Diploma in Computer Programming at Conestoga College in Kitchener, Canada is a diploma in Software Engineering programme. The programme runs for 2 years, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 15,477 per year (CAD 2,750 per year for local students).
This two-year diploma covers the skills used by business application developers, offered as a faster alternative to the three-year Computer Programmer/Analyst program. It emphasizes problem-solving using current Microsoft, Java and open-source tools to build business and web applications, with object-oriented analysis and design, agile methodologies and programming techniques practised and applied throughout the coursework.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Direct entry requires an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) or equivalent, or mature-student status; Grade 12 compulsory English at the C or U level, or Conestoga's Preparatory Communications (COMM1251); and Grade 12 Mathematics at the C or U level, or Conestoga's Preparatory Mathematics (MATH1375). Minimum grades apply: MCT4C 60%, MAP4C 60%, MHF4U or MCV4U 50%, MDM4U 50%, MATH1375 60%. The English-language requirement is Conestoga's institution-wide standard for diploma and certificate programs, applied where transcripts are not in English: IELTS Academic overall band 6.0 with no band below 5.5, TOEFL iBT 80 with no skill below 20, PTE Academic 53, CAEL 70 overall with Writing 60 and no sub-test below 30, or Duolingo 110. Canadian applicants with foreign transcripts require a course-by-course credential evaluation through a service such as ICAS or WES.
Application Details
Start Date:January
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca (college code CONS): for the Fall 2027 intake the online application opens 26 September 2026, the equal consideration date is 1 February 2027, offers may be issued from 1 November 2026, and accepted offers must be confirmed by 1 May 2027; most oversubscribed programs stop accepting applications after 1 February 2027, though many programs remain open afterward. Conestoga does not publish a separate equal-consideration date for its January intake. International applicants apply directly to Conestoga and are assessed on a rolling, first-come, first-served basis until each program fills; no fixed international closing date is published. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.