Academic Schedules & Deadlines

Please refer to the following important key dates and deadlines throughout the year, to ensure you meet NIC's academic deadlines.

If you are studying in the following program areas varying start dates apply, click your program area for details:

• Office Administration (Applied Business Technology)
• Early Childhood Care & Education Certificate
• Early Childhood Care & Education Diploma
• Activity Assistant
• Health Care Assistant Certificate
• Practical Nursing Diploma
• Animal Care Aide Certificate & Hospital Unit Clerk Certificate
• Electronics Technician Core Certificate and Industrial Automation Diploma
• Tourism & Hospitality
• Trades & Technical
• Apprenticeship Technical Training
• University Studies Distance Courses
• Programs and Courses with Term-Base Start Dates

You may also refer to past deadlines.

The academic deadlines listed in the chart below apply to students in: Associate of Arts, Associate of Science, Upgrading, Business, Fine Art, DIGITAL Design + Development, Tourism & Hospitality, Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Human Services and University Transfer Programs.

Programs with varying start dates and distance courses

North Island College offers a wide range of programs with varying schedules and deadlines. Please ensure that you are following the timelines associated with your program. For more information or guidance, please contact Student Services.

Office Administration (Applied Business Technology)

Office Assistant I certificate, Administrative Assistant Certificate, Computing Accounting Assistant Certificate, Office Management Certificate, Medical Terminology Micro-credential:

• Students registering from May to September for the Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer terms must pay full fees by 4 pm by the due date of each term (see below).
• Students registering during the terms must pay full fees at the time of registration.
• Last day to drop for refund is 10% of the course, and is specific to each course section.
• Last day to withdraw without academic penalty is within 25% of the course and is specific to each course section.

Term Start Dates 2022 - 2023

2022FA - Monday, August 22

2023WI – Monday, January 3

Early Childhood Care & Education Certificate

SCHEDULE / DEADLINES 2022 - 2023

• Full fees are due approximately 3 weeks prior to start of the program. Dates are provided in your admission letter.
• Last day to drop for refund is 10 days from the start date of the program.
• Fall Reading Break is Wednesday, November 9 to Thursday, November 10, 2022.
• Winter break is December 26, 2022 to January 2, 2023 inclusive. Winter classes start January 9, 2023.
• Spring Reading Break: refer to course outline
• All stat holidays apply.

Early Childhood Care & Education Diploma

SCHEDULE / DEADLINES 2022 - 2023

• Full fees are due approximately 3 weeks prior to start of the program. Dates are provided in your admission letter.
• Last day to drop for refund is 10 days from the start date of the program.
• Fall Reading Break is Wednesday, November 9 to Thursday, November 10, 2022.
• Winter break is December 26, 2022 to January 2, 2023 inclusive. Winter classes start January 9, 2023.
• Spring Reading Break: refer to course outline
• All stat holidays apply.

Health & Human Services

Activity Assistant

• Full fees are due 3 weeks prior to start of the program. Dates are provided in your admission letter.
• Last day to drop for refund is 14 days prior to the start date of the program.
• Last day to withdraw without academic penalty is within 60% of the program.
• All stat holidays apply. No reading breaks.

Health Care Assistant Certificate

SCHEDULE / DEADLINES 2022 - 2023

• Full fees are due approximately 3 weeks prior to start of the program. Dates are provided in your admission letter.
• Last day to drop for refund is 10 days from the start date of the program.
• Fall Reading Break is Wednesday, November 9 to Thursday, November 10, 2022.
• Winter break is December 26, 2022 to January 2, 2023 inclusive. Winter classes start January 3, 2023.
• Winter Reading Break TBA
• All stat holidays apply.

Practical Nursing Diploma

SCHEDULE / DEADLINES 2022 - 2023

• Full fees are due 3 weeks prior to start of the program. Dates are provided in your admission letter.
• Last day to drop for refund is 10 days from the start date of the program.
• Winter break is December 26, 2022 to January 2, 2023 inclusive. Winter classes start January 3, 2023.

