Accreditations

PTIB Designated – NPC College of Arts & Design is designated by the Private Training Institutions Branch (PTIB) of the British Columbia Ministry of Advanced Education, Skills and Training. PTIB administers the Private Training Act and associated regulations. It is responsible for ensuring institutions meet the requirements and standards for certification, maintaining a Private Training Institution Directory of all certified institutions and the programs they provide, providing student protection and overseeing the Student Tuition Protection Fund.

For more information about PTIB accreditation, visit privatetraininginstitutions.gov.bc.ca

EQA Designated –Education Quality Assurance (EQA) is a quality assurance designation that identifies BC public and private post-secondary institutions that have met or exceeded provincial government recognized quality assurance standards and offer consumer protection. EQA provides one standard provincial seal that can be recognized globally as symbol of quality. The EQA seal allows students to easily identify which provincial institutions the government of BC recognizes as having met quality assurance standards and that offer consumer protection to learners.

For more information about EQA designation, visit www.bceqa.ca

NPC College of Arts & Design is a Citizenship Immigration Canada Designated Learning Institution,which is approved by a provincial or territorial government to host international students. To apply for a study permit, you will need to include the Designated Learning Institution number (DLI #), which is the number that begins with the letter “O”, on your application form. Our DLI# is O272070464932 .

For more information about the DLI, visit www.cic.gc.ca.