Cégep de Sherbrooke offers Diploma in Techniques de travail social, a diploma in Social Work programme in Sherbrooke, Canada. 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:Social Work
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 travail social (388.A1) is a three-year technical DEC at Cégep de Sherbrooke, with fall admission, that prepares students to analyze social problems and carry out interventions with individuals, families, groups, and communities facing social difficulties. The program develops technical, cognitive, and socio-affective skills used to respond to community needs and to support people in finding solutions to the problems they face. Training includes field placements, and because placement sites are independent of the college, some may screen candidates through background checks before accepting them into a work setting. Graduates typically work in health and social service establishments (including local community service centres, hospitals, long-term care centres, and youth centres), schools, employment centres, and community organizations serving women, youth, seniors, cultural communities, or families, as well as groups focused on social action, advocacy, or community solidarity. The program is presented alongside the related Techniques d'éducation spécialisée program, with which it shares some common ground while emphasizing broader social intervention over individual specialized support. It suits people who care about others' wellbeing, want to contribute to social change, can work through difficult situations toward practical solutions, and communicate well with diverse groups.
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 as an International Candidate and, unless they are French citizens, must submit a French-language test result meeting Sherbrooke's own minimums: Bright Canada average 3.7, TCF tout public 484, DELF tout public B2 75.7, DALF 50, or TEF 479/699. Travail social (388.A1) states no further course prerequisites, but notes that a criminal-background check may be required by certain internship placement sites in the health and social-services network.
Application Details
Start Date:September
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.
