At Cégep de Drummondville in Drummondville, Canada, Diploma in Tremplin DEC is offered as a diploma in Upgrading/upskilling programme. Teaching is in French. Tuition is CAD 3,740 per year for local students.
Tremplin DEC at Cégep de Drummondville lets a student begin college studies without committing immediately to a specific program. The page describes two available profiles, Arrimage and Orientation, and this listing corresponds to the Arrimage profile, intended for students whose academic or career project is already reasonably clear. It suits those who still need to complete a small number of missing high-school credits, who must finish specific prerequisite courses required by the program they eventually want to enter, or who are waiting for the next admission cycle to begin that program. The pathway includes a course on study strategies and learning techniques, one or two exploratory courses drawn from a program of interest, and general-education courses in literature, philosophy, English, and physical education that count toward a future DEC. Admission follows the general conditions for college admission, and the Cégep can also admit candidates who are missing a small number of credits toward a high-school or vocational diploma. The pathway is meant as a short transition: students may not continue in it beyond a few consecutive sessions, though a single session is enough for those who only need brief preparation before moving into their chosen program.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Tremplin DEC admits students who do not yet meet the general conditions of admission to college: the Cegep may admit an applicant missing no more than 6 units toward the Diplome d'etudes secondaires (DES), or a DEP holder missing no more than 6 units among the ministry's mandatory subjects. Applicants with larger gaps, or who need to catch up in mathematics, take remedial courses inside the pathway (for example two upgrading courses in Mathematiques Technico-sciences under the Arrimage profile) before moving into their chosen program. No English or French language test score is published for this pathway, and no portfolio, interview, or work-experience condition is stated. The pathway runs a maximum of three consecutive sessions, with intake in both the Fall and Winter terms.
Application Details
Start Date:Fall and Winter
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through the Service régional d'admission du Montréal métropolitain (SRAM): for Fall 2027 entry, round one closes 1 March 2027, round two 22 April 2027, and round three 27 May 2027; Winter 2027 entry is already open, with round one closing 1 November 2026 and round two closing 25-26 November 2026 (late admission runs to 12 January 2027). International applicants follow a separate SRAM timeline: Fall 2027 applications run from 15 March 2026 to 14 March 2027, and Winter 2028 applications run from 1 June 2026 to 31 May 2027 (Winter 2027 international applications are already closed). Admission is not open-ended rolling, but SRAM runs successive rounds for as long as places remain, and international intake can close early without notice. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
