HD in Automation and Robotics - Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technology (Fast-Track) (Optional Co-op) is a higher diploma in Robotics & Automation 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 19,167 per year (CAD 2,775 per year for local students).
This fast-track route is open to graduates of engineering or science programmes who gain advanced standing partway into the three-year diploma. Courses cover embedded systems built on microcontrollers, quality control using vision inspection and statistical process control, and continuous feedback control through PID methods, alongside the design, fabrication and installation of integrated automated equipment. Electrohydraulic systems are studied through real-time industrial applications such as injection moulding, and laboratory work covers Industry 4.0 technologies in a cyber-physical lab setting. Some courses may be delivered online or in hybrid format.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: This is a fast-track pathway for applicants who hold a degree or diploma in science, engineering or a related discipline, or a combination of partial postsecondary study and relevant work experience; admissions staff review transcripts and a resume, an Engineering Math Skills Assessment may be requested case by case, and applicants complete Centennial's English Admission Test 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.
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.
