Offered by Cegep de Saint Hyacinthe in Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada, Diploma in Techniques de diététique is a diploma in Nutrition & Dietetics programme. The programme runs for 6 semesters. Teaching is in French. Tuition for international students is CAD 23,480 per year (CAD 3,740 per year for local students).
Techniques de diététique is a technical DEC that trains students for work across nutrition, food-service management, and food processing. Teaching is practice-oriented, placing students in concrete situations such as integrative projects in nutrition, management, and food transformation, with some paid student-employment opportunities. Students visit food-processing plants and institutional kitchens and take part in professional events in the field. Credited work placements (stages) take place in two different settings chosen according to student interest, with the possibility of an international placement. The department provides three specialized laboratories: one for food transformation and analysis, a kitchen with a sales counter for production and distribution practice, and a kitchen with individual stations for exploring food preparation techniques. Students also have free access to specialized software for nutritional analysis, nutrition-label production, and recipe and menu management, along with a laptop program with free software and technical support. The program maintains ties with Cintech agroalimentaire, a college technology-transfer centre, and with food-industry partners in the region's agri-food hub, and students are eligible for program-specific scholarships. It suits students interested in nutrition, food-service operations, or food-industry careers who want a hands-on, lab- and placement-based training path.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Prerequisites: Science - ST+STE from 4th secondary, or ATS+SE from 4th secondary, or Sciences physiques 436. Recommended (not required): Chemistry from 5th secondary, or Chemistry 534. Note from the program page: students must be prepared to taste and be exposed to a wide variety of foods as part of their training. Fall-session admission.
Application Details
Start Date:September
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.
