Career Pathways

Transferability

Graduates of the Diploma program may be eligible to transfer into Engineering programs at other post-secondary institutions.

Students also have the option to take their final 40 credits in the Engineering Transfer Certificate Program. Please see Engineering Transfer Certificate admission requirements to find out if you are eligible.

Please note: that all courses are eligible for university-transfer credits. Not all 60 credits of the diploma contribute to bachelor’s degree requirements

Check the British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer website for transfer details of specific courses, at www.bctransferguide.ca.

The “exit point” for Langara's Applied Science Diploma and the Engineering Transfer Certificate is the equivalent of first year Engineering at UBC. From both programs you are only able to transfer into second year at UBC Engineering.

Both Langara engineering programs are eligible to transfer to university.

  • Students completing either program may be accepted to all 7 post-secondary institutions with engineering programs in BC (UBC-V, UBC-O, UVic, SFU, TRU, UNBC, BCIT).
  • The Certificate curriculum (which is also part of the Diploma curriculum) matches first year at UBC-V, as well as first year at UBC-O.  Currently, students who complete the Engineering Transfer Program within one academic year (two semesters) with a GPA of at least 3.1, are eligible for admission into second-year engineering at UBC. (GPA requirement for UBC-Okanagan are slightly lower.)
  • Students who take the program courses at their own pace are evaluated for admission into second year Engineering at UBC based on competitive GPA.
  • We also have an agreement with the University of Victoria; this agreement provides for transfer to second-year of the Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) at UVic. Students take most of the first year BEng courses at Langara, except ENGR 130 and ENGR 110 (which are not offered at Langara) then transfer to UVic at the beginning of their second year.
  • We have also had Diploma and Certificate students admitted to SFU, UNBC,  BCIT, York University, as well as to UBC Wood Products processing.
  • Students who don’t complete the entire program might still be eligible for transferring into second year university Engineering, as most post-secondary institutions require only 24-27 transferable post-secondary credits for second year placement. Applications are evaluated based on competitive GPA.