Offered by Collège de Maisonneuve in Montréal, Canada, Diploma in Techniques de l'informatique is a diploma in Software Engineering programme. The programme runs for 6 semesters. Teaching is in French. Tuition for international students is CAD 15,150 per year (CAD 3,740 per year for local students).
Informatique – Développement d'applications (420.B0) is a six-term technical program within Collège de Maisonneuve's Techniques de l'informatique program area, leading to a Diploma of Collegial Studies (DEC). It trains students to design, develop, and maintain applications across multiple platforms, including web, mobile, Android, and iOS applications, and to work with connected devices, collaborate within multidisciplinary teams, and apply agile development methodology. Described student projects include an online store, a mobile application, a web application, a photo-management and visualization tool, and a cloud-synchronized application. The program shares a common first-year core with the college's Infrastructure et sécurité des réseaux option, allowing students to move between the two after a year of study. Students have access to dedicated classrooms and labs, a server room, an open project workspace, and the college's computing research laboratory (LRIMa), along with computing-focused peer and instructor support. Near the end of the program, students complete a company internship. Graduates are prepared for roles such as programmer-analyst, web developer, and application developer, and the program supports transfer pathways into university computer-science and software-engineering degrees through DEC-BAC and bridging agreements with several Quebec universities. It suits students who want a hands-on, project-based introduction to software and application development.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Informatique – Développement d'applications (420.B0) requires the DES (Diplôme d'études secondaires) or equivalent training, plus one mathematics prerequisite: Mathématiques Culture, société et technique at 5e secondaire, or Mathématiques Technico-sciences or Sciences naturelles at 4e secondaire, or Mathématiques 436. Candidates must hold or be completing this prerequisite and may need to pass programme-specific tests. Applications go exclusively through the SRAM (admission.sram.qc.ca); the programme page names Fall 2027 as its primary intake, with a first-round application deadline of March 1, 2027. International applicants follow a separate admission process, Sport-Études athletes follow Alliance Sport-Études criteria, and adults with prior study may access an intensive DEC format through continuing education. International applicants must also meet the college's own requirement of French at level B2 in all four skills (TEF, TCF tout public, CIEP or Bright-langue).
Application Details
Start Date:September
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants (Quebec/Canadian) apply through SRAM (admission.sram.qc.ca): for Fall 2027 entry the first-round deadline is 1 March 2027, with later rounds assessed while seats remain; for Winter 2027 entry SRAM opens 15 September 2026 and the first-round deadline is 1 November 2026. International applicants also apply through SRAM: the Fall 2027 file-completion deadline is 14 March 2027, and Collège de Maisonneuve's own page sets a 31 August deadline for Winter entry — the Winter 2027 occurrence (31 August 2026) has passed, so the next one is 31 August 2027, for Winter 2028 entry. Admission is not open-ended; later applicants are placed only while seats remain. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
