Conestoga College - Guelph
Conestoga College - Guelph

460 Speedvale Ave West, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Graduate Certificate - Nursing Leadership and Healthcare Management (1506)

Postgraduate Certificate

Program Summary

To successfully lead teams in health care, a solid understanding of techniques used to manage administrative and clinical operations and stakeholders is required. This one-year program is designed to meet the needs of people who have completed a nursing program and wish to pursue leadership, management, or administrative roles across healthcare sectors. Theoretical and practical courses will expose you to real-life situations that arise in the workplace, deepen your understanding of related practices and regulations, and allow you to build a strong set of tools and techniques that drive effectiveness, efficiency, and innovation. By developing your knowledge of health care management and enhancing your project management skills, communication strategies, and continuous improvement acumen, you can apply frameworks and models to practice and contribute to organizational success.

This program provides specialized training but does not qualify you to work as a nurse in the province. To acquire the essential nursing knowledge and skills required to practice within the Canadian healthcare system, please see Conestoga's Enhanced Practice for Internationally Educated Nurses program.

Academic Background

Minimum Level of Education Completed

2-Year Undergraduate Diploma

Minimum GPA

50%

Minimum Language Test Scores

Reading

6

Writing

6

Listening

6

Speaking

6

Reading

10

Writing

10

Listening

10

Speaking

10

Program Intakes

Open date

January 1, 2025

Submission deadline

July 1, 2025

Open date

May 1, 2025

Submission deadline

November 1, 2025

Open date

September 1, 2025

Submission deadline

March 1, 2026

Cost and Duration

Postgraduate Certificate

Program Level

1 year graduate certificate

Program Length

$20635 CAD

Cost of Living

$100 CAD

Application fee

$15844 CAD / First Year

Gross Tuition

Other Fees

ISR Fees: $750 per year
CSI International Health Fees: $530 per year
CSI Health Plan Fees: $300 per year
Technology Enhancement Fees: $220 per year
CSI Association Fees: $204 per year