At Collège Shawinigan in Shawinigan, Canada, Diploma in Techniques de laboratoire : Biotechnologies is offered as a diploma in Biotechnology programme. The programme runs for 3 years. Teaching is in French. Tuition is CAD 3,740 per year for local students.
Techniques de laboratoire, profil Biotechnologies is a DEC at Cégep de Shawinigan that applies biological science and laboratory technique to fields such as pharmaceutical and vaccine development, food-product improvement, water and food quality control, and environmental applications. The program shares a common first session with the college's Chimie analytique laboratory-technology profile, letting students confirm their choice of specialization before the two paths diverge. Structural features described on the page include an optional Alternance travail-études track offering paid work placements, some available as early as the first year and some carried out at the college's CNETE applied-research centre alongside its research staff; possible international placements, including at a partner institute in Lyon, France; and DEC-BAC agreements and transfer pathways into related university programs. Students have access to well-equipped laboratories and advanced instrumentation, are taught in part by faculty who are also active researchers, and take part in research-oriented projects distributed across all three years of study, supported by ongoing workplace-learning activities. The program suits students who are methodical and precise, enjoy hands-on laboratory work with life-science instruments, and are considering further study or a career in a biotechnology-related laboratory, research, or quality-control role.
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 TS ou SN de 5e secondaire (ou Mathématiques 526 ou l'équivalent) and Chimie de 5e secondaire (ou Chimie 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 science prerequisites may first take the Cégep's Tremplin DEC preparatory pathway.
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.
