Centennial College offers HD in Energy Systems Engineering Technology (Optional Co-op), a higher diploma in Energy Engineering programme in Toronto, Canada. The programme runs for 6 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 advanced diploma trains students to design, implement and manage sustainable energy systems serving homes, businesses and local communities, building hands-on experience with energy management systems, smart grids, energy storage, hydrogen fuel cells, biomass, electricity, wind and solar power. Coursework addresses integrated energy solutions, green design principles and net-zero buildings as adopted across construction and manufacturing, alongside optimising building systems and sustainable infrastructure. It combines technical expertise with project management and entrepreneurial skills, preparing graduates for roles such as a project manager in green construction and utilities, a smart grid and energy storage technician, a sustainable building specialist, an energy consultant, an energy systems designer, or a renewable energy engineering technologist.
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, though the page does not state whether further intakes run later in the year, 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.
