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Choose from certificates, diplomas, apprenticeships, and full degrees to launch your career, or pursue lifelong learning with Continuing Education courses and micro-credentials. View individual academic courses or the Academic Calendar.

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Choose from certificates, diplomas, apprenticeships, and full degrees to launch your career, or pursue lifelong learning with Continuing Education courses and micro-credentials. View individual academic courses or the Academic Calendar.

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Animal Sciences

Where education meets passion for all things furry, feathered, four legged and finned.

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Cultivate a career in modern agriculture with skills to operate and maintain farm equipment, transport grains and livestock, and utilize technology for production.

Careers

This diploma lays the foundation for a career as an agricultural equipment technician, livestock or grain farm worker, grain and forage crop producer.

$39K

Median Annual Earnings One Year After Graduation

Department

Animal Sciences Department

Timing

2 Years

Fall Semester Start

Location

Fairview Campus

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Harness your potential for a career in animal health. Train on NWP's working farm where you will learn to treat and diagnose livestock and domestic animals.

Careers

A veterinary technology diploma paves the way to a career caring for animals in veterinary practices, zoos, wildlife parks, and rehabilitation centers. Graduates have also pursued careers in law enforcement and the Canadian Armed Forces.

$43K

Median Annual Earnings One Year After Graduation

Department

Animal Sciences Department

Timing

2 Years

Fall Semester Start

Location

Fairview Campus

Business & Office Administration

Turn ambition into action through a well-rounded education from instructors with real-world business experience.

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Business Instructor, Carolyn Vasileiou posing on the NWP concourse
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Gain an entrepreneurial edge in the marketplace and build your business expertise. Accelerate your success with skills in accounting, marketing, financial services, economics, and management.

Careers

With a diploma in business administration, students can pursue careers in accounting, bookkeeping, administration, payroll, marketing, banking, advertising, human resources and much more.

$49K

Median Annual Earnings One Year After Graduation

Department

Business & Office Administration

Timing

2 Years

Fall, Winter, Spring Semester Start

Location

Grande Prairie Campus

Education

Our inspiring programs prepare you to make a difference, with visible results. Get started on a rewarding career path that will shape lives and futures.

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Education instructor Chantel Lussier hero pose
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Choose a playful career path. Utilize play as a tool for learning and allow children to explore, experiment, and discover new things in a fun and engaging way.

Careers

Graduates qualify as Level Three Educators through Alberta Children and Youth Services and develop rewarding careers in child care centres, family day homes, nursery schools, kindergartens, inclusive child care programs, and out of school programs.

Department

Department of Education

Timing

2 Years

Fall, Winter, Spring Semester Start

Location

Grande Prairie Campus

Fine Arts

Paint your future by making your artistic dreams come to life through one-on-one instruction in an unmatched creative environment.

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Fine Arts instructor, Laura Marotta shares a laugh while displaying an art installation

Design a colourful career with a mixture of theory and hands-on practical training that focuses on interactive design, typography, print media, web design, and various types of visual communication.

Careers

Potential pathways for graduates of this program can lead to careers in graphic design, web design, public design, digital marketing, communications, product development, industrial design, videography, and photography.

$31k

Median Annual Earnings One Year After Graduation

Department

Fine Arts

Timing

2 Years

Winter Semester 2026 Start

Location

Grande Prairie Campus

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Build your creative assets with drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, and design skills. Work towards a colourful career as an artist, educator, art therapist or animator.

Careers

Many graduates go on to create careers as artists, graphic designers, illustrators, art educators, animators, and web designers, as well as curators, educators and installation preparators in public and private galleries.

$28K

Median Annual Earnings One Year After Graduation

Department

Fine Arts

Timing

2 Years

Fall Semester Start

Location

Grande Prairie Campus

Humanities & Social Sciences

Challenge your perspective, interpret complex questions, and explore values and beliefs while engaging with larger social and cultural issues of our time.

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Dr Sally Jones, Instructor in the Humanities and Social Science department at NWP

Be the positive change-maker in rural, northern, and Indigenous communities by supporting individuals and families through compassionate care.

