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Ontario College Advanced Diploma

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Ontario College Advanced Diploma
Awarded forThree-year program completion
LocationOntario
CountryCanada
Awarded byAccredited colleges within Ontario
Websitewww.ontario.ca/page/ontario-colleges
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The Ontario College Advanced Diploma (OCAD) is a post-secondary educational undergraduate three-year diploma, granted by colleges of applied arts and technology within Ontario, Canada. The undergraduate advanced diploma is awarded upon the completion of a three-year program of study at the undergraduate level.

According to the Ontario Qualifications Framework, the advanced diploma is listed as a level 8, whereas a basic certificate is a level 1 and a doctoral degree is level 13.[1]

Cornwall commercial college diploma from Ontario (1904)

The diploma succeeds the Ontario College Diploma (OCD) and the Ontario College Certificate (OCC), awarded upon the completion of a two-year and one-year program respectively. It precedes a bachelor's degree.[2]

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  1. ^ "ONTARIO QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORK" (PDF). Ontario.ca. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  2. ^ "Search | ontariocolleges.ca". www.ontariocolleges.ca. Retrieved October 7, 2020.