Offered by Fanshawe College in London, Canada, Diploma in Motive Power Technician (Automotive) is a diploma in Supply Chain & Logistics programme. The programme runs for 60 weeks, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 35,398 per total (CAD 7,193 per total for local students).
This automotive technician diploma can lead to roles across the motive power sector, with vehicle and equipment manufacturers and dealers, oil companies, and businesses handling industrial, commercial or passenger vehicles, covering work such as insurance estimating, warranty claims, parts, merchandising sales and servicing. Graduates are also positioned to enter the automotive service technician trade, with possible credit toward in-school training already completed, subject to Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities policy.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Admission to the Motive Power Technician (Automotive) diploma requires an Ontario Secondary School Diploma or equivalent, or mature-applicant standing; applicants without a high-school diploma may instead complete Fanshawe's Academic and Career Entrance (ACE) Grade 12 equivalency certificate or the one-year Trade Fundamentals preparatory program. Applicants whose first language is not English must meet Fanshawe's proficiency standard: IELTS Academic overall 6.0 with no band under 5.5, TOEFL iBT overall 4.5 with no band under 4 (79 on the pre-2026 TOEFL scale), PTE Academic 53 with no band under 45, or Duolingo 105 with no section under 95 (CAEL, Cambridge English and LanguageCert Academic equivalents also accepted). Where the program is oversubscribed, Fanshawe gives priority to Ontario residents and to applications received by February 1st, reviewing the remainder on admission-requirement achievement.
Application Details
Start Date:Full-time starts currently open to domestic applicants: September 2026 (London) — waitlisted; January 2027 (London); May 2027 (London). Starts open to international applicants: September 2026 (London); January 2027 (London); May 2027 (London). (Listed on the Fanshawe program page, checked 6 September 2026.)
Application Deadline:Fanshawe publishes no deadline specific to this program — these are the college-wide dates. Domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca: the equal consideration date is 1 February 2027 for Fall 2027 entry (the cycle opened 26 September 2026), and applications arriving after it are assessed in order of receipt until the program fills. Offers to non-competitive programs begin going out 1 November 2026, competitive-program offers are sent by 30 March, and 1 May 2027 is the usual deadline to accept an offer. International applicants apply directly to Fanshawe (CAD 100 fee) and have no single published cut-off date; instead, proof of study-permit approval is due 9 December 2026 for a January 2027 start and 5 April 2027 for a May 2027 start, with all admission conditions cleared by 15 December 2026 and 15 April 2027 respectively.
