Ontario College Advanced Diploma

{{short description|Advanced educational diploma}}

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| name = Ontario College Advanced Diploma

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| awarded_for = Three-year program completion

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| holder = Accredited colleges within Ontario

| location = Ontario

| country = Canada

| website = {{URL|www.ontario.ca/page/ontario-colleges}}

| next = Bachelor's degree

| previous = Ontario College Diploma

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The Ontario College Advanced Diploma (OCAD) is a post-secondary educational undergraduate three-year diploma, granted by colleges of applied arts and technology within Ontario, Canada. The undergraduate advanced diploma is awarded upon the completion of a three-year program of study at the undergraduate level.

According to the Ontario Qualifications Framework, the advanced diploma is listed as a level 8, whereas a basic certificate is a level 1 and a doctoral degree is level 13.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=ONTARIO QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORK|url=http://www.tcu.gov.on.ca/pepg/programs/oqf/oqf.pdf|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=October 7, 2020|website=Ontario.ca}}

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The diploma succeeds the Ontario College Diploma (OCD) and the Ontario College Certificate (OCC), awarded upon the completion of a two-year and one-year program respectively. It precedes a bachelor's degree.{{Cite web|title=Search {{!}} ontariocolleges.ca|url=https://www.ontariocolleges.ca/en/programs/search?q=&page=0&by%5BProgramCredentialEnglish%5D%5B0%5D=Advanced%20Diploma|access-date=2020-10-07|website=www.ontariocolleges.ca}}