Diploma in Techniques de génie mécanique at Collège Shawinigan in Shawinigan, Canada is a diploma in Mechanical Engineering programme. The programme runs for 3 years. Teaching is in French. Tuition for international students is CAD 19,610 per year (CAD 3,740 per year for local students).
Techniques de génie mécanique, profil Conception is a DEC at Cégep de Shawinigan focused on designing and manufacturing mechanical parts and assemblies. Training begins with technical drawing and machining, then extends into complex 3D modelling, materials selection, manufacturing and assembly processes, applied physics and mathematics, structural analysis, hydraulics and pneumatics, and quality control. In the final year, students add automation and tooling skills and carry out complete, independently managed design projects. The page describes the program as oriented toward design from the first session onward, taught in small groups within classrooms and labs reserved exclusively for the program, and structured around a personalized capstone project aimed at the job market. Students train on the current version of SolidWorks, including a number of specialized modules, and use computerized labs equipped with tools such as 3D printers, 3D scanners, and a robotic work cell. An Alternance travail-études option provides paid work placements of a few months' duration, and the page notes the possibility of international projects. The program suits students who are curious, detail-oriented, and drawn to mechanical principles, technical drawing, and computer-aided design, and who want to work as part of a multidisciplinary engineering or manufacturing team.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Admission is based on the Diplôme d'études secondaires (DES), completed with Langue d'enseignement de 5e secondaire, Langue seconde de 5e secondaire, Mathématiques de 4e secondaire, Sciences de 4e secondaire (ST, ATS or equivalent) and Histoire et éducation à la citoyenneté de 4e secondaire; a Diplôme d'études professionnelles (DEP) covering the same secondary-5 language courses and secondary-4 mathematics is also accepted, as is training the Cégep judges equivalent. In addition this programme requires Mathématiques CST de 5e secondaire ou TS ou SN de 4e secondaire (ou Mathématiques 526 ou l'équivalent) and Physique de 5e secondaire (ou Physique 534 ou l'équivalent). The secondary-5 French-language-of-instruction and second-language courses embedded in the DES stand in for a separate language requirement on this domestic programme page, which publishes no French or English proficiency test score. Applicants missing these prerequisites may first take the Tremplin DEC pathway. Enrolment is limited, with a possible second admission round, and the work-study (ATE) route through the diploma is optional rather than required.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Domestic (Quebec/Canadian) applicants apply through SRAM (admission.sram.qc.ca): for the Hiver (Winter) 2027 session the portal opened September 15, 2026, with Round 1 closing November 1, 2026 and Round 2 closing November 25, 2026; for Automne (Fall) 2027 entry, SRAM's fixed system-wide Round 1 cutoff is March 1, 2027, though the college has not yet posted 2027-specific Round 2/3 dates (Automne 2026 saw April 23 and May 28, 2026 for those rounds). International applicants face fixed, non-rolling SRAM deadlines instead of rounds: March 14 for Automne entry and May 31 for Hiver entry, with no exceptions once the date passes. Admission is therefore round-based for domestic candidates and firm for international ones. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
