Note: This program is not accepting applications for September 2025
About the Program
The Asset Management program prepares you to evaluate the performance of asset operations, identify business issues and recommend action plans.
You will gain industry experience and learn through case studies, guest lectures and field trips. You will develop client management, communications and strategic analysis knowledge to plan for the full life cycle of an organization’s assets. A final capstone project will give you the opportunity to work with other students and an industry partner on a real-world assignment.
The program also integrates sustainable approaches and helps you build leadership skills to support stakeholders from diverse technical, financial and cultural backgrounds.
Graduates of the Building Environmental Systems Facility Manager, Building Systems Engineering Technician or Mechanical Engineering Technology - Building Sciences programs who have a minimum graduating GPA of 60% are eligible for admission to the Asset Management graduate certificate program and will receive two course exemptions.
Credential
Ontario College Graduate Certificate
Duration
2 Semesters (8 months)
Starts
September
Program and Course Delivery
This program is offered in Seneca's flexible delivery format. Using interactive learning spaces, professors teach in person to students in a physical classroom or lab and stream to students online at the same time. In courses delivered in the flexible format, students have a choice of coming to campus for an in-person experience or learning online.
Throughout this program you will develop the following skills:
- asset management
- effective communication
- strategic planning
- sustainable life cycle management
- risk management and performance improvement
When you graduate from this program, these are the types of career options you can explore:
- asset management companies
- private equity funds
- municipalities
- developers
- malls
- oil and gas companies
- utility and mining companies
- manufacturing companies
Affiliations and Associations
WPiAM is a worldwide partnership, established in late 2014, of national non-profit professional associations working together to enable individuals and organisations to develop, assess and recognize competence in Asset Management, for the benefit of their members and of the asset management community globally.
Successful completion of this program is the first step in obtaining the following industry certifications that are in demand:
Pursuing the CAMA, CPAM or CSAM certifications require completion of an examination as applicable, asset management work experience and registration with WPiAM (additional costs required). For more information on which certification is right for you, please visit the World Partners in Asset Management (WPiAM).
Program Learning Outcomes
This Seneca program has been validated by the Credential Validation Service as an Ontario College Credential as required by the Ministry of Colleges and Universities.
As a graduate, you will be prepared to reliably demonstrate the ability to:
- Apply the standards and codes of practice for professional assets management to address issues related to the full life cycle of business’s assets such as physical, financial or digital.
- Communicate with team members, clients and stakeholders to maintain and enhance interpersonal relationships within the role of the asset manager.
- Evaluate the implementation of asset management plans and practices to meet the organization objectives and industry standards.
- Develop and use professional strategies and plans to improve future professional growth, job performance and working relationships.
- Design alternative solutions to asset management problems taking into consideration sustainable approaches.
- Create an asset management framework that integrates all functional elements of an organization in order to support a company’s strategic goals.
- Lead a supportive workplace culture of asset management principles to support stakeholders from diverse technical, financial and cultural backgrounds
- Analyze, organize and manipulate data to support problem-solving, business decision making and opportunity identification for asset management.
- Develop policies and strategies for the management of assets to meet organization objectives and industry standards.
- Ontario university/college degree, college diploma or equivalent.
- Applicants with a combination of partial postsecondary and/or three years relevant work experience that is the equivalent of the above may be considered. A relevant resume and references must be provided.
- English proficiency for graduate certificates.
Canadian citizens or permanent residents educated outside of Canada must provide a World Education Services (WES) or ICAS Canada credential evaluation.
International Student Information
International admissions requirements vary by program and in addition to English requirements, programs may require credits in mathematics, biology, and chemistry at a level equivalent to Ontario’s curriculum, or a postsecondary degree or diploma, equivalent to an Ontario university or college. Program-specific pre-requisite courses and credentials are listed with the admission requirements on each program page. To review the academic requirements please visit: Academic Requirements - Seneca, Toronto, Canada (senecapolytechnic.ca).
Pathways
As a leader in academic pathways, we offer a range of options that will allow you to take your credential further in another Seneca program or a program at a partner institution.
To learn more about your eligibility, visit the Academic Pathways web page.
