At Algonquin College in Ottawa, Canada, Diploma in Architectural Technician/Technology is offered as a diploma in Architecture programme. The programme runs for 2 years, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 8,699 per semester (CAD 1,389 per semester for local students).
This two-year diploma builds the skills needed to enter the architecture and construction fields, taught by instructors with backgrounds in both the construction industry and architectural practice. Study begins with residential construction before progressing to commercial construction, covering building design, technical resolution and the integration of building and material detailing through a project-based, applied and theoretical approach that includes working drawings, construction methods and materials, codes and standards, AutoCAD, Revit, visual communications and environmental systems.
An optional paid co-op work term, subject to availability and academic eligibility, offers further practical experience. On completion, graduates can progress into a third-year advanced diploma in architectural technology, apply to a graduate certificate in sustainable architectural design, or seek advanced standing in a bachelor's degree in building science. Graduates typically work in architectural or engineering offices, with contractors across various sectors, as building materials sales representatives, with municipal, provincial or federal agencies, or in construction, real estate and facilities management.
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) and either Grade 12 Mathematics (MAP4C or equivalent) or Grade 11 Mathematics (MCF3M or equivalent); the page states no minimum percentage for either subject and no overall grade-point average. International transcripts must document the same subjects and, where required, prove English proficiency: Academic IELTS overall 6.0 with no band under 5.5, or TOEFL iBT overall 80 with 20 per component (pre-21-January-2026 tests) or 4.0 overall with 4.0 per component (tests after that date), or a Duolingo score of 110 overall with 110 in Literacy and nothing below 95. Where qualified applicants exceed the places available, Algonquin selects on the basis of English and Mathematics proficiency.
Application Details
Start Date:September and January
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca: for September 2027 entry the application portal opens 26 September 2026, the equal consideration date is 1 February 2027, and offers must be accepted by 1 May 2027, while later applications are still assessed as space allows; Algonquin publishes no separate equal-consideration date for the January 2027 intake. International applicants apply directly via Algonquin's own International Application Portal, not ontariocolleges.ca; instead of one fixed date the college posts a program-by-program closing-date list shortly before each term starts - for Fall 2026 most programs closed 16 September 2026, technology programs by 9-10 September; no Winter 2027 or Fall 2027 international list has been posted yet, so admission remains effectively rolling until each list is published and fills. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
