ITCP Established Academic Route | Canada's Association of Information Technology Professionals

ITCP applicants must meet these entry criteria

i) Possession of a well developed broad technical understanding of IT; (breadth component);
ii) Demonstrated understanding how IT fits within the organization model;
iii) A minimum of two years of recent demonstrated competence in one or more specialist areas of I.T. (technical or domain knowledge) at Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA) Level 5 or equivalent or above (See: Skills).
iv) A minimum of two years of recent[1] demonstrated capability to operate at the SFIA Level 5 or equivalent or above (See: Level).

The Established Academic entry route is designed to facilitate the application and review process for individuals who have a level of professional competence above the minimum required of those applying under the post-secondary education plus experience entry routes. The review and assessment methodology is based on a defined career path.

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This application route is available to professionals who:

has a full-time academic position in a Computer Science (CS), Software Engineering (SE) Information Systems (IS) (or equivalent) department at a recognized University (or equivalent);
holds the rank of Associate Professor or higher, or is eligible to hold this rank;
is established in her/his field, both as a teacher and as a researcher, and who will have contributed some service to her/his discipline and or profession.

The applicant must have:

a full-time faculty position in a CS, SE or IS department (or in a closely related discipline) in a recognized University for a minimum period of five (5) years;
a Ph.D., or equivalent doctoral degree, in CS, SE or IS (or equivalent), in which they were required to write and successfully defend a doctoral level thesis. Normally, this doctoral degree will have been obtained at least five (5) years before an application under this route may be made;
taught undergraduate CS, SE or IS (or equivalent) courses for five (5) years minimum at a recognized University CS or IS department (or closely related discipline), in at least 3 areas. The word "areas" includes both subject areas and also pedagogical areas, such as "introductory computer science",
taught graduate level or senior (final year) undergraduate level CS, SE or IS (or closely related discipline) courses for at least two (2) years at a recognized university CS, SE or IS department (or equivalent).
supervised to successful completion the project or thesis work of at least two students. These two students must be senior level undergraduate students (such as summer NSERC - or equivalent - students, or students undertaking final year capstone projects etc.) or graduate students undertaking a thesis oriented Master's or PhD degree. Supervision of one undergraduate and one PhD/Masters candidate qualifies.
published at least four scholarly articles in refereed journals and/or refereed conferences;
obtained funding for her/his research project(s) from (a) source(s) outside her/his department;
utilized her/his expertise in taking an active role in the administrative/service work of her/his department, university and/or profession.

[1] The experience has to be recent and attained within the last 36 months preceding this application.

ITCP Established Academic Route

*ITCP applicants must meet these entry criteria* i) Possession of a well developed broad technical understanding of IT; (breadth component); ii) Demonstrated understanding how IT fits within the organization model; iii) A minimum of two years of recent demonstrated competence in one or more specialist areas of I.T. (technical or domain knowledge) at Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA) Level 5 or equivalent or above (See: Skills). iv) A minimum of two years of recent[1] demonstrated capability to operate at the SFIA Level 5 or equivalent or above (See: Level). The Established Academic entry route is designed to facilitate the application and review process for individuals who have a level of professional competence above the minimum required of those applying under the post-secondary education plus experience entry routes. The review and assessment methodology is based on a defined career path. Click Here for Certification Fees This application route is available to professionals who: has a full-time academic position in a Computer Science (CS), Software Engineering (SE) Information Systems (IS) (or equivalent) department at a recognized University (or equivalent); holds the rank of Associate Professor or higher, or is eligible to hold this rank; is established in her/his field, both as a teacher and as a researcher, and who will have contributed some service to her/his discipline and or profession. The applicant must have: a full-time faculty position in a CS, SE or IS department (or in a closely related discipline) in a recognized University for a minimum period of five (5) years; a Ph.D., or equivalent doctoral degree, in CS, SE or IS (or equivalent), in which they were required to write and successfully defend a doctoral level thesis. Normally, this doctoral degree will have been obtained at least five (5) years before an application under this route may be made; taught undergraduate CS, SE or IS (or equivalent) courses for five (5) years minimum at a recognized University CS or IS department (or closely related discipline), in at least 3 areas. The word "areas" includes both subject areas and also pedagogical areas, such as "introductory computer science", taught graduate level or senior (final year) undergraduate level CS, SE or IS (or closely related discipline) courses for at least two (2) years at a recognized university CS, SE or IS department (or equivalent). supervised to successful completion the project or thesis work of at least two students. These two students must be senior level undergraduate students (such as summer NSERC - or equivalent - students, or students undertaking final year capstone projects etc.) or graduate students undertaking a thesis oriented Master's or PhD degree. Supervision of one undergraduate and one PhD/Masters candidate qualifies. published at least four scholarly articles in refereed journals and/or refereed conferences; obtained funding for her/his research project(s) from (a) source(s) outside her/his department; utilized her/his expertise in taking an active role in the administrative/service work of her/his department, university and/or profession. [1] The experience has to be recent and attained within the last 36 months preceding this application.