University Transfer
Step 1 – Start here to begin your studies.
Let us meet you where you are!
Portage College offers a range of university options to meet you where you are and get you where you want to go. Courses are offered online, in-person, and Hyflex from Cold Lake, Lac La Biche, and St Paul.
University Transfer gains you entrance into your university courses and allows you to apply to degree streams. Students enrolled in University Transfer take first- and second-year university courses. Check out the University Transfer program and courses below.
The University Studies Diploma allows domestic students who meet the graduation requirements to exit with a diploma. This program is the university transfer option for international students.
Interested in finishing your undergraduate bachelor's degree? Start with Portage and apply directly to one of our partner bachelor's degrees.*
*Students apply directly to the University of Calgary for the Bachelor of Education partnership.
University Studies Diploma
Step 2 – Exit with a diploma after two years of completion (international student option).
Bachelor of Arts
In partnership with the University of Alberta
Bachelor of Arts, General
In partnership with the University of Calgary
Bachelor of Business Administration
In Partnership with NAIT
Bachelor of General Studies
In Partnership with Athabasca University
Bachelor of Human Resources and Labour Relations
In Partnership with Athabasca University
Bachelor of Science
In Partnership with the University of Calgary
Computer Programming and Information Technology Certificate
Learn various computer skills and programming needed in IT, video games, and website design.
We acknowledge that Portage College’s service region is on the traditional lands of First Nation Peoples, the owners of Treaty 6, 8 and 10, which are also homelands to the Métis people. We honour the history and culture of all people who first lived and gathered in these lands.