Offered by Cégep de Sherbrooke in Sherbrooke, Canada, Diploma in Techniques de l'informatique is a diploma in Computer Sciences programme. The programme runs for 3 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:Computer Sciences
Duration: 3 years
Language: French
Local tuition: CAD 3,740 / year
International tuition: CAD 15,150 / year
Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
Techniques de l'informatique (420.B0) is a three-year technical DEC at Cégep de Sherbrooke, with fall and winter admission, built around team computing projects, programming, computer management, and administration of Windows and Linux workstations and networks. The program page describes two specialization pathways, Conception et programmation and Gestion de réseaux, this record corresponding to the software conception and programming pathway, where students are introduced to software development alongside the shared foundation of network exploitation tools used in business settings. The program is delivered through a work-study (alternance travail-études) structure that includes two paid, supervised summer internships of roughly eight to twelve weeks, and it offers a DEC-BAC bridge allowing eligible students to have several courses recognized toward university programs. Admission requires having passed a Grade 11/12-level mathematics course (such as TS, SN, or CST) and students must supply their own Windows laptop meeting minimum specifications under the college's device program, though no specialized software purchase is required. The program suits people who are passionate about computing and technology, enjoy working with computer hardware, think logically and analytically, and want to contribute as part of an IT team while exploring emerging technologies.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Beyond the Cégep's general admission conditions (a DES carrying the required units in language of instruction, second language and mathematics, with levelling activities required by the end of the first or second session if short), this technical DEC's own page adds one specific prerequisite: mathematics course TS 4e, SN 4e, CST 5e, or Mathématique 436. Applicants must also own a Windows laptop meeting the Cégep's mandatory AVEC-project minimum specifications, with no specialized software purchase required. No language test score, minimum GPA, portfolio or interview is published for this programme.
Application Details
Start Date:September and January
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.
