At Cégep du Vieux Montréal in Montréal, Canada, Diploma in Production 3D et synthèse d’images is offered as a diploma in Film & Animation programme. The programme runs for 3 years. Teaching is in French. Tuition for international students is CAD 19,610 per year (CAD 3,740 per year for local students).
At a glance
Degree:Diploma
Field:Film & Animation
Duration: 3 years
Language: French
Local tuition: CAD 3,740 / year
International tuition: CAD 19,610 / year
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
Leading to a DEC in Production 3D et synthèse d'images (code 574.C0), this program trains students to design and animate characters, produce visual effects, and build sets using specialized 3D production software, working on team-based projects intended to build a professional portfolio and support specialization within the field. Instruction is provided by professionals with backgrounds in animated film, visual creation, and 3D production, and students have access to computer labs, editing suites, and a professional green-screen shooting studio supported by a dedicated technical team. It suits students aiming at 3D animation and visual-effects work rather than traditional 2D or live-action production. Described career paths include 3D animator, modeller, rigger, texturing or compositing artist, and visual-effects or lighting specialist, with potential employers spanning 3D production and visual-effects companies, video-game studios, television and film production houses, advertising agencies, and studios working in interactive and immersive digital media. Graduates may pursue further university study in related fields, subject to each institution's own admission requirements, building on the technical and artistic foundation developed throughout the program.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Cégep du Vieux Montréal's admission page for Production 3D et synthèse d’images (574.C0) states no fixed course prerequisites beyond the college's general admission conditions, but the programme adds a competitive selection: a first cut is made on the secondary-school record, after which candidates may be called to a roughly two-hour drawing test and a computer-lab test of basic 3D-environment operations, held on a Saturday in mid-March and marked by a committee of programme teachers whose decision is final; the college offers preparatory drawing courses to help applicants ready for it. The general academic basis is a Diplôme d'études secondaires (DES) or Diplôme d'études professionnelles (DEP) with standard secondary courses completed, or an equivalent Canadian diploma. Applicants without French-language schooling in Quebec must pass the college's own French-proficiency test, with no pass mark published. International applicants need a DES-equivalent diploma (11 to 13 years of schooling, or the baccalauréat route) plus this programme's own prerequisites, and apply through admission.sram.qc.ca.
Application Details
Start Date:September
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through the Service régional d'admission du Montréal métropolitain (SRAM): for Fall 2027 entry the online system opens mid-January 2027 and the round-one deadline is 1 March 2027, 11:59 p.m., with responses around 5 April and further rounds running into late May while places remain; Winter 2027 entry is already open, with a round-one deadline of 1 November 2026. International applicants follow a separate SRAM timeline: applications for Fall 2027 opened 15 March 2026 and close 14 March 2027, while Winter 2028 applications open 1 June 2026 and close 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.
