Cégep du Vieux Montréal offers Diploma in Techniques des métiers d'art : Verre, a diploma in Applied Design programme in Montréal, Canada. 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:Applied Design
Duration: 3 years
Language: French
Local tuition: CAD 3,740 / year
Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
Delivered at Espace VERRE, described on the page as the only school dedicated to glass art in Quebec, this Métiers d'art specialization (DEC 573.AJ) in Verre trains students in glass-working techniques including blown, cast, and shaped glass, glass paste, flame-working, thermoforming, and cold glass work. Taught by recognized professional glass artists in a studio-style environment with personalized instruction, the program guides students in designing and producing unique or small-series works while exploring form, transparency, texture, colour, and fragility as material properties. As with other Métiers d'art specializations, coursework includes a business-management component covering running and administering one's own studio, alongside shared art-history courses. Students take part in cultural visits to galleries, artist studios, and institutions, attend openings at the Espace VERRE gallery, and present a final body of work in an exhibition there. It suits students seeking hands-on training in glass as an artistic medium rather than industrial glasswork. Described career outcomes centre on independent studio practice as a glass artisan or entrepreneur, with further university study in art- and design-related fields possible for graduates who meet admission requirements.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Cégep du Vieux Montréal's page for Techniques des métiers d'art : Verre (573.AJ) 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.
