At Collège Lionel Groulx in Sainte-Thérèse, Canada, Diploma in Techniques de la documentation is offered as a diploma in Library Science programme. The programme runs for 3 years. Teaching is in French. Tuition for international students is CAD 15,150 per year (CAD 3,740 per year for local students).
At a glance
Degree:Diploma
Field:Library Science
Duration: 3 years
Language: French
Local tuition: CAD 3,740 / year
International tuition: CAD 15,150 / year
Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
Techniques de la documentation, gestion de l'information is a technical DEC program preparing students for careers across libraries, records and archives management, and research-driven organizations. The program page describes the field as diverse and constantly evolving, with graduates learning to manage the full documentary chain from acquisition to distribution, developing skills in librarianship and archival science, and building a working knowledge of information technologies and specialized software tools. Stated objectives include training documentary-chain specialists, supporting varied and changing client groups, taking charge of one's academic and professional development, and developing civic awareness alongside technical competence. A personal laptop meeting program specifications is required. Admission follows the general college conditions with no additional subject prerequisites and no admission quota. The DEC gives access to university certificates in records and archive management and digital information management, and to university programs including archival studies and records/document management. The page lists a wide range of career settings for graduates, spanning cultural organizations (festivals, museums, libraries, theatre and dance schools), professional firms (law, accounting, engineering), scientific sectors (aerospace, pharmacology, research), academic institutions, public networks (municipal, health and social-services, education organizations), and any organization active in research and development, and states that 85% of graduates entering the job market found employment related to their training.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: The program page states no specific prerequisites beyond the college's general admission conditions: applicants qualify with a DES, a DEP plus Secondary 5 language of instruction, Secondary 5 second language and Secondary 4 mathematics, or training and experience the college judges sufficient, and must show adequate spoken and written French, with anyone lacking a francophone-sector DES required to pass the Bright test at a minimum of 3.7 in the written part, the oral part, and overall. The program has no enrolment cap. It runs three years starting in the fall or three-and-a-half years starting in the winter. Applications are submitted online through SRAM.
Application Details
Start Date:September and January
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through the Service régional d'admission du Montréal métropolitain (SRAM) at admission.sram.qc.ca: the college's own admission page states an equal-consideration date of 1 March for Fall entry and 1 November for Winter entry, which for the 2027 cycle fall on 1 March 2027 (Fall) and 1 November 2026 (Winter), with Winter 2027 applications opening 15 September 2026. Collège Lionel-Groulx does not publish a dedicated international-admissions page of its own; international applicants would follow SRAM's system-wide window, published as 15 March 2026 to 14 March 2027 for Fall 2027 entry, though the college has not confirmed this itself. Admission proceeds round by round on a rolling basis after each equal-consideration date until seats are filled. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
