Artificial Intelligence Cloud Solutions Strategy

The UBC Micro-certificate in Artificial Intelligence Cloud Solutions Strategy combines fundamental knowledge, implementation strategy and practical tech skills. Learn how to plan and implement AI cloud solutions that drive innovation and strengthen your organization’s technology infrastructure. Gain transferable knowledge and a critical thinking approach that can help you adapt and excel in the ever-evolving tech landscape.

By the end of this program, you’ll be able to:

• Understand the fundamentals of AI and cloud computing, their impact on businesses, and the associated opportunities, challenges and ethical implications
• Analyze the AI and machine learning commercial services market and identify the key players
• Use ready-made, purpose-built AI cloud services or your own models with machine learning
• Design and develop a framework for implementing AI strategies within cloud services to improve operational efficiency, customer experiences and business outcomes
• Identify the four basic categories of AI services: prediction, structured data, unstructured data and neural networks
• Understand the cost-benefit analysis of AI cloud solutions and how to make the best use of your investment
• Assess and choose the right infrastructure for machine learning performance and cost efficiency

Technical and coding skills are not required to take this program. It is designed to accommodate professionals in non-technical or tech-adjacent roles, including:

• Leaders and professionals, from business and operational managers, owners and CEOs, and digital transformation leads to business intelligence and financial teams, who are currently using or considering a cloud service and planning to integrate AI
• Experienced and established professionals looking to keep pace with ever-evolving technology, enhance their practical skills and accelerate career growth

Tech consultants, UI/UX designers and a variety of architect roles can also benefit from the knowledge and skills offered in this program.

Each course costs $950. The total cost of the program is $1,900.

All fees are in Canadian dollars, subject to change and to GST (where applicable). For details on forms of payment accepted, please see How to pay.

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This micro-certificate program consists of two courses of four weeks each. Combined, the courses take approximately 55 hours to complete. Learners can choose between two distinct pathways. To earn the micro-certificate, you must finish two courses within one of the learning pathways. Please note that each course can only be applied to one micro-certificate.

Learners who completed UBC Micro-certificate in Artificial Cloud Solutions Strategy can ladder this credential into UBC Certificate in Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Digital Media or UBC Certificate in Cloud and Technology Transformation.

Pathway 1: One Required Course

Pathway 1: One Required Course

Course name	Format	Next start date	Learn more
AI and Cloud Strategy: Fundamentals (0160)	Online	Sep 15, 2026	Details

Pathway 1: Choose One Elective Course

Pathway 1: Choose One Elective Course

Course name	Format	Next start date	Learn more
AI and Cloud Strategy: Technology Implementation (0161)	Online	Jun 16, 2026	Details
Cloud Transformation Strategy (0158)	Online	Sep 29, 2026	Details

Pathway 2: Two Required Courses

Pathway 2: Two Required Courses

Course name	Format	Next start date	Learn more
AI and Cloud Strategy: Technology Implementation (0161)	Online	Jun 16, 2026	Details
Cloud Technology Infrastructure Strategy (0159)	Online	Nov 3, 2026	Details

This part-time 100% online program is instructor supported with real-time classes combined with independent study. Real-time classes are recorded in case you miss one.

Outside of class, you can access online materials when it suits your schedule. Each week, you’ll have an opportunity to review readings and videos, apply your knowledge in exercises and case studies, contribute to a discussion board and connect with other students.

Expected effort

Expect to spend approximately five to seven hours a week completing all learning activities, including attending the real-time online classes.

Technology requirements

To take this program, you need access to:

• an email account
• a computer, laptop or tablet, using Windows or macOS
• the latest version of a web browser (or previous major version release)
• a reliable internet connection
• a video camera and microphone

Assessment

You are assessed on successfully completing weekly activities, including your contributions to discussion posts and applied case study projects (based on real-life scenarios). These activities are marked using a proficiency scale. Your instructor also provides you with informal feedback in the real-time classes.

While you are not assessed on your attendance of the real-time sessions, we encourage you to attend as they offer an opportunity to learn and interact with your instructor and other participants. All sessions are recorded in case you miss one.

Our program instructors are experts with extensive industry and adult education experience.

Ricardo Trujeque, Course Author and Instructor, is an entrepreneur and educator whose 20-year career intersects technology, communications and education. He has co-founded several software as a service (SaaS) companies that span digital media content distribution, marketing automation, language assessment, disaster resilience assessment and, currently, immersive environments for training and education.

Lawrence McDaniel, BSc, Course Instructor, is a freelance full-stack web developer and business analyst, as well as an angel investor, entrepreneur and mentor. He has worked as a freelance technology consultant since 1999, and has advised dozens of startups as well as international banks, hedge funds and real estate investment funds.