Careers

A diploma in social work paves the way for a career as a social worker in various fields, including government departments, mental health clinics, correctional services, family and social service agencies, school boards, and employee assistance programs.

$41K

Median Annual Earnings One Year After Graduation

Department

Humanities and Social Sciences

Timing

2 Years

Fall & Winter Semester Start

Location

Grande Prairie Campus

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Focus on English, psychology, communications and more with a diploma that leads to an impactful career or ladders into a specialist degree.

$28K

Median Annual Earnings One Year After Graduation

Department

Humanities and Social Sciences

Timing

2 years

Fall Semester Start

Location

Grande Prairie Campus

Kinesiology & Health Sciences

Increase the fitness of your career future with knowledge in health promotion, injury prevention and rehabilitation, and sports performance.

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Activate an occupation in recreation programming or coaching. Learn to assess fitness levels by understanding the fundamental movement concepts that underpin all physical activity.

Careers

Graduates typically forge introductory careers in sport and recreation administration, therapeutic and rehabilitation services, as well as coaching and training environments.

$30K

Median Annual Earnings One Year After Graduation

Department

Kinesiology and Health Sciences

Timing

2 Years

Fall Semester Start

Location

Grande Prairie Campus

Practical Nurse & Health Care Aide

Prescribing future health care professionals with the vital skills to pursue caring careers.

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Choose a caring career path with the power to heal, comfort, and inspire. Develop critical thinking skills as you evaluate patient progress, interact with other professionals and deliver nursing care to clients and their families.

Careers

Graduates of this program are eligible to write the Canadian Practical Nurse Registration Exam (CPNRE) and work in several areas of healthcare, including acute care hospitals, continuing care facilities, primary care clinics and physician's offices.

$41K

Median Annual Earnings One Year After Graduation

Department

Practical Nurse and Health Care Aide

Timing

2 Years

Fall (FV) and, Winter (GP) Semester Start

Location

Fairview Campus
Grande Prairie Regional Hospital

Science

Get your career goals down to a science with skills and knowledge from our hub of solutions and innovation.

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Math instructor Abdel Bensouilah posing in front of chalkboard displaying algebraic equations
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Up your career game in the software development industry by getting creative in our dedicated circuit design and robotics, data communications, and networking labs.

Careers

Graduates of this program typically forge careers as programmers, analysts and network administrators in industries that maintain information and telecommunication systems.

$41K

Median Annual Earnings One Year After Graduation

Department

Science Department

Timing

2 Years

Fall Semester Start

Location

Grande Prairie Campus

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Generate career opportunities by learning about power (steam) plant operations and processes. Study areas include water treatment, pump operation, electricity, instrumentation, fuels and combustion.

Careers

A diploma in power engineering opens up career opportunities in any industry that uses boilers, such as gas plants, power generating plants, pulp mills, refineries, and breweries.

$64K

Median Annual Earnings One Year After Graduation

Department

Science Department

Timing

2 Years

Fall Semester Start

Location

Grande Prairie Campus

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Earn a diploma after studying various university-level sciences, which build up the prerequisites for a professional program or work toward a biological science degree.

Careers

Graduates are well-prepared for biology-related careers in various industries, where data is studied, field and lab tests are conducted, and data is collected.

Department

Science Department

Timing

2 Years

Fall Semester Start

Location

Grande Prairie Campus

Transportation Trades

Does the thought of servicing an engine excite you? At NWP, we can help you keep the wheels turning on your career with programs that...

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This globally recognized program will give you a huge advantage. Our technical training partnership with Caterpillar Inc. and Finning Canada is truly one-of-a-kind.

Careers

Employment with Finning Canada, heavy equipment industry, Alberta & Industry Training Heavy Equipment Technician Apprenticeship completion and Heavy Equipment Technician journeyperson certification.

$42K

Median Annual Earnings One Year After Graduation

Department

Transportation Trades

Timing

2 Years

Location

Fairview Campus