At Cegep de Matane in Matane, Canada, Diploma in Land Use Planning and Urbanism Technology is offered as a diploma in Urban Planning programme. The programme runs for 3 years, delivered fully online. Tuition for international students is CAD 19,610 per year (CAD 0 per year for local students).
This technical Diplôme d'études collégiales (DEC) in Land Use Planning and Urbanism Technology at Cégep de Matane is delivered over three years and six sessions, entirely online with in-person sessions concentrated over three days a week and one required annual on-site visit for field work. Coursework covers territorial planning, ecological foundations, zoning regulations, building codes, geographic information systems, cartography, site surveying, municipal permitting, infrastructure networks, and urban design, with attention to environmental adaptation and climate resilience throughout. Students complete an internship in the fourth session and a capstone project in the final session, working through a simulated planning office on real urban-planning scenarios, alongside field inspections and data-collection exercises. Admission requires a secondary diploma with mathematics prerequisites, and the program is not open to international students. The program suits students interested in municipal and environmental planning who want a flexible, largely remote study format. Graduates typically work as municipal inspectors, urban technicians, environmental specialists, or territorial planners for municipalities, consulting firms, and government agencies, with an articulated pathway into an urban-planning bachelor's degree at UQAM.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Urbanisme (222.A0) follows Cegep de Matane's general collegial admission conditions (a Quebec DES, an equivalent DEP with the required French, English and mathematics units, or equivalent training/experience) plus one program prerequisite: mathematique CST de 4e secondaire under the current curriculum, or mathematique 426 under the former one. The program is not open to international applicants. No minimum grade or average, English- or French-language test score, portfolio, or interview is stated for this program beyond the mathematics prerequisite and the general DES-based admission conditions; French is the language of instruction and no proficiency test is required of Quebec-stream applicants.
Application Details
Start Date:September
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through SRACQ (sracq.qc.ca): for the Fall 2027 (August) intake the college holds four admission rounds closing 1 March, 1 May, 1 June and 1 August 2027, later rounds admitting only while seats remain, and for Winter 2027 (January) entry rounds close 1 November, 1 December 2026 and 1 January 2027. International applicants for the Fall 2027 intake must apply by 1 February 2027 if they hold a citizenship other than French, or by 1 May 2027 if they are French citizens; a Winter 2027 start is open only to French citizens in select programmes, with applications due 15 October 2026. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
