At Collège Shawinigan in Shawinigan, Canada, Diploma in Tremplin DEC is offered as a diploma in Upgrading/upskilling programme. Teaching is in French. Tuition is CAD 3,740 per year for local students.
At a glance
Degree:Diploma
Field:Upgrading/upskilling
Language: French
Local tuition: CAD 3,740 / year
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
Cheminement Tremplin DEC is a preparatory pathway at Cégep de Shawinigan for students who have not yet met the entry requirements for the specific program they intend to study, or who want to firm up their choice of program before committing to it. The page describes it as combining completion of missing high-school or program prerequisites with a start on general-education coursework, so credits already begin counting toward a future DEC. Participants can also use it to finish a high-school diploma if only a few credits remain outstanding. Course offerings include a study-skills course, upgrading courses in subjects such as physics, chemistry, and mathematics, and a range of exploratory courses drawn from the pre-university and technical programs offered at the college, letting students sample different fields before choosing one. Each student is assigned a personalized course plan built with an academic advisor at the point of admission, and ongoing access to a career counsellor is available throughout the pathway to help clarify professional direction. The program suits recent high-school or vocational-diploma graduates who are missing specific prerequisites, are undecided about a program, or are waiting for a seat to open in their intended program of choice.
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. 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. This programme is itself the Cégep's preparatory (Tremplin DEC) pathway, so no further subject prerequisites apply: candidates missing one or more of the required secondary-4/5 courses are admitted here and expected to complete upgrading activities ('activités de mise à niveau') for the missing subjects before moving into a regular programme. It runs in both the fall and winter sessions and has previously been open for second-round admission.
Application Details
Start Date:Fall and Winter
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.
