At Cegep de Matane in Matane, Canada, Diploma in Natural Sciences is offered as a diploma in Natural Sciences programme. The programme runs for 2 years.
At a glance
Degree:Diploma
Field:Natural Sciences
Duration: 2 years
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Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
This pre-university Diplôme d'études collégiales (DEC) in Natural Sciences at Cégep de Matane spans two years and combines classroom instruction, laboratory work, and field-based activities that draw on the natural environment of the Matanie region. The curriculum covers chemistry, biology, physics, mathematics through differential and integral calculus and linear algebra, computer programming, and, for students pursuing health-related pathways, an optional course in anatomy and physiology. General-education requirements in English, French literature, philosophy, ethics, and physical education are integrated throughout. Students choose between organic chemistry and an introduction to engineering in the second year, and between anatomy and physiology or advanced calculus in the final semester, before completing a capstone project oriented toward either the physical sciences or the life sciences. Classes are kept small to support hands-on laboratory and field learning. The program suits students planning to pursue science-related university studies, with documented pathways into engineering, medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, nursing, biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, environmental studies, and other health sciences.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Beyond 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), Sciences de la nature sets its own secondary-5 prerequisites: mathematique TS or SN, chimie, and physique, all completed at the secondary 5 level. International applicants are admitted instead on a recognised eleventh-year credential, such as a completed Premiere in the French system. Neither the program page nor the general admission page states a minimum grade or average for these courses, a separate English- or French-language test score, a portfolio, or an interview; French is the language of instruction and no proficiency test such as IELTS or TOEFL is asked of DES-stream applicants. Candidates lacking a prerequisite course are directed to the college's general conditional-admission provisions rather than a program-specific exception.
Application Details
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.
