Event Management
How To Apply
Program Details
- Program Code1831
- Credential TypeOntario College Graduate Certificate
- SchoolSchool of Hospitality, Tourism and Culinary Arts
- Program TypeGraduate Certificate program
- Program Length1 year/ 2 semesters
- LocationProgress Campus
- Emailhospitality@centennialcollege.ca
- Telephone416-289-5000
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- Program Overview
- Courses
- Career Options and Education Pathways
- Admission Requirements
- How to Apply
- Tuition and Fees
- Program Vocational Learning Outcomes
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Throughout the world, humans congregate, gather and collaborate to learn, celebrate and meet. This program will cover a wide overview of the event industry. You’ll participate in defining, understanding and applying the elements involved in planning and staging corporate, social/life cycle, festivals and conferences, and the types of organizations that produce and present them.
By connecting with professors and fellow peers and through the use of independent research, group work, discussions, and experiential work-integrated learning, you’ll examine management practices, including how events are designed, funded, staffed and promoted. You can expect exposure to the planning and development of sustainability, creativity, sales and marketing, and budgeting along with the understanding of volunteer and team building.
Instructors will guide and direct you to real-world learning opportunities, which will require you to reflect on how the experiences connect to course content. During these experiences, you’ll participate in work-integrated learning assignments, projects or experiential learning opportunities.
Program Highlights:
- Flexible delivery - 100% online or in a traditional in-class format
- The only institution in Canada offering 20,000-square feet of dedicated event space for experiential learning
- You learn from industry-selected faculty members who have years of experience
Program Overview
You may also be interested in:
Throughout the world, humans congregate, gather and collaborate to learn, celebrate and meet. This program will cover a wide overview of the event industry. You’ll participate in defining, understanding and applying the elements involved in planning and staging corporate, social/life cycle, festivals and conferences, and the types of organizations that produce and present them.
By connecting with professors and fellow peers and through the use of independent research, group work, discussions, and experiential work-integrated learning, you’ll examine management practices, including how events are designed, funded, staffed and promoted. You can expect exposure to the planning and development of sustainability, creativity, sales and marketing, and budgeting along with the understanding of volunteer and team building.
Instructors will guide and direct you to real-world learning opportunities, which will require you to reflect on how the experiences connect to course content. During these experiences, you’ll participate in work-integrated learning assignments, projects or experiential learning opportunities.
Program Highlights:
- Flexible delivery - 100% online or in a traditional in-class format
- The only institution in Canada offering 20,000-square feet of dedicated event space for experiential learning
- You learn from industry-selected faculty members who have years of experience
Courses
Career Options and Education Pathways
Career Outlook
- Event Manager
- Venue Coordinator
- Event Planner
- Event Vendor
- Festival Planner
- Conference Planner
- Live Event Producer
- Media Event Strategist
- Food Services
- Sales
Education Pathways
Graduates of the Event Management graduate certificate program have the opportunity to apply learning achieved at Centennial for credits toward further study at external institutions. Listed below are institutions offering pathways for this program.
Please note that each receiving institution has minimum admission requirements in order to qualify for transfer credits, which are assessed by the receiving institution.
| Region | Institution |
|---|---|
| International | Swiss Hotel Management School |
For more detailed pathways information, visit our website at //centennial.adv-pub.moveonca.com/outgoing-home/.
Use the following Education Pathways Checklist as a guide as you explore your options.
For pathways to other Ontario post-secondary institutions, please visit ONTransfer.
Admission Requirements
Academic Requirements
- College diploma or university degree in any discipline
Additional Requirements
How to Apply
1. Apply Online
Domestic Students
If you are applying through the Better Jobs Ontario Program, please work with an Employment Ontario service provider. For more information go to Better Jobs Ontario Program.
If you have previously attended a full-time program at Centennial College, you may be eligible for a Program Transfer. Visit Enrolment Services at any Campus for information.
