Algonquin College offers Diploma in Applied Nuclear Science and Radiation Safety, a diploma in Energy Engineering programme in Ottawa, Canada. The programme runs for 2 years, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 9,786 per semester (CAD 3,318 per semester for local students).
At a glance
Degree:Diploma
Field:Energy Engineering
Duration: 2 years
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
Local tuition: CAD 3,318 / semester
International tuition: CAD 9,786 / semester
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
Overview Learn how to survey, monitor and control radiation exposure for a career in the nuclear industry. The two-year Applied Nuclear Science and Radiation Safety Ontario College Diploma program is the only program of its kind in Canada. In this program, you learn to monitor radiation levels and implement preventive measures critical to ensuring the safety of employees and members of the public, and providing for protection of the environment. Learn to effectively complete important tasks focusing on radiation safety, such as detecting and measuring radiation levels, mitigating contamination hazards and providing guidance and information to personnel to control contamination and minimize radiation exposure. Gain theoretical and practical understanding of nuclear operations fundamentals, radiation detection and measurement, waste management, decontamination procedures and incident assessments. Learn how detection instrumentation operates and proper techniques for detecting radiation and contamination. Your courses focus on regulatory frameworks and compliance with internationally accepted radiation protection principles. Students also have the option to gain real-world experience through a paid co-operative education (co-op) work term (see Additional Information for more details). Please note that places in the co-op work term are subject to availability and academic eligibility. Please note admission to the co-op program does not guarantee a co-op placement. Graduates may find employment in: nuclear power plants nuclear-based research and development facilities decontamination/waste storage facilities uranium mines/mills radiation protection contract companies isotope production/refinement facilities hospitals that use radioisotopes universities with radiological labs the oil and gas industry concerned with naturally-occurring radioactive material Graduates may work in roles such as: contamination monitor radiation protection technician radiation surveyor health physics technician NORMs technician
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Applicants need an OSSD or equivalent (or mature-student status, assessed by a fee-based academic achievement test), plus Grade 12 English (ENG4C or equivalent) at 60% or higher, Grade 12 Mathematics (MAP4C or equivalent) at 65% or higher, and either Grade 12 Physics (SPH4C or equivalent) at 65% or higher or Grade 11/12 Chemistry at 65% or higher; no overall grade-point average is published. International transcripts must document the same subject grades and, where required, prove English proficiency: Academic IELTS overall 6.5 with no band under 6.0, or TOEFL iBT overall 88 with 22 per component (pre-21-January-2026 tests) or 4.5 overall with 4.5 per component (tests after that date), or a Duolingo score of 120 overall with 120 in Literacy and nothing below 105. Where qualified applicants exceed the places available, Algonquin selects on the basis of English and Mathematics proficiency.
Application Details
Start Date:Intake terms Algonquin lists for this program, read from its own availability table on 6 September 2026: Fall 2026 (AC Day 1 orientation 8 September 2026; Fall term classes start 9 September 2026). Term start dates come from the Registrar's Important Dates page, which also gives 11 January 2027 for the Winter 2027 term and 10 May 2027 for the Spring 2027 term. Availability changes as seats fill and an intake already under way may be closed, so check the program page before applying. Algonquin's academic year runs September to August.
Application Deadline:DOMESTIC APPLICANTS (Canadian citizens and permanent residents). Algonquin publishes no deadline unique to this program; the dates below are the college-wide Ontario colleges cycle and apply to every full-time day program. Applications go through ontariocolleges.ca, where 1 February is the equal consideration date each cycle: apply by then and your application is assessed alongside every other one received by that date, while applications arriving later are handled first-come, first-served for as long as places remain. For entry in Fall 2027 the ontariocolleges.ca application opened on 26 September 2026, colleges may begin issuing offers on 1 November 2026, the equal consideration date is 1 February 2027 and an offer must be accepted by 1 May 2027. The equal consideration date that governed the Fall 2026, Winter 2027 and Spring 2027 intakes was 1 February 2026 and has already passed, so those three starts are now first-come, first-served while seats last.
INTERNATIONAL APPLICANTS. Apply directly to Algonquin on the International Application Form in its International Application Portal (AC360) rather than through ontariocolleges.ca, with a CAD 135 application fee. There is no single fixed international deadline: Algonquin asks you to confirm the program is open before applying, warns that a program's status can change to waitlisted or closed before an admissions officer reviews the file, and publishes a closing-date sheet for each intake. For the Fall 2026 intake that sheet gives this program's own dates: 16 September 2026 is the last day to apply on the International Application Portal and receive an acceptance, and 21 September 2026 is the last day to register.
