Offered by Cégep de Saint-Laurent in Montréal, Canada, Diploma in Arts visuels is a diploma in Visual Arts programme. The programme runs for 2 years. Teaching is in French. Tuition for international students is CAD 15,150 per year (CAD 3,740 per year for local students).
At a glance
Degree:Diploma
Field:Visual Arts
Duration: 2 years
Language: French
Local tuition: CAD 3,740 / year
International tuition: CAD 15,150 / year
Last checked September 2026 · Source: cegepsl.qc.ca ·
Program details
Overview
Arts visuels is a two-year pre-university program (510.A0) at Cégep de Saint-Laurent leading to a DEC, with fall admission, no enrollment quota, and no specific prerequisites. Studio courses cover a range of techniques, including drawing, painting, digital photography, sculpture, and printmaking, together with courses on color, visual and spatial language, and the reasoning behind a creative work. Art-history courses trace major movements from before Impressionism through modern and contemporary art in Quebec and internationally. In the final session, students complete a synthesis project that integrates visual language, mixed techniques, and the research methodology developed throughout the program, and take part in organizing a graduating exhibition and producing a year-end catalogue. Most materials needed for coursework are supplied by the college. Students may also take part in a study trip to New York and cultural outings to museums and galleries, and can combine Arts visuels with another pre-university program, such as human sciences or natural sciences, through a double-DEC. The program suits students who want to build technical skills across several visual-art disciplines while developing a broader perspective on art history and culture, typically as a step toward university studies in the visual arts.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: This two-year Préuniversitaire Arts visuels program is non-quota: applications that meet its conditions are generally admitted. It states no course prerequisite of its own beyond 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. Across every program at the Cégep, school-record quality is the main selection criterion: for secondary-school applicants that means 4th- and 5th-secondary results as they stand when they apply, and college-level results count too for anyone who has already attended a cégep.
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.