All other applicants must apply online at Ontariocolleges.ca. A non-refundable application fee of $150 must accompany applications. The fee is payable online, by telephone, online banking, by mail, or in-person to Ontariocolleges.ca. For more information go to Ontariocolleges.ca Application Fees.
International Students
Apply directly to Centennial College here.
2. Submit Documents
Domestic Applicants
Current Ontario high school students and graduates from Ontario high schools: Notify your guidance counsellor that you have applied to college and your school will forward transcripts to Centennial College via Ontariocolleges.ca.
Graduates of college/university, or high school outside Ontario but within Canada: You are responsible for requesting that your educational institute sends any required documents and transcripts to Ontariocolleges.ca.
Domestic applicants who attended school outside of Canada: If you are submitting transcripts to meet admission requirements, you must have the transcripts assessed by an independent credential assessment agency such as World Education Services (WES) or International Credential Assessment Service (ICAS). For more information go to Submitting your Transcripts.
International Applicants
Please refer to the International Education Application Guide.
3. Confirm Your Offer of Admission
Offers of Admission are sent by mail to eligible applicants. When you receive your offer, you must login to your account at Ontariocolleges.ca and confirm before the Deadline to Confirm noted in your offer letter.
You may confirm only one college and one program offer at a time.
You must confirm your offer by the Deadline to Confirm noted in your Offer of Admission letter or your seat may be given to another applicant.
When you confirm your Offer of Admission at Centennial College you are given access to your personal myCentennial account where you can check your email, grades, register for courses, pay tuition fees, and see your class timetable.
4. Pay Fees
Centennial fees statements are sent by email to your personal email account and to your myCentennial email account. Fees statements are not mailed.
You must make a minimum payment by the Fees Deadline noted in your Fees Statement or your seat may be given to another applicant.
5. Build Your Timetable (Register for Courses)
Build your timetable (web-register for courses) at my.centennialcollege.ca.
Fall registration begins mid-July
January registration begins mid-December
May registration begins mid-April
Your web-registration will not open if:
You have not submitted your minimum fee payment by the deadline
You received a Conditional Offer of Admission and you have not met the conditions of your offer.
Once you have paid your fees or have made appropriate arrangements, register for your courses online through myCentennial.
Tuition and Fees
Fees noted below are estimates only. Tuition is based on two semesters, beginning Fall 2025.
| Student | Tuition (2 Semesters) | Ancillary Fees | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian | $4,132.00 | $1,290.23 | $5,422.23 |
| International | $17,148.00 | $1,788.18 | $18,936.18 |
Program Vocational Learning Outcomes
Program Vocational Learning Outcomes
Program Vocational Learning Outcomes describe what graduates of the program have demonstrated they can do with the knowledge and skills they have achieved during their studies. The outcomes are closely tied to the needs of the workplace. Through assessment (e.g., assignments and tests), students verify their ability to reliably perform these outcomes before graduating.
1. Create, plan, and design an event to meet organizational and/or client needs.
2. Coordinate event site logistics, and staging, to achieve the event objectives.
3. Plan, promote and produce marketing plans and communications for events that meet organizational and/or client objectives.
4. Coordinate staff, contractors and volunteers to deliver the desired results of an event.
5. Manage the financial aspects of an event to meet event objectives.
6. Manage the business operations for administration, procurement, and oversight of event projects, to meet organization and/or client needs.
7. Develop strategies to mitigate risk and liability to ensure the safety and security of participants during an event.
8. Conduct oneself in an ethical and professional manner with clients, contractors and participants of events in order to create positive experiences and relationships.
9. Formulate strategies that support intercultural awareness and inclusion to create events that meet the needs of diverse populations.
10. Select industry standard technology platforms, systems, tools and applications to support the planning and operation of events.
11. Develop and implement funding mechanisms to support event objectives such as sponsorship programs, fundraising initiatives, and/or grants.
12. Engage in ongoing learning for professional and career growth.
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