At Cégep du Vieux Montréal in Montréal, Canada, Diploma in Techniques de design d'intérieur is offered as a diploma in Interior Design 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).
Leading to a DEC under code 570.E0, this program in Design d'intérieur trains students in residential, commercial, and institutional interior design from conceptual, technical, and environmental perspectives. Rooted in the college's Institut des Arts appliqués and École du meuble heritage, it combines coursework with community-based collaborative projects, design competitions, conferences, and site visits, taking advantage of the college's downtown Montreal location near design and architecture landmarks. Students learn to plan functional and aesthetically considered interior spaces, produce custom architectural elements, develop detailed technical drawings, and create visual presentations, supported by a dedicated resource centre, computer labs, and design software; the program also describes integrating artificial-intelligence tools into the creative and optimization process. A work placement takes place in the final semester, and a student committee organizes networking events with design professionals and alumni. It suits students who want to combine artistic sensibility with technical precision and client-facing collaboration. The stated graduate profile emphasizes producing accurate execution plans, working autonomously across project stages, and collaborating effectively within multidisciplinary teams, preparing students for technician roles or further university study in interior design and related fields.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Cégep du Vieux Montréal's page for Techniques de design d'intérieur (570.E0) states no course-specific prerequisites beyond the college's general admission conditions; both this programme's admission page and the institution's general admission page direct applicants to admission.sram.qc.ca. The academic basis is therefore a Diplôme d'études secondaires (DES) or Diplôme d'études professionnelles (DEP), having completed the standard secondary language, second-language and mathematics courses, or an equivalent Canadian diploma such as the Ontario Secondary School Diploma; SRAM ranks candidates using Secondary 4 and 5 grades and subject averages, with advanced math or science selection earning a bonus. Applicants without French-language schooling in Quebec must pass the college's own French-proficiency test; no pass mark is published on CVM's page. International applicants need a diploma equivalent to the DES — 11 to 13 years of schooling, or the baccalauréat route for candidates from French-medium systems — plus this programme's own prerequisites, apply through the same SRAM portal for a CAD 85 fee, and must obtain a CAQ and study permit before enrolling.
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.
