At Centennial College in Toronto, Canada, Diploma in Software Engineering Technician is offered as a diploma in Software Engineering 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).
Over two years, the diploma gives students a practical foundation in modern software development that covers material equivalent to the Software Engineering Technology advanced diploma's opening portion, spanning two years, with an emphasis on job-ready coding and AI-assisted development skills. Students write and test code using C#, Java, Python, JavaScript and TypeScript, build full-stack web applications with React and Node.js, and work with relational and NoSQL databases including MongoDB, Oracle and SQL Server. The curriculum also covers object-oriented programming, interface design, version control with Git and GitHub, software testing and quality assurance, agile project management fundamentals, introductory cloud-native and DevOps concepts, and foundational artificial intelligence and machine learning ideas, with AI tools used throughout to support coding, debugging, documentation and testing. A final-semester capstone project has students build a complete, portfolio-ready application, and graduates may go on to the Software Engineering Technology advanced diploma to continue their studies.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Admission requires an Ontario Secondary School Diploma or equivalent, or mature-applicant status at 19 or older, plus Grade 12 English (College or University level, or a pass on Centennial's English Admission Test) and Grade 11 Mathematics at the Mixed or University level, or Grade 12 Mathematics at the College or University level (or a pass on the Engineering Math Skills Assessment for Admission). The programme page defers standardized English-test scores to the college's general language-proficiency page, whose Standard Programs scale applies: IELTS Academic 6.0 with no band under 5.5, TOEFL iBT 67 with Reading at least 16 and Writing at least 23, PTE Academic 51 or higher, or Duolingo 105 or higher. No portfolio, interview, or minimum admission GPA is published.
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.
