Diploma in Orthotics, Prosthetics and Orthopedic Care at Collège Mérici in Québec, Canada is a diploma in Biomedical & Laboratory Sciences programme. The programme runs for 3 years. Tuition for international students is CAD 9,892 per semester (CAD 2,812 per semester for local students).
This technical college program trains students to design, fabricate and fit orthotic and prosthetic devices, running three years across 2,715 hours. Coursework covers the anatomy of the human body, pathological processes affecting patients, and health, safety and hygiene practices, alongside the technological tools used in the field. Students learn to assess a client's orthotic or prosthetic needs, analyze biomechanical parameters, select appropriate materials and components, and design an appliance plan. Practical training covers fabricating orthotic devices for the upper limb, trunk, neck and head, posture-support appliances, the lower limb and the foot, as well as prosthetic devices for the upper and lower limb, and applying a medical or nursing treatment plan to ensure a proper fit between device and patient. Training takes place in the college's laboratories and a teaching clinic serving real clients with physical disabilities, and includes three paid work-study internships. Students become members of Quebec's Ordre des technologues professionnels (OTPQ) from their first year of study. There is no enrolment quota and no special admission conditions. The program suits students interested in combining hands-on technical work, health care and problem-solving, serving clients such as athletes, children, older adults and people with amputations.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Collège Mérici requires the general DEC entry standing for this Orthotics, Prosthetics and Orthopedic Care programme: a Secondary 5 transcript from Quebec's Ministère de l'Éducation or the recognized equivalent, a $50 admission fee, and certified transcripts covering the applicant's last three years of study; candidates who did not study in French in Canada, France, Belgium, Monaco, or an accredited French lycée abroad must also submit French-language test results. The programme's own page lists no particular admission conditions beyond that baseline ('Aucune') and states no enrolment cap ('Aucun contingentement'), so no separate selection round, interview, or supplementary academic prerequisite is published for this technique beyond the standard college-wide entry file.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants to Collège Mérici, a private CEGEP, can begin applying online for the Automne 2027 intake starting 15 September 2026, per the college's own admissions announcement. No closing date, equal-consideration date, or program-specific deadline is published anywhere on the site: Mérici's admission and international pages are built as a client-side JavaScript application whose content could not be retrieved through a browser-UA fetch or an archived copy. No distinct international-applicant deadline, process, or statement on rolling admission is published either. Whether seats are filled on a rolling basis could not be confirmed from the institution's own pages and would need to be checked directly with its admissions office. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
