HD in Artificial Intelligence - Software Engineering Technology (Fast-Track) (Online) (Optional Co-op) is a higher diploma in AI & Machine Learning programme offered by Centennial College in Toronto, Canada. The programme runs for 4 semesters, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 18,254 per year (CAD 3,114 per year for local students).
Coursework blends modern software design with artificial intelligence frameworks across several areas: machine learning, image recognition, recommender systems and software bots sit alongside data visualisation, big data fundamentals and natural language processing, with digital ethics and privacy considerations built into the AI solutions studied. A capstone project asks students to apply the technical, systems and business skills built across the programme to a real-world assignment, developing AI-enhanced software that automates, classifies, predicts, recommends or interprets processes from data.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: This is a fast-track pathway for applicants who already hold a degree or diploma in computer science, information technology, software engineering or a related discipline; a program coordinator reviews transcripts, and applicants complete Centennial's English Admission Test or another approved assessment as the qualifying language check. Beyond that internal test, English-language proficiency otherwise follows Centennial's institution-wide fast-track/advanced-diploma scale: IELTS Academic 6.5 overall with no band below 6.0, TOEFL iBT 81 (Reading at least 19, Writing at least 23), PTE Academic 58 or above, CAEL 60 overall with Writing at least 60, or Duolingo 125 or above. Optional co-op entry in semester one additionally requires 80% course completion from semester one, a grade of C (60%) or higher in the communication course, a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher, and legal eligibility to work in Canada.
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.
