The UBC Extended Learning Centre for Organizational Coaching provides award-winning, globally recognized coach education for leaders, professionals and practitioners. We offer evidence-based, experientially designed coaching programs that strengthen resilience, systemic thinking and collaborative relationships across workplaces and communities. In all our programs we leverage coaching as a learning methodology to expand capabilities and foster engaged learning communities.
A leader in coach education
In 2013, UBC Coaching Services partnered with UBC Extended Learning to launch the Certificate in Organizational Coaching with a cohort of just 12 students. Today, it’s the Centre’s flagship international program, graduating more than 90 coaches each year and connecting a network of over 700 alumni worldwide.
Recognized for excellence in coach education, the program has received the International Coaching Federation Prism Award (2018) and the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) Global Coaching Award (2024). In 2026, the UBC Certificate in Organizational Coaching has become one of the few dually accredited ICF Level 2 and EMCC EQA programs in North America - a landmark achievement.
Over the last decade, we have continued to expand our coach education portfolio, developing a range of ICF-accredited offerings to create multiple entry points for professionals across sectors and career stages.
Competency-based experiential learning
The UBC Extended Learning Centre for Organizational Coaching brings together a growing ecosystem of coach education, professional learning and applied practice. Choose from our core offerings designed to build coaching skills aligned with your role, career goals and previous experience.
Learning is evidence-based and experiential, combining independent study, reflection, discussion, applied activities, mentoring and coaching practice. Delivered online and part-time, the programs offer flexibility for busy professionals.
All programs are accredited by the International Coaching Federation (ICF), with coach education hours applicable toward ICF credentialing requirements or continuing coach education units.
- ICF Level 1 Leader as Coach (60 hours)
- ICF Level 2 Certificate in Organizational Coaching (160 hours)
- Career Coaching Practitioner (40 hours)
- Mentor Coaching Practitioner (40 hours)
- Coaching Neurodiversity at Work (40 hours)
Core Competency Coaching Education
For new coaches, build foundational coaching skills you can use in your day-to-day work or apply toward ICF credentialing to pursue professional coaching.
Specialized Coaching Education
For leaders and coaches across sectors, focused programs to expand your coaching capabilities to better support clients, colleagues and staff with diverse needs and goals.
Advanced Coaching Education
For experienced coaches, take the next steps in your coaching journey and build the skills to support clients, colleagues and fellow coaches with greater nuance, confidence and ethical awareness.
Graduate stories and successes
Our graduates come from diverse personal and professional backgrounds. Meet some of our recent graduates, and read about their journeys and successes.
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