Centennial College offers Diploma in Energy Systems Engineering Technician, a diploma in Energy Engineering programme in Toronto, Canada. 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 builds understanding of different energy resources and how they are used across modern society, combining theory with hands-on skills and applied research and development project work. Its curriculum reflects changing approaches to sustainable design and construction and how these are reshaping the utility and construction sectors, covering small-scale energy sources such as geothermal, biomass, hydro, wind and solar power, hydrogen fuel cells, and energy storage, used to supply electricity, heat, transport and heating and cooling systems for homes and businesses. It also addresses net-zero building initiatives and the growing use of sustainable, integrated architecture and engineering practices, along with new products supporting sophisticated energy management across commercial and residential buildings, bringing these technologies together within urban environments.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Entry requires an Ontario Secondary School Diploma or equivalent, or mature-student status at 19 or older, plus Grade 12 English at the C or U level (or equivalent, or the Centennial English Admission Test) and Grade 11 Mathematics at the M or U level or Grade 12 Mathematics at the C or U level, with a Centennial Engineering Math Skills Assessment accepted instead. Wider language proficiency follows the institution-wide diploma standard: IELTS Academic 6.0 overall with no band below 5.5, TOEFL iBT 67 (minimum 16 Reading, 23 Writing), PTE Academic 51 or higher, CAEL 60, or Duolingo 105-114. No portfolio, interview, or work-experience requirement is listed. The programme has a January intake for both domestic and international applicants.
Application Details
Start Date:January
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.
