Professional Certificate in Software Quality Assurance - Foundation Level

A four-month Saturday programme introducing software testing techniques, Agile testing, Selenium automation, API, performance and security testing.

IIT
Next intake: January 2027
LevelCertificate
Duration4 Months
Study modepart-time
CampusColombo

Overview

About this course

The foundation-level SQA certificate is a four-month part-time programme from the IIT Professional Development Unit, held on Saturdays from 1.30 pm to 5.30 pm in Colombo. It is the entry point to IIT's series of software quality assurance certificates. Twelve modules cover testing techniques, testing across the software development life cycle, Agile testing, test planning and defect management. Later modules introduce API testing, test automation with Selenium WebDriver, behaviour driven development, performance testing and security testing. Testers, test analysts, business analysts, project managers and developers can attend, and fresh graduates and post-A/L students are encouraged to apply. A certificate is awarded on completion.

Modules

12 modules
Modules12 modules
Introduction to Software Quality Assurance
Testing Techniques
Testing Through the Software Development Life Cycle
Agile Software Testing
Test Planning and Management
Defect Management
API Testing - Introduction
Introduction to Test Automation
Test Automation with Selenium WebDriver
Introduction to Behavior Driven Development (BDD)
Introduction to Performance Testing
Introduction to Security Testing

Entry requirements

Academic Entry Requirement

Admission criteria
  • No formal entry requirement is published
  • Fresh graduates and students after A/L are encouraged to apply

Facilities

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Key information

Level

certificate

Duration

4 Months ยท part-time

Location

Colombo

Fees

On request

Upcoming intakes

Verified informationOct 19, 2026

Related study areas

Software EngineeringComputing

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