Below are some of the post-secondary programs designed to prepare students for a career in the airports sector.

British Columbia Institute of Technology School of Transportation

Richmond, BC, Diploma of Technical Studies in Airport Operations

BCIT’s Aerospace Technology Campus (ATC) is located at Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, B.C. The school also offers programs at its new Kelowna Aerospace Technology Campus (KATC), located at the Kelowna International Airport in Kelowna, B.C.

www.bcit.ca

Embry Riddle Aeronautical University

Daytona Beach, Fla., Prescott, Ariz. and distance learning programs – Undergraduate and Graduate degrees in a wide range of aviation specialties.

Embry Riddle offers more than 35 degree programs at residential campuses in Daytona Beach, Florida, and Prescott, Arizona, and at more than 130 Extended Campus learning centers for working professionals throughout the United States and Europe. Embry-Riddle also provides distance education, or online learning, around the globe.

www.db.erau.edu/

Georgian College

Barrie, Ont. – Diploma in Aviation Management

Georgia College offers a three-year Aviation Management diploma program. The three-year diploma program is designed to give students knowledge and hands-on experience in aviation and management as well as providing co-operative work experience.

www.georgianc.on.ca 

University of North Dakota Department of Aviation

Grand Forks, N.D.– Undergraduate degrees in several disciplines

The UND Department of Aviation offers six different majors in two degree programs. The Bachelor of Business Administration degree may be earned in either Aviation Management or Airport Management, and is granted by the College of Business and Public Administration. The Bachelor of Science in Aeronautics may be earned in Commercial Aviation, Air Traffic Control, Flight Education or Aviation Systems Management, and is granted by the John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences.

www.avit.und.edu

University of Western Ontario Administrative & Commercial Studies

London, Ont. – Bachelor of Administrative and Commercial Studies, Commercial Aviation Management

Western bills itself as the only university in Canada where you can earn a Commercial Pilot’s License while attaining a Bachelor of Administrative and Commercial Studies degree. In first-year, administrative and commercial studies, economics, computer science, and mathematics courses are supplemented with specific physics and geography courses. Upper-year students study everything from meteorology and aviation law to airport planning and airline management.

www.mos.uwo.ca

If you represent a college or university with a program that you believe should be considered for inclusion in this area, please contact Daniel-Robert Gooch at daniel.gooch@cacairports.ca