Offered by Centennial College in Toronto, Canada, Diploma in Biotechnology is a diploma in Biomedical & Laboratory Sciences programme. The programme runs for 4 semesters, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 19,167 per year (CAD 2,775 per year for local students).
The diploma trains students to work as laboratory technicians in quality control and quality assurance roles across the food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries, with practical work in industrial microbiology, analytical and organic chemistry, and biochemistry, alongside laboratory safety procedures. A project-based approach has students design their own microbiology investigations to build problem-solving and research skills. Technical training covers isolating and identifying microorganisms from samples such as water, soil, air, food and pharmaceutical products, preparing specimens for microscopy, aseptic handling of materials, calibrating instruments including pH meters, UV-Vis spectrophotometers and centrifuges, preparing microbiological media and reagents, culturing pathogenic microbes, and using microorganisms to test pharmaceutical products. Students may complete the diploma in two years as a biotechnician, or extend study into a third year covering advanced biotechnology, microbial genetics or systematic microbiology for the Biotechnology Advanced credential.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: This diploma requires an Ontario Secondary School Diploma or equivalent, or mature-applicant status at 19 or older, plus Grade 12 English at the C or U level (or Centennial's own English Admission Test) and Grade 11 Mathematics at the M or U level or Grade 12 Mathematics at the C or U level, or Centennial's Engineering Math Skills Assessment for Admission. The program page defers its English-proficiency standard to Centennial's institution-wide requirement, which for certificate and diploma programs sets IELTS Academic 6.0 with no band below 5.5, TOEFL iBT 67 with Reading at least 16 and Writing at least 23, and PTE Academic 51. Domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca; international applicants apply directly to Centennial. No minimum admission GPA or average is published, and the program's availability table does not currently list an open intake term.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Centennial publishes no application deadline for this program; what follows is the Ontario college cycle that governs it. Domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca: for a program starting in Fall 2027 the equal-consideration date is 1 February 2027, and applications arriving after it are still assessed, but first-come first-served while places remain. Across the Ontario college system the application opened on 26 September 2026, offers may be issued from 1 November 2026, and an offer must be accepted by 1 May 2027. One $150 fee covers up to five program choices. International applicants apply directly to Centennial through its own international application process and are assessed on a rolling basis across the Fall, Winter and Summer intakes; the college publishes no fixed international closing date. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
