At Cegep de Trois-Rivieres in Trois-Rivières, Canada, Diploma in Tremplin DEC is offered as a diploma in Upgrading/upskilling programme. Teaching is in French. Tuition is CAD 3,740 per year for local students.
Tremplin DEC (081.06) is a transitional pathway at Cégep de Trois-Rivières for students who are not yet ready to enter a specific Diploma of Collegial Studies (DEC) program. Rather than delivering a fixed technical or pre-university curriculum, it combines general-education courses in French, English, philosophy, and physical education with either an orientation process to help students confirm a program choice or upgrading courses in mathematics and science needed for admission elsewhere. Students can also take exploratory courses drawn from the college's other pre-university and technical programs to help narrow down a future field of study. The page states that students receive personalized follow-up from an academic advisor, access to learning-support centres in French, mathematics, and science, and workshops on study skills such as note-taking and time and stress management. The pathway lasts a maximum of three consecutive sessions and does not by itself lead to a DEC; it is designed to prepare students academically and in terms of program orientation before they move into a regular collegial program. It suits recent secondary graduates and other students who need either more guidance in choosing a program or additional preparation in core subjects before starting collegial studies.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Admission to Tremplin DEC follows Cégep de Trois-Rivières' general college admission conditions: a Diplôme d'études secondaires (DES) from the youth or adult sector, or a Diplôme d'études professionnelles (DEP) with the secondary 5 language-of-instruction, secondary 5 second-language, and secondary 4 mathematics courses completed, since the programme page itself adds no course-specific prerequisites. As with the college's other programmes, the language requirement is satisfied through these DES-embedded courses; the institution does not publish a separate IELTS, TOEFL, or French-test score for this pathway. The programme page notes that Tremplin DEC alone does not lead to a DEC and that a student's path through it lasts a maximum of three consecutive sessions, after which the student normally transfers into a regular program. Applications are submitted through the SRAM network (admission.sram.qc.ca); no interview, portfolio, or work-experience condition is stated.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through the Service régional d'admission du Montréal métropolitain (SRAM): for Fall 2027 entry the equal-consideration date (1st round) is 1 March 2027, followed by a second round in early-to-mid April and a third around mid-to-late May, with the college noting exact round-2/3 dates vary slightly each year; Winter 2027 entry opened 15 September 2026 with a 1 November 2026 first-round deadline and a late-November second round. International applicants apply directly through SRAM as well and face a firm 14 March 2027 closing date for Fall 2027 day programmes, with the college advising early submission because of immigration-processing timelines; no separate winter international deadline is published. Admission proceeds round by round on a rolling basis until each round's seats are filled. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
