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Carleton’s Bachelor of Commerce: Challenge the Purpose of Business

Experience a Capital Location

Carleton University

Ranked in the top 5 among comprehensive universities in Canada, Carleton University is a dynamic research and teaching institution with a tradition of leading change. Its internationally recognized faculty, staff and researchers provide more than 30,000 full- and part-time students from more than 100 countries around the world with academic opportunities in more than 65 programs of study. Carleton’s creative, interdisciplinary and international approach to research has led to many significant discoveries and creative works.

The Carleton campus is situated on a safe and beautiful campus, just minutes from downtown Ottawa and Parliament Hill.

Carleton campus as seen from across the Rideau River

A Capital Location

Ottawa – Canada’s capital – is a safe, diverse and enterprising city where people work together to address the world’s most pressing challenges. Ottawa offers a balance of city living with natural surroundings. The city hosts many festivals, concerts and sporting events, and features many parks, bicycle paths, lakes and waterways. Canada’s fourth largest city, Ottawa ranks third in North America and 19th in the world in Mercer’s Quality of Living Ranking.

Located in the province of Ontario at the Quebec border, Ottawa is a short flight or train ride to major North American cities including Toronto, Montreal, New York City, and Washington, D.C. Ottawa’s international airport offers direct flights to gateway hubs in Europe, Asia, Middle East and the United States.

Get a Transformational Business Education

Students from Carleton University's Sprott School of Business carrying water with community members in Longido, Tanzania.

At Carleton University’s Sprott School of Business, we provide individualized, lifelong learning journeys that allow our students to discover their unique talents and to unleash their imagination. Drawing upon our values of compassion, imagination and purpose, we harness the potential and opportunities of business to improve lives worldwide.

Our faculty and instructors inspire their students with exciting ideas and insights and by harnessing the wealth of diverse knowledge and experience in our community. We make the world our classroom through unique experiential, entrepreneurship and work-based learning opportunities. Our programs are internationally accredited by AACSB.

Bachelor of Commerce (Honours)

Sprott’s Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) delivers a flexible business education with options to add a concentration, co-operative education, study abroad, and a minor in another subject. The program emphasizes experiential learning and courses feature live business cases, industry speakers, and hands-on projects.

Concentrations (Majors): 

BCom Streams (Minors):

View BCom Course Requirements

The Sprott School of Business also offers a Bachelor of International Business.

Get Ahead in Your Career

92% of Bachelor of Commerce graduates are meaningfully employed within 1 year of graduation. (Based on a 2018-2022 graduates surveyed)

All Commerce students complete the Sprott Employability Passport, a four-year, co-curricular program that provides students with the self awareness and skills to achieve meaningful employment and career success

Female and male student working on a project in Carleton's Kanata North space.

Co-operative Education:

An option open to students in the BCom program, co-operative education enables you to gain full-time, paid employment related to your program. Work terms begin in the summer after second year and alternate with study terms.

Business Career Management Centre: 

Sprott’s nationally-recognized career centre offers specialized career services and individual support to business students, including employer and alumni connections, professional skills workshops, career advising, and access to an exclusive job portal.

Join a Vibrant Student Community

A large group of students in blue and black business attire from Carleton University's Sprott School of Business in Ottawa, Canadda.

At the Sprott School of Business, you will be part of a supportive and diverse student community. We are known for our close-knit connections, outstanding student support and active student societies. For our students and alumni, we are a community for life.

Carleton provides outstanding student services to support all facets of your success. The International Student Services Office offers services and programs dedicated to helping international students adjust to life in Canada – making sure you get the most of your student experience.

A New Home for the Sprott School of Business

Opened in Fall 2021, the Nicol Building provides an inspiring and collaborative learning environment where students can pursue their dreams. Located at the heart of the Carleton campus, the Nicol Building’s inspiring and sustainable design feature unique learning spaces to support innovative teaching. Here, we work together with industry and community partners to make a positive impact in the world.

Atrium of the Nicol Building, home of Carleton University's Sprott School of Business in Ottawa, Canada.

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Entry Requirements

International students who are applying to the Bachelor of Commerce at Carleton University must meet certain academic criteria. High school graduation is the normal minimum level of study to be considered for admission to the first year of the program. Academic performance in the most recent years of study is the main determining factor for admission.

The specific prerequisite subjects below are the necessary minimum requirements and only establish the eligibility of an applicant to be considered.

Required courses for the Bachelor of Commerce:

Proof of English language proficiency is also required for all degrees. Students can demonstrate their English language proficiency by providing an approved English language test score, or by presenting official transcripts indicating they have studied for the last three years (full-time) in a high school, college or university in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom or any other country in which the primary language is English and where the language of instruction in the relevant educational institution was exclusively English.

Is English not your first language? ESL students can still start a degree. Learn how. 

International Admissions Requirements

Tuition and Costs

Average tuition fees per year: CAD$37,694.15
Other costs per year:

Please refer to Carleton University’s Admissions website for more information on International Student Costs.

Scholarships

Carleton University has one of the most generous scholarship and bursary programs in Canada. Last year, more than 12,000 scholarships and bursaries totalling over $23 million were awarded to undergraduate students.

Entrance Scholarships: Students applying directly from high school who are admitted with an admissions average of 80 per cent or higher are automatically considered for the merit-based renewable Entrance Scholarships.

Sprott School of Business Scholarships: The Dean’s Entrance Scholarship of Excellence, values at CAD$2,000 or CAD$4,000, will be awarded to the top students entering the first year of the Bachelor of Commerce program. This scholarship is awarded in addition to other Entrance Scholarships.

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Learn More and Apply!

Visit our Bachelor of Commerce program page to learn more about the exceptional student experience and unique opportunities at the Sprott School of Business.

If you have any admissions questions, please contact us as we are happy to assist you:

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