Diploma in Arts, lettres et communication : option Langues is a diploma in Linguistics & Language Studies programme offered by Cégep André Laurendeau in Montréal, Canada. The programme runs for 2 years. Teaching is in French. Tuition is CAD 3,740 per year for local students.
Arts, lettres et communication – Langues, profil Trilinguisme et cultures is a pre-university DEC (500.AL) at Cégep André-Laurendeau built around English, Spanish, and Mandarin. Students work toward fluent, in-depth English communication on complex topics, build Spanish from a beginner to an intermediate level in a single unstreamed course, and are introduced to Mandarin from the basics to an introductory level, while exploring Anglophone, Hispanic, and Sinophone cultures. The program includes research projects tied to the languages and cultures studied, activities such as outings, workshops, and guest talks, an unpaid workplace placement, a language laboratory, and peer tutoring support; students can also take part in a linguistic and cultural immersion stay in an English-, Spanish-, or Mandarin-speaking country. The page notes an articulation agreement with UQAM crediting university courses toward certificates or majors in Spanish, English, or modern languages and cultures. Graduates pursue university studies in fields such as international administration, public affairs and international relations, teaching, translation, journalism, tourism, communication, law, international studies, area-studies programs, comparative literature, linguistics, and political science, some requiring added mathematics prerequisites. It suits students aiming for multilingual competence as a foundation for international, communications, or language-related university programs.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Prerequisites (préalables), exactly as published on the program's own page: DES (Diplôme d'études secondaires); the program page states no further subject-specific prerequisite beyond the diploma. No minimum grade, interview, portfolio, or language test beyond the general Quebec-college process is stated on the program page. Admission follows the college's general process: apply online through the Service régional d'admission du Montréal métropolitain (SRAM) at admission.sram.qc.ca, which handles admission for every Montreal-area Cégep, with the college making the final decision. First-round deadlines are 1 March for Fall (applications open mid-January) and 1 November for Winter (applications open mid-September); where more qualified applicants apply than there are seats, the Cote R (R-score), based on cumulative average, ministerial-exam results and program prerequisites, ranks candidates.
Application Details
Start Date:September
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through SRAM: Fall 2027 entry opens mid-January 2027 with a first-round deadline of 1 March 2027; Winter 2027 entry opens mid-September 2026 (SRAM: 15 September 2026) with a deadline of 1 November 2026. International applicants also use SRAM: the Fall 2027 deadline is 14 March 2027; the Winter 2027 international window already closed 31 May 2026, so the live one is Winter 2028 entry, closing 31 May 2027. Only a handful of technical programmes (Soins infirmiers, Techniques d'éducation à l'enfance, Techniques de travail social, Gestion des opérations et de la chaîne logistique, and one more) admit international students. Admission is not rolling beyond SRAM's rounds. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
