At Cegep de Sainte Foy in Québec, Canada, Diploma in Graphic Design is offered as a diploma in Applied Design programme. The programme runs for 3 years.
At a glance
Degree:Diploma
Field:Applied Design
Duration: 3 years
We have no tuition fees on record for this programme yet — see the official programme page.
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Graphic Design is a technical Diploma of College Studies (DEC technique, 570.G0) offered at Cegep de Sainte-Foy over three years, with intake in the fall term only. The program trains students as visual-communication professionals able to create projects across publishing, advertising, packaging design, websites, visual identity, and animation. Students work with both traditional and digital tools and techniques, including drawing, illustration, typography, digital editing, photography, and multimedia production, with projects directed toward both screen-based and printed output. Coursework also builds skills in organizing visual information strategically and creatively to serve a communication goal. The program suits students interested in visual communication and design who want to work across a range of media and formats rather than specializing in a single discipline, and who are drawn to combining hands-on craft skills with digital production tools. It prepares graduates for design roles in publishing, advertising, branding, and digital and print media production.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: This program states no additional secondary-school prerequisites beyond Cegep de Sainte-Foy's general CEGEP admission conditions, published on the college's admission page. Selection is based on the quality of the applicant's academic record; no portfolio is required for admission. No French or English language-proficiency test or interview is mentioned. Students must budget for equipment from the first session onward: a Mac laptop costing approximately $2,500 and an Adobe Creative Cloud subscription at about $100 per year. The three-year program is offered starting in the Fall term only, with no indication of a Winter intake for this profile.
Application Details
Start Date:September
Application Deadline:Cegep de Sainte-Foy admits through the regional SRACQ portal (sracq.qc.ca). For domestic (Quebec) applicants, winter 2027 entry closes 1 November 2026 (round 1), 1 December 2026 (round 2) or 1 January 2027 (round 3), while fall 2027 entry closes 1 March, 1 May, 1 June or 1 August 2027 across four rounds, with a further late-admission window for select programmes arranged directly with the college near the start of the fall term. International applicants apply through the same SRACQ system but on a single fixed window for fall 2027 entry: applications open 1 September 2026 and close 1 February 2027, and only a short list of named programmes (including its early-childhood-education DEC) is open to international admission; no separate international winter deadline is published. None of these dates are rolling. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
