Applications for Spring 2024 are now closed
IMPORTANT: If you were approved for RPL this year, please check your NBCC transcript to ensure all your credits have been posted. If you notice any errors or have questions, please let us know using the “Questions? Ask Us” contact form on the right side of this page.
Note: Credits approved in Spring 2024 will be posted by the end of May.
Please use the RPL Portal to see the status of your RPL application, view the list of previously evaluated courses, find your program delivery sequence, or search for NBCC course profiles.
At NBCC, we recognize that learning happens inside and outside the classroom. Our Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) program allows you to gain credit for the learning you already possess. You may have taken many different paths to develop this learning, from formal coursework at other post-secondary institutions to informal workshops and seminars, on-the-job training, work experience, volunteerism, military service or family commitments. No matter how or where you gained your experience, RPL provides a way for you to demonstrate your learning and receive formal credit for it.
There are two ways you can be awarded credit towards your program at NBCC:
There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning.