At Cégep du Vieux Montréal in Montréal, Canada, Diploma in Techniques des métiers d'art : Construction textile is offered as a diploma in Textile Technology programme. The programme runs for 3 years. Teaching is in French. Tuition is CAD 3,740 per year for local students.
At a glance
Degree:Diploma
Field:Textile Technology
Duration: 3 years
Language: French
Local tuition: CAD 3,740 / year
Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
Part of the Métiers d'art program (DEC 573.AB), this specialization in Construction textile trains students to design and produce original textiles through weaving, knitting, and embroidery for fashion and interior-decor applications. Taught by professional textile designers and artists in a workshop setting at the Centre des textiles contemporains de Montréal, coursework builds weaving and knitting technique alongside textile computer-aided design, colour, and dyeing, and is complemented by business, marketing, and art-history courses shared across Métiers d'art specializations to prepare students to run an independent practice. Small class sizes support individualized instruction, and students take part in professional exhibitions, visits, and talks with recognized textile designers and artisans from the first year onward; a campus gallery displays both professional and student work. Graduates can access a post-diploma incubator year with continued use of the centre's equipment. It suits students aiming to create original textile work for fashion or decor markets rather than mass production. Described career paths include textile designer, artisan, and self-employed entrepreneur producing textiles, garments, or decorative objects, with eligibility noted for government grants supporting textile creators.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Cégep du Vieux Montréal's page for Techniques des métiers d'art : Construction textile (573.AB) 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 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; 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. This programme is one of Cégep du Vieux Montréal's programmes explicitly open to international-student admission, per its own admission page: international applicants need a diploma equivalent to the DES (11 to 13 years of schooling, or the baccalauréat route for 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.
