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Smith School of Business’s Graduate Diploma in Accounting is the first and best program to prepare you for the CPA designation and a thriving business career.

Running from May to July, this 13-week summer program covers key modules of the CPA Professional Education Program, providing an excellent opportunity to deepen your understanding and significantly expand your knowledge of accounting. This is the fastest route to the CPA exam and frees candidates from having to study during their first months of full-time work. On completion, GDA graduates hold advanced standing with every provincial and territorial CPA organization.

Smith GDA delivers cutting-edge business analysis and strategy skills. Graduates are ready to be top contributors to their employers.

Queen's Advanced Executive Certificate is Canada's most popular general management program to take the next step in your career.

Equip yourself with the knowledge and capabilities needed to play a part in the future of your organization. Completing your Queen’s Advanced Executive Certificate showcases your knowledge of the core concepts required to succeed in senior roles: leadership, strategy and execution.

Customize your learning pathway to match your goals with options curated by our team of learning experts, top faculty, and industry professionals to ensure relevance in today’s market. Learn at your own pace with content tailored to your needs. You will earn Queen’s Advanced Executive Certificate by completing the program requirements in your choice of virtual classroom or in-person formats. You choose the order. You choose the timeline.

Human Resources has never played as critical and impactful a role as it currently does. With this heightened importance, now is the time to deepen your theoretical knowledge, enhance your leadership confidence, and establish a deeper and more strategic approach to your practice with the Queen’s IRC certificate in Advanced Human Resources.

We offer the choice of the Aligning HR and Business Strategy or Leading Human Resources programs as the core required program for this Certificate. The remainder of the credits required for the certificate can be made up from any combination of the other programs that Queen’s IRC offers, which gives you maximum flexibility to customize your individual training needs while obtaining a Certificate from a world-renowned University.