Diploma in Arts, lettres et communication : option Langues is a diploma in Linguistics & Language Studies programme offered by Cégep de Saint-Laurent in Montréal, Canada. The programme runs for 2 years. Teaching is in French. Tuition is CAD 3,740 per year for local students.
Langues is a two-year pre-university DEC that develops fluency in French and English alongside two additional languages, German plus, depending on placement, Spanish or Arabic, together with a broad view of the four associated cultures. Students take four German-language courses plus a course on German-speaking cultures, an English course on anglophone culture and civilization in addition to the general English requirements, and roughly five courses split between Spanish and Arabic depending on their starting level, with students who already have stronger Spanish moving into Arabic study alongside advanced Spanish. Beyond coursework, the program includes cultural activities such as German cooking workshops, Arabic calligraphy practice, Scottish dance and flamenco, and an annual two-week linguistic and cultural exchange trip to Germany organized with a partner school. The program can also be combined as a double DEC with Sciences humaines. Admission requires placing at an intermediate English level and is offered each Fall. It suits students drawn to language learning and cross-cultural exploration who want a broad, multilingual foundation before continuing to university.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: This two-year Préuniversitaire Arts, lettres et communication option (Langues) is non-quota: applications that meet its conditions are generally admitted. Its own stated prerequisite is to place at the intermediate level in English, assessed at admission rather than by an external test score; beyond that it runs on Cégep de Saint-Laurent's general conditions applied for through SRAM: a DES; a DEP plus 5th-secondary language of instruction, 5th-secondary second language and 4th-secondary mathematics; or judged-equivalent training. The Cégep states that it weighs French-language mastery in admission decisions generally, and particularly for the Arts, lettres et communication programs.
Application Details
Start Date:September
Application Deadline:Domestic and international applicants to Cégep de Saint-Laurent 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. Cégep de Saint-Laurent's own website (cegepsl.qc.ca) was unreachable (repeated connection timeouts) this session; the dates above come directly from SRAM. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
