with establishing processes to achieve it. Effective software testing requires knowing how to efficiently evaluate development outcomes. As an extensive program, this graduate certificate addresses numerous subjects while preparing students for the sought-after domains of quality assurance and control. The optional co-op pathway features one work term opportunity.

Duration: 1 year
Start Date: May 2024
Location: Milton - Parkhill Drive
Qualification: Ontario College Graduate Certificate


Destination of Study

Subjects of Study

Language Requirements

English
IELTS 6.5

Qualification Requirements

An Ontario College diploma, advanced diploma, degree or equivalent with an overall average grade of B or above (as assessed, by country, to Ontario standards) in any of these areas:

computer science

software engineering

software engineering technology

computer engineering

computer application

computer programmer/analyst

IT innovation and design

computer or mobile applications development OR

A graduate certificate in computer applications development or mobile solutions development. Other relevant disciplines that offer a significant degree of software development in their curriculum (such as health informatics) may also be considered.
An overall average grade of B or above (as assessed, by country, to Ontario standards) in the above mentioned academic program(s).

English Language Requirements:

  • IELTS overall band of 6.5 with no band less than 6.0
  • TOEFL iBT 88
  • CAEL 70, no sub-test band score less than 60
  • PTE Academic 58
  • CELAP (Conestoga English Language Assessment and Placement) - 82 or higher
  • Duolingo English Test minimum score of 115
  • Cambridge Exams minimum score of 180, with no individual skill less than 170

Tuition CAD 15,383
Kitchener, ON, Canada
Type
Public
Degrees offered
Bachelor's Degree

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