At Conestoga College in Kitchener, Canada, Diploma in Pharmacy Technician is offered as a diploma in Pharmacy 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 3,200 per year for local students).
Pharmacy technicians work alongside pharmacists and other health-care professionals while engaging directly with patients across settings that include hospital, community and long-term-care pharmacy sites. The diploma suits students drawn to science, with strong organizational and problem-solving ability, who want to support patients needing a range of pharmacy services.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Direct entry requires an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD), or equivalent, or mature student status for applicants 19 years of age or older, with Grade 12 English at the C or U level, Grade 11 or 12 Biology at the C or U level, Grade 11 or 12 Chemistry at the C or U level, and Grade 12 Mathematics at the C or U level (or the corresponding Conestoga preparatory courses). All international applicants, regardless of language of instruction, must demonstrate English language proficiency by completing an IELTS test, per the National Association of Pharmacy Regulatory Authorities (NAPRA) language proficiency requirement; the program page does not state the required IELTS band. Before work-integrated learning, students must supply complete immunization records (MMR, Tdap, varicella, COVID-19, hepatitis B, seasonal flu), current TB testing, Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the Heart and Stroke Foundation, and an annual clear Vulnerable Sector Screening police check.
Application Details
Start Date:September
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.
