At Douglas College in New Westminster, Canada, Stagecraft and Event Technology Diploma is offered as a diploma in Information Systems & Technology programme. The programme runs for 4 semesters, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 3,900 per total for local students.
The diploma combines stagecraft instruction with practical training across areas such as history of theatre, stagecraft for film and TV, stage management, computer-assisted drafting, set design, set painting, audio techniques and stage lighting. Students gain experience in a professional environment, with production pressures comparable to those found in the entertainment industry. Graduates may find work in settings such as museums, live events and festivals, concert touring, cruise ships, sales and service companies, film and TV, opera, or traditional theatre.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: The programme page states no academic prerequisites of its own and instead defers entirely to Douglas College's General College Admission Requirements (https://www.douglascollege.ca/admissions/requirements-and-assessment-testing/general-college-admissions-requirements): an applicant qualifies by British Columbia secondary-school graduation or an equivalent, by standing one course short of that graduation, by being at least nineteen by the end of the first month of the semester attended, by being seventeen on the first day of that semester with at least a year out of school, or by holding a certificate from a special-needs programme after twelve years of schooling (or an Evergreen or similar leaving credential). On top of that general route, applicants must also meet Douglas College's institution-wide English Language Proficiency requirement: Grade 12 English at a minimum grade of C (English Studies 12, English First Peoples 12, or English 12) or Communications 12 at B, or a recognized test score such as IELTS Academic overall band 6.5, TOEFL iBT overall 4.5 with no section below 4.0, PTE Academic 56, Duolingo English Test 110, or CAEL 60. No portfolio, interview or other non-academic condition is listed for this programme.
Application Details
Start Date:Douglas runs three fifteen-week semesters a year: Fall from September to December, Winter from January to April and Summer from May to August. The programme page lists intakes in Fall (September) and Winter (January). The Fall 2026 semester began on 8 September 2026 and Winter 2027 classes begin on 4 January 2027.
Application Deadline:Douglas publishes college-wide application windows rather than a single date for every programme, and the domestic and international timetables are different. DOMESTIC APPLICANTS apply on EducationPlannerBC. Applications for a semester open about eleven months ahead, at 9:00 a.m. on the first business day of the opening month: 1 October for the following Fall, 1 February for the following Winter. Douglas labels this a limited-enrolment programme, so it sets no single fixed closing date: the round shuts when the intake fills, and the college’s own test is whether the programme still appears in the EducationPlannerBC drop-down list. Applicants are acknowledged in writing about two to three weeks after applying, and qualified applicants are then ranked against the programme’s published criteria. INTERNATIONAL APPLICANTS follow Douglas’s separate college-wide dates, not the domestic ones: the Fall (September) 2026 intake closed on 31 May 2026, Winter (January) 2027 closes on 30 September 2026, and Summer (May) 2027 closes on 31 January 2027. Limited-enrolment programmes can fill before those dates and open-enrolment ones last only while seats do, so Douglas advises applying early enough to leave room for a study-permit application. Read from the programme page and the college deadline pages on 6 September 2026; Douglas had not yet published Summer 2027 domestic closing dates.
