Mechanical Engineering Technology Diploma is a diploma in Information Systems & Technology programme offered by British Columbia Institute of Technology in Burnaby, Canada. The programme runs for 2 years, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 12,900 per total for local students.
This diploma offers three specializations, mechanical design, mechanical manufacturing, and mechanical systems, following a shared first year of study. That first year covers computer applications, CAD, applied mathematics, communications, materials science, manufacturing processes, and engineering design fundamentals. The mechanical design option continues into machinery design, hydraulics and pneumatics, thermal and fluid systems, computer-aided engineering, and instrumentation and controls. The mechanical manufacturing option centres on core mechanical engineering principles and problem-solving applied to production and fabrication work. The mechanical systems option builds expertise across HVAC, plumbing, fire protection, and the management and conversion of energy for building systems.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: The overview page lists three options — Mechanical Design, Mechanical Manufacturing, and Mechanical Systems — sharing a common first year, and states no entrance requirements of its own; the requirements below are drawn from the Mechanical Design option's own program page, which BCIT uses for first-year entry into all three. Applicants need English Studies 12 at 67% or equivalent, Physics 11 at 73%, Chemistry 11 at 67%, and Pre-Calculus 12 at 73% or an equivalent BC/Yukon course. English Studies 12 at 67% corresponds to BCIT's Category 2 English Language Proficiency standard, also met by IELTS Academic 6.5 overall (no band under 5.5), TOEFL iBT 4.5 overall (no section under 3.5), PTE Academic 60, Duolingo 120, or CAEL 70. No portfolio or interview is listed; entry to a specific option after first year is competitive by GPA and course completion. The diploma runs a September intake each year.
Application Details
Start Date:September
Application Deadline:BCIT publishes common credential application dates for most cohort-based diplomas, degrees and Flexible Learning routes, though each program's own page governs: for the January 2027 intake domestic applications run 1 February 2026 to 2 January 2027 and international to 1 November 2026; for the April 2027 intake domestic runs 1 May 2026 to 1 April 2027 and international to 1 February 2027; for September 2027 domestic applications open 1 October 2026 and close 1 September 2027, international 2 July 2027. Openings are 9:00 am and deadlines 11:59 pm Pacific Time, moving to the next business day on a weekend. Admission is not institute-wide rolling, but many programs work first-qualified-first-accepted and can fill before the posted deadline, and several programs, mostly in Health Sciences, trades and graduate studies, run entirely separate application tables of their own. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
