Cégep Limoilou offers Diploma in Visual Arts, a diploma in Visual Arts programme in Québec, Canada. The programme runs for 2 years. Tuition for international students is CAD 15,150 per semester.
Visual Arts is a pre-university Diploma of College Studies (DEC, 510.A0) offered at Cegep Limoilou. The program lets students work across painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, digital imagery, 2D animation, video, and art history, building technical skill alongside a personal artistic vision. Coursework is organized around student-led creative projects, and finishing students may have opportunities to exhibit their work publicly. An optional international study trip to Italy is offered through the college's Projet Monde initiative. No specific secondary-school prerequisites are required for admission beyond the general DEC entry requirements. The program suits students who want to express themselves through a range of artistic disciplines, develop creativity through varied research and production methods, and gain a broader understanding of art history and multidisciplinary artistic practice. Rather than specializing narrowly, students are introduced to several visual-art media so they can identify the direction that best fits their interests before continuing into university-level fine arts, design, or media-arts programs. The credential also serves students planning to pursue further studies in visual or media arts at university, giving them a broad technical and conceptual foundation across traditional and digital art forms.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: The programme page for Visual Arts (Arts visuels, 510.A0) states no specific secondary-school course prerequisites beyond Cégep Limoilou's general DEC admission conditions. Applicants must hold a Quebec Diploma of Secondary Studies (DES) from the youth or adult sector, or a Diploma of Vocational Studies (DEP) completed with Secondary 4 Mathematics, Secondary 5 English and Secondary 5 French, or present training and experience judged equivalent by the college, or qualify through the work-experience route (training and experience judged satisfactory, with at least 24 consecutive months away from full-time study). Applicants missing no more than one of the three required subjects, or with fewer than six secondary units outstanding, may still apply and complete the missing coursework during their first college session. No language-proficiency test, portfolio, interview or other specific condition is listed for this programme.
Application Details
Start Date:September and January
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through SRACQ (Service regional d'admission au college de Quebec) at sracq.qc.ca: for the Fall 2027 (August) intake the college runs four admission rounds closing 1 March, 1 May, 1 June and 1 August 2027, each later round admitting only while seats remain, and for Winter 2027 (January) entry - offered on every DEC programme except Nursing - rounds close around 1 November, 1 December 2026 and early January 2027 (the site states only that round-3 course confirmation and fee payment are due 13 January 2027, not the application deadline itself, so an exact round-3 cut-off date cannot be quoted). International applicants of any nationality must submit their DEC application by 1 February 2027 for the August 2027 intake; the Cegep publishes no separate deadline for a January start. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
