At Cégep de Saint-Jérôme in Saint-Jérôme, Canada, Diploma in Tremplin DEC is offered as a diploma in Upgrading/upskilling programme. Teaching is in French.
At a glance
Degree:Diploma
Field:Upgrading/upskilling
Language: French
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Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
Tremplin DEC at Cégep de Saint-Jérôme is a short pathway, not a diploma program, intended for students who are not yet ready to commit to a specific DEC. It runs for a maximum of three sessions and is organized into three customizable profiles: an orientation/exploration profile, where students take elective courses across different fields with guidance from a college counsellor to help choose a program; an integration profile, which acclimates students to college-level study, work methods and study techniques; and an upgrading profile, in which students complete general education courses and pick up missing prerequisites, or improve their academic average, needed to be admitted into their program of choice. No specific prerequisites are required to enter Tremplin DEC itself. The pathway suits secondary school graduates who are undecided about which college program to pursue, students who need to strengthen their academic record before applying to a competitive program, or students missing specific prerequisite courses for a chosen DEC. It functions as a supported transition step toward eventual admission into a regular technical or pre-university DEC program at the college.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Cheminement Tremplin DEC's own page states no programme-specific prerequisites ('Aucun préalable spécifique exigé') beyond Cégep de Saint-Jérôme's general admission conditions, set out in the college's admission regulation: a Diplôme d'études secondaires (DES), or a written commitment to complete any missing secondary-level language units within a year. Domestic applicants apply once, for one program at one SRAM college, through the Service régional d'admission du Montréal métropolitain (CAD 30 fee). International candidates apply through SRAM for the Fall session only (CAD 85 per request, decision in 4-6 weeks) and must supply a birth certificate, secondary transcripts and diplomas, and proof of French proficiency via a test from SRAM's list of accepted French-language tests (the college's international-admission page directs applicants to that list and does not itself state a specific test or score); admitted international students also need a CAQ, a study permit, and health insurance.
Application Details
Start Date:September and January
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through SRAM (Service régional d'admission du Montréal métropolitain), paying a $30 per-application fee: Fall 2027 entry's equal-consideration date is 1 March 2027, with further rounds around late April and late May while seats remain, while Winter 2027 entry opened 15 September 2026 with a 1 November 2026 equal-consideration date and a late-November second round. Cégep de Saint-Jérôme's own international-admissions page describes a five-step process and a 4-6 week review period but sets no fixed opening or closing date, directing applicants to SRAM instead, whose system-wide window for Fall 2027 international entry runs 15 March 2026 to 14 March 2027. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
