Diploma in Sciences de la nature is a diploma in Natural Sciences & Mathematics programme offered by Cegep de Saint Hyacinthe in Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada. The programme runs for 4 semesters. Teaching is in French. Tuition for international students is CAD 15,150 per year (CAD 3,740 per year for local students).
Sciences de la nature is a pre-university DEC combining a foundational science curriculum (biology, chemistry, computer science, mathematics, and physics) with a rigorous general-education component to prepare students for university study. Students study the natural world both in the field and in the laboratory, through activities such as freshwater-ecology fieldwork, dissection, and microscopy, and are introduced to general-purpose and specialized software, including Maple for mathematics and Python for computer science. The program gives students access to modern laboratories and to subject-specific help centres, with individual tutoring available on request. It is designed to build the scientific foundation needed for university programs in health sciences or in pure and applied sciences, fields that can lead to teaching, research, engineering work, or working with living organisms in human, plant, or animal health. It suits students planning to pursue university-level science, health, or engineering studies who want a broad, lab-based science foundation alongside a strong general-education program.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Admission requires a Diplôme d'études secondaires (DES) with Secondary 5 Technical and Scientific (TS) or Natural Science (SN) mathematics, or Mathematics 536, plus Secondary 5 Chemistry (or Chemistry 534) and Secondary 5 Physics (or Physics 534). As with all Cégep de Saint-Hyacinthe programs, admission is processed through SRAM (admission.sram.qc.ca); a Diplôme d'études secondaires (DES) is the general entry basis. Applicants whose Secondary 5 written French mark was 65% or below and whose overall average was under 75% are placed in the upgrading course 601-013-HY before taking program-level French; a French-mastery test is required at application for those who did not take regular Secondary 5 French or who studied outside Quebec, and applicants from outside Quebec whose mother tongue is not French must submit an approved international French test (the Cégep recommends Bright) with their SRAM file. Every admitted student also sits an English placement test that sets their starting English course level.
Application Details
Start Date:September and January
Application Deadline:Domestic and international applicants to Cégep de Saint-Hyacinthe apply through the shared SRAM portal (admission.sram.qc.ca) serving Montréal-region cégeps. For Winter 2027, applications opened 15 September 2026, Round 1 closes 1 November 2026 and Round 2 closes 25 November 2026, with unfilled seats carried forward. SRAM has not yet posted Fall 2027 domestic dates. Internationally, SRAM's Fall 2027 window runs 15 March 2026 to 14 March 2027; its next window (Winter 2028) runs 1 June 2026 to 31 May 2027. Admission is rolling by round, not a single fixed date. The college's own site confirms SRAM processes all Montérégie cégep applications, and flags that Interprétation théâtrale requires auditions ahead of the SRAM application. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
