A modern skillset for the leading edge of business

Offered as a one-year graduate certificate or two-year diploma, Northern’s Global Business, Entrepreneurship & Technology program will allow you to claim your place in the boardroom—and beyond.

To excel in the era of digital transformation, you’ll enjoy carefully curated courses that provide a solid foundation for your career in management and venture creation.

You’ll master corporate strategy and business planning. You’ll learn how geopolitical forces impact global markets. And you’ll be challenged to find creative out-of-the-box solutions for complex real-world business problems.

What’s more—as technology continues to reshape our world—you’ll graduate knowing how to leverage artificial intelligence, virtual reality, robotics and cryptocurrency in the business landscape of the future.



The acceleration of technology will continue to transform how organizations operate and how individuals in the economy interact to create value. The skill set needed by business professionals in the age of digital transformation is the focus of the two-year Diploma program on Global Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology (GBET). Knowledge and skills from these three specialty areas will enable graduates to assume key roles in business management and new venture creations. The first year of the two-year diploma program begins with the Business Fundamentals certificate courses, which form the common core of all Northern College’s Business programs. In the second year of the program students will begin their specialty studies in the programs three specialty areas. Student having completed the business fundamentals program may complete the second year of the GBET program to earn their diploma.

Graduates of the Global Business Entrepreneurship Technology (GBET) program are employed in both the private and public sectors as agents of digital transformation. They also succeed as entrepreneurs, leaders and planners of startups and technology ventures.