Hospital Unit Clerk Certificate

SCHEDULE / DEADLINES 2022 - 2023

• Full fees are due 3 weeks prior to start of the program. Dates are provided in your admission letter.
• Last day to drop for refund is 14 days prior to the start date of the program.
• Last day to withdraw without academic penalty is within 60% of the program.
• Winter classes start Tuesday, January 3, 2023.
• All stat holidays apply. No reading breaks.

Animal Care Aide Certificate & Hospital Unit Clerk Certificate

SCHEDULE / DEADLINES 2022 - 2023

• Full fees are due 3 weeks prior to start of the program. Dates are provided in your admission letter.
• Last day to drop for refund is 14 days prior to the start date of the program.
• Last day to withdraw without academic penalty is within 60% of the program.
• Winter classes start Tuesday, January 3, 2023.
• All stat holidays apply. No reading breaks.

Electronics Technician Core Certificate and Industrial Automation Diploma

SCHEDULE / DEADLINES 2022 - 2023

• Full fees for the first term are due 3 weeks prior to start of the program. Dates are provided in your admission
  letter.
• Last day to drop for refund is 10 days from the start date of program.
• Last day to withdraw without academic penalty is within 60% of the program.
• Winter break is December 26, 2022 to January 2, 2023. Winter classes start January 3, 2023.
• All stat holidays apply. No reading breaks.

Tourism & Hospitality

Hospitality Distance Learning:

• Full fees are due at the time of registration

Trades & Technical

Aircraft Structures Technician (AME-S)
Aquaculture Technician Certificate
Aquaculture Technician Diploma
Automotive Collision and Refinishing Technician Foundation Harmonized
Automotive Service Technician Foundation Harmonized
Carpentry Foundation Harmonized
Coastal Forest Worker Certificate
Coastal Forest Technology Diploma
Culinary Business Operation Certificate
Culinary Business Operations Diploma
Electrician Foundation Harmonized
Furniture Design and Joinery Certificate
Heavy Mechanical Trades Foundation Certificate
Fabricator-Welder Foundation Harmonized Certificate
Motor Sport and Power Equipment Technician Foundation Certificate
Parts and Warehousing Person Foundation Certificate
Plumbing & Piping Foundation Harmonized
Prep Cook Certificate
Professional Cook (Culinary Arts) 1, 2, 3
Shellfish Aquaculture Technician
Welder Foundation Harmonized

SCHEDULES / DEADLINES 2022 - 2023

• Full fees for the first term are due 3 weeks prior to start of the program. Dates are provided in your admission
  letter.
• Last day to drop for refund is 10 days from the start date of program.
• Winter break is December 26, 2022 to January 2, 2023. Winter classes start January 3, 2023.
• All stat holidays apply. No reading breaks.

Apprenticeship Technical Training

Automotive Apprenticeship Harmonized
Cabinetmaker (Joiner) Apprenticeship
Carpentry Apprenticeship Harmonized
Electrician Apprenticeship Harmonized
Heavy Duty Apprenticeship
Plumbing Apprenticeship
Plumber Apprenticeship Harmonized
Welder Apprenticeship Harmonized

• Full fees are due 60 days prior to the start day of your course.
• Last day to drop for refund is 28 days prior to start of course.
• Schedule of training dates can be found at www.tradestrainingbc.ca

Continuous entry/exit distance courses and program (Upgrading)

Continuous entry/exit distance courses (Identified with a ‘C’ as the 3rd letter in the section code eg: CVC1, DLC1)

• Last day for tuition refunds 10 days from the student start date.
• Last day to withdraw without academic penalty is 60% from student start date.

Withdrawal without academic penalty

Programs that are longer than 13 weeks in length with varying start and end dates will have 60% of the program to withdraw without academic penalty

Programs and Courses with Term-Based Start Dates

The following North Island College programs and courses are guided by the term-based schedule and deadlines.

Upgrading & Special Programs

Business

Fine Art and DIGITAL Design + Development

Tourism & Hospitality

Health & Community Care

University Studies & Transfer