Reach your goals with Fanshawe. Choose from a variety of post-secondary programs designed to help you achieve your career goals. We offer programs and pathways unique to you—whether you’re looking for a professional certificate or an advanced diploma, you can feel confident that Fanshawe will support your education needs.
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110+ Diplomas & Advanced Diplomas
Develop applied skills to work in a technical or managerial environment.
50+ Certificates
Explore your interests and develop foundational skills to start your career.
60+ Graduate Certificates
Build on your post-secondary education and develop new career-focused skills.
20+ Apprenticeships
Develop skills and experience to work in a trade or occupation.
Flexible Learning Options
Whether you're advancing your education full-time or balancing part-time work alongside your studies, our flexible programs are designed to support your journey. With options ranging from online courses to part-time schedules, we tailor our programs to fit your needs
Online Learning
Online programs offer a flexible opportunity to pursue your educational goals, accessible from anywhere with an internet connection. Tailor your learning experience to fit your lifestyle.
Part-time
Part-time programs offer flexibility, enabling you to pursue your educational goals alongside work or family commitments. Customize your learning experience to balance studies with other aspects of life.
Experiential Learning
Apprenticeship
Apprenticeships are employment-based training for people seeking a career in a skilled trade. Apprentices are paid while they work and their wages increase as they progress through their apprenticeship training.
Co-operative Education
Co-operative education bridges the gap between education and the workplace by integrating academic studies with paid work experience and on-the-job application of theory. These are mostly paid/remunerated.
Clinical Placement
Clinical placement provides the student with exposure to their program's field and the role of a graduate in this field. Under the direct supervision of a practitioner in this field, the student will observe and participate in the environment. Students will expand on assessment, communication and self-evaluation skills introduced in the environment. Unpaid.
Internship
Internship education is a learning method, which allows industry proficient students an opportunity to broaden their professional competencies through ongoing mentorship while on the job. Students will work for a defined period of time, collaboratively with an internship coach and employer partner. This opportunity will see the student setting specific developmental goals, identifying opportunities for growth, evaluating workplace issues and experiences as they pertain to their personal leadership development. Internships can be both paid and unpaid.
Field Experience
Field placement provides the student with exposure to their program's field and the role of a graduate in this field. Under the direct supervision of a practitioner in this field, the student will observe and participate in the environment. Students will expand on assessment, communication and self-evaluation skills introduced in the environment. Unpaid.
Simulated Workplace
A classroom that replicates a student's future workplace.
Industry-Sponsored Research
Industry-sponsored research gives clients the opportunity to obtain strategic advice, research and recommendations from student teams in specific programs. In turn, client cases offer real-world experiences that enrich student learning through application. This is typically an unpaid experience
Case Studies
A research strategy of analyzing and interpreting (real life) information about a person, group, situation or thing. Case studies are completed individually or in a group. Unpaid.
Capstone Project
Students, working individually or collaboratively in groups will plan, design, document and deliver projects that integrate key concepts of the program's field to demonstrate the culmination of their knowledge. This work can include literature reviews, secondary research, simulations, case studies and/or product development. Unpaid.
Job Shadowing
A short-term opportunity (typically one day to one week) to observe a person performing their job.
Business Incubator
Supports such as space, training, working with other start-ups for students starting their own business. These can be paid or unpaid.
Financial Aid
Scholarships
Scholarships is awarded based on academic achievement, volunteer work or class and community involvement. Scholarships are given out based on performance or excellence in a field.
Bursaries
A bursary is awarded based on the demonstration of financial need. The main purpose of a bursary is to support students with the cost of going to school.
Student Life and Support
Fanshawe provides a state-of-the-art wellness facility and health services to meet the needs of students
First year students who apply before the deadline are guaranteed a spot in residence
Campus services include accessibility services, security, food and counselling.
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