PREPARING FOR YOUR 2025-2026 BCC APPLICATION

Application Guidelines

Please read the following information carefully.  It might be useful to PRINT it.

• Check the Programmes and Courses for 2025-2026
• Review the Entry Requirements
• Collect the following documents and have them ready to submit with the application:

  All documents to be submitted MUST be certified/notarized.

  • Birth Certificate
  • Barbados Identification Card (applicable to Barbadians only)(Both sides of card)
  • Valid Passport (Biographical Page)(For overseas students only)
  • Marriage Certificate (if applicable)
  • Legal affidavit or deed poll if the name is different from that on the Birth Certificate.
  • Immigration Document to show status in Barbados (For persons not born in Barbados)
  • Academic Qualifications (GCE, CXC, CAPE, CSEC)
  • Professional Certificates/Diplomas [General Council Nursing Certificates (GNC)
  • Grade slips (these are accepted only in cases where the certificate is not yet available)

             ** Please scan and save all academic qualifications in one document for easy upload.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO NOTE

• Official Transcripts (must be sent directly from the granting institution) Please do not submit secondary school progress reports.
• Persons who have qualifications from overseas institutions should make contact with the Barbados Accreditation Council (BAC) at (246)-535-6740 or info @bac.gov.bb to have their certification evaluated as soon as the application has been completed.
• Personal Statement (600 words) and two (2) written recommendations. (Social Work Programme Applicants only)
• Essay (300-word essay outlining your interest in the field) (Mass Communication only)
• Persons applying to the Visual Arts and Architectural Studies programmes are required to submit the portfolios to the respective Divisions at the dates specified.  See details in the section on Entry Requirements.

FOLLOW THESE STEPS TO COMPLETE THE APPLICATION

PLEASE USE A PRIVATE/INCOGNITO WINDOW WITH THIS APPLICATION

Step 1: Enter your E-mail address

Step 2: Enter your Password

Step 3: Click Register Now

Step 4: Complete all sections on the form – Please check your email for the verification code to be used

Step 5: Click Register

Step 6: Click OK

Step 7: Click LOGIN

Your application is not finished until you have submitted it.  You will receive an email IMMEDIATELY after submitting the application.  Please check your email and follow the instructions given there.

PAYING FOR YOUR APPLICATION

You can use one of these options to make your payment:

1. Visit the Accounts Department of the Barbados Community College between the hours of 9:00
   a.m. and 3:00 p.m. OR Use SurePay or SurePay Online. (Payment can ONLY be done THREE (3)
   DAYS after submitting the application. *The Application ID number will be required.
   Make sure to keep your receipt.
2. Overseas Applicants should Pay Online (using the Pay Online tab on the College’s Website). 
3. Application ID can be found on the top left-hand corner of the Application Data Sheet.                        *

PERSONS AWAITING EXAMINATION RESULTS

If you are awaiting results from examinations recently taken, you should submit the examination result slip(s) to the Student Affairs Office, Barbados Community College on the dates to be announced.

SUBMISSION OF OTHER REQUIRED DOCUMENTS

Persons who have applied to Mass Communication or Social Work must submit their essays, recommendations and personal statements to the Student Affairs Office, Barbados Community College when payment is made.

CHANGE OF CHOICE

After submitting the application you will NOT be able to make any changes to the information online.  DO NOT MAKE ANOTHER APPLICATION.  If there is a need to make a change on your application, please VISIT THE STUDENT AFFAIRS OFFICE, Barbados Community College and complete a CHANGE OF CHOICE FORM.