Offered by Centennial College in Toronto, Canada, HD in Artificial Intelligence - Software Engineering Technology (Online) is a higher diploma in AI & Machine Learning programme. The programme runs for 6 semesters, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 19,167 per year (CAD 3,176 per year for local students).
The curriculum combines modern software design methods with artificial intelligence frameworks, taking in big data fundamentals, data visualisation and natural language processing alongside image recognition, recommender systems and software bots, together with digital ethics and privacy practices relevant to AI systems. A single capstone project lets students draw on the technical, systems and business skills gained throughout the programme to build an AI-enhanced software solution addressing a real business problem, whether that means automating a process, classifying or predicting outcomes, generating recommendations or extracting understanding from data.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Entry requires an Ontario Secondary School Diploma or equivalent, or mature-applicant status at 19 or older, plus Grade 12 English at the College (C) or University (U) level or equivalent (or a pass on Centennial's English Admission Test) and Grade 11 Mathematics (M/U) or Grade 12 Mathematics (C/U) or equivalent, or a pass on the Engineering Math Skills Assessment. English-language proficiency 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 additionally requires 80% completion of the first two semesters, a C grade or better in the communications course by semester two, a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher, and legal eligibility to work in Canada.
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.
