Conestoga College offers Diploma in Heating Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technician (HRAC), a diploma in Applied Professions & Services programme in Kitchener, Canada. The programme runs for 2 years, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 7,738 per semester (CAD 1,375 per semester for local students).
Training takes place in the college's Skilled Trades Centre, providing hands-on experience inside a fully equipped HRAC shop. The two-year diploma spans heating, cooling and refrigeration systems, plus a foundational grounding in electrical systems and natural gas. Graduates may become eligible to sit the Technical Standards and Safety Authority's G3 and G2 Gas Technician exams, with possible exemption from Level 1 of the 313A and 313D trade school requirements.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Entry requires an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) or equivalent, or mature-student status at 19 years of age or older, plus Grade 12 compulsory English at the C or U level or equivalent, or Conestoga's Preparatory Communications course (COMM1251), and Grade 12 Mathematics at the C or U level or equivalent, or the college's Preparatory Mathematics for Trades and Apprenticeship course (MATH1420). The program's own page reports that the academic strength considered for the Fall 2026 intake was 88%, a competitive figure that can shift by term rather than a fixed floor. Language proficiency is not scored on this page; it defers to Conestoga's institution-wide requirement, which for diploma programs sets IELTS Academic 6.0, TOEFL iBT 80, PTE Academic 53, or Duolingo 110. Admitted students must supply their own hand tools and safety equipment and must be physically able to work at heights and in varied weather conditions.
Application Details
Start Date:September, January and May
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.
