About Office Professional in Sait
Program Highlights
Increase productivity, create efficiencies and problem solve as an office administrator or administrative assistant using skills gained in courses that cover spreadsheet, word processing and presentation software, office administration and communication.
Program description
Open the door to a fast-paced office career with the one-year Office Professional certificate. Learn to communicate in an office setting, understand common office procedures and use technology to organize business information. You practice collaboration and teamwork to complete a variety of business tasks.
You can graduate with several Microsoft Office certifications, demonstrating your essential skills in word processing, spreadsheet, email and presentation software. When you graduate, you can launch your office professional career or apply to the second year of SAIT’s Administrative Information Management diploma.
Program brochure
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Your career
Graduates are well prepared to take on entry-level administrative roles such as administrative assistant, office assistant, office administrator, mail and message distribution clerk and more - in a variety of organizations and industries.
Student success
To achieve success in this program, students should:
- Attend and actively participate in class
- Spend approximately six hours per week on each course outside of regular class time
- Be familiar with the use of a Windows-based computer and have basic skills in Microsoft Office
- Be prepared to work in teams
- Become familiar with and adhere to SAIT’s academic policies
Also, students who are engaged and take advantage of SAIT services and resources usually experience more success in SAIT’s programs
Academic qualification equivalents
English language requirements (one of the below):
- IELTS : 6.0 in each skill
- TOEFL : Overall 80, (A minimum score of 20 in each category)
- PTE : A score of 53 in each section
Sait Highlights
Type |
Public |
Campus Setting |
Urban |
Application mode |
Online |
Student Retention rate |
94.8% |
Cost of living |
788-1,327 CAD/Month |
Number of Students |
11,023 full time |
Number of teachers |
More than 1500 specialists |
Academic calendar |
Semester based |
Finance type |
Non-profit |
Number of schools |
8 schools |
Medium of instructions |
English |
Domestic Tuition fee |
681.20 CAD |
International Tuition fee |
1,141.20 CAD |
Sait The Average Tuition Fees And Other Expenses
Attending SAIT Polytechnic can cost an international student the following approximately:
Expenses |
Subtotal |
Average cost of tuition |
18,112.00 CAD |
Cost of living |
11,000.00 CAD |
Application fee |
75.00 CAD |
Tuition Fees
For international students, the tuitions fees will be:
SAIT Fees |
Total in CAD |
Campus recreation |
171.20 |
Universal transit pass |
310 |
Health and dental |
460 |
Student support fee |
100 |
Student technology fee |
100 |
The optional course enrollment would increase the fees and may include a security deposit of 400 CAD.
English Proficiency Test Scores
All the programs at the university are taught in English medium and hence proving English language proficiency is mandatory.
Test name |
Minimum Required Score |
TOEFL iBT |
80 overall, 20 in each category |
IELTS |
6.0 |
CLBA |
8.0 |
CAEL |
60 |
PTE |
53 |
MELAB |
76 |
SAIT Admission requirements and process
Admission at SAIT Polytechnic requires additional documents from international applicants. Application requirements for various programs are given below.
Selection CriteriaSAIT Polytechnic opens the admissions in the Fall Start and continues until the Spring start. Different programs have different time periods for their admission process.
- The application fee charged is 75.00 CAD once for each program enrolment.
- Percentage required in schools and the other major requirements are different for all courses:
- A 65% record or a cumulative GPA of minimum 2.3 is required for the Bachelor’s of business administration.
- Other courses require a minimum of 50%.
- A common requirement in all the courses is the English proficiency.
- Admission into the Institute is determined on the academic records.
- Graduate employment rate in the institute is 94%
Criteria of selection are not the same for different courses and to meet up to the suitability of the program the students may need to give supplementary documentation or additional information to be submitted. This includes:-
- Career investigation report
- Required tests
- Resume
- Essay
- Interview
- Ranking (used by some programs)