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About Culinary Entrepreneurship in Sait

Program Highlights

Prepare yourself for the exciting world of entrepreneurship as you immerse yourself in the day-to-day operations of a real-life business.  Learn about your tolerance to risk, your ability to manage and your ability to lead. Graduates can look forward to career opportunities in management or as independent business owners.  

Program Description

Whether you're an entrepreneur at heart or you want to increase your business acumen, the Culinary Entrepreneurship post-diploma will provide you with the skills and knowledge required to turn an idea into reality. An intensive year-long certificate program, you'll learn first-hand all about the world of entrepreneurialism as you manage an actual, real-life hospitality enterprise.

The experiential learning from a live classroom environment will provide you with the skillset required to operate a business, provide creative solutions and drive product development — skillsets that are increasingly sought after in a globalized, competitive environment.

While managing a business, your learning will be complemented with online courses and professional mentorship from industry experts. Your studies will cover everything from business operations, facilities, and business regulations to finance, human resource management, sales and marketing.

Upon completion of this post-diploma certificate, you will be able to make informed decisions about your tolerance to risk, your ability to manage and your ability to lead. Further, you will be able to determine if you are suited to entrepreneurship, whether or not you are ready to become an entrepreneur, or if you should use your entrepreneurial mindset to enhance your position within an organization.

World-Class Experiential Learning Environment

An integral part of your learning experience will be SAIT's new state-of-the-art facility designed to foster culinary excellence, creative exchange and innovation. The Tastemarket by SAIT will provide you with a flexible platform to test new ideas and gain valuable experience as you rotate through different business roles in each of the four zones: charcuterie and wine bar, flatbread station, patisserie and a line featuring daily student creations.

Student Awards

Three $5,000 entrance awards are available to qualifying students.

Your Career

Graduates of the program can look forward to career opportunities in management within the hospitality industry or as independent business owners.

Academic qualification equivalents

• Final or provisional degree certificates issued by the degree-awarding institution (Bachelor, Master's)

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

Sait The Average Tuition Fees And Other Expenses

Attending SAIT Polytechnic can cost an international student the following approximately: 

Tuition Fees

For international students, the tuitions fees will be:

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.

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)

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