Diploma in Soins préhospitaliers d'urgence is a diploma in Emergency & Disaster Management programme taught at Cégep de Sherbrooke in Sherbrooke, Canada. The programme runs for 3 years. Teaching is in French. Tuition for international students is CAD 23,480 per year (CAD 3,740 per year for local students).
Soins préhospitaliers d'urgence (181.A1) est un DEC technique de trois ans, offert au Cégep de Sherbrooke avec admission à l'automne, qui forme des technologues appelés à prodiguer des soins d'urgence à des personnes de tous âges et de toutes conditions avant leur arrivée en établissement de santé. La formation développe la capacité d'évaluer l'état d'une personne, de fournir les soins d'urgence appropriés et de la transporter avec diligence vers l'établissement adéquat. L'admission exige l'obtention d'un permis de conduire de classe 4A avant la fin de la cinquième session, ainsi que la réussite de tests d'admission physique organisés par le Cégep. Le programme convient à une clientèle capable de travailler en situation d'urgence, organisée, observatrice et dévouée, intéressée par le monde médical et les soins de santé, et prête à collaborer étroitement avec une équipe médicale. Le diplôme mène à la pratique d'une profession technique dans les services préhospitaliers d'urgence au Québec.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: This programme page only points to Cégep de Sherbrooke's general admission conditions, administered through SRAM (admission.sram.qc.ca). Domestically that requires a Diploma of Secondary Studies (DES), or a record the Cégep judges equivalent (including studies completed outside Quebec); DES holders from before 2010 or the adult-education stream are still admitted but must complete levelling activities (mise à niveau) for any missing language, second-language or mathematics units by their first or second session. International applicants apply via SRAM and, unless French citizens, must submit a French test meeting Sherbrooke's minimums (Bright Canada 3.7, TCF 484, DELF B2 75.7, DALF 50, TEF 479/699). Soins préhospitaliers d'urgence (181.A1) additionally requires obtaining a class 4A driver's licence by the end of the fifth session and passing a physical-fitness admission test (a $60 fee applies) at the Cégep's Centre de l'activité physique. Once admitted, students must have standard government-mandated vaccinations, budget about $600 for uniform, equipment and references, and may face a criminal-background check required by some clinical placement sites.
Application Details
Start Date:Fall
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through the Service régional d'admission du Montréal métropolitain (SRAM), which also covers cégeps outside the Montreal region: Winter 2027 entry opens 15 September 2026, with a round-one deadline of 1 November 2026 and a round-two deadline of 25 November 2026; Fall 2027 entry follows SRAM's recurring round-one deadline of 1 March 2027, though the cégep's site has not yet posted a dated row for that cycle (its Fall 2026 table is marked as closed). International applicants follow a separate SRAM timeline, confirmed directly on the cégep's site: Fall 2027 applications run from 15 March 2026 to 14 March 2027, and Winter 2028 applications run from 1 June 2026 to 31 May 2027. Admission is not open-ended rolling, but SRAM runs successive rounds for as long as places remain. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
