Offered by Fanshawe College in London, Canada, Diploma in Renewable Energies Technician (Co-op) is a diploma in Energy Engineering programme. The programme runs for 60 weeks, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 35,665 per total (CAD 7,460 per total for local students).
This course examines how electricity and electronics principles apply to renewable-energy technologies, including the use of tools and test equipment found in the field and the safe working practices that go with them. Foundational content spans wind energy and solar photovoltaic power generation, with a thorough treatment of DC and AC circuit theory that contrasts conventional power generation with current wind-turbine and photovoltaic methods and their supporting systems. Students are also introduced to semiconductor devices and basic digital electronics, applying semiconductor theory to analog circuitry such as power supplies, transistor switching and amplifier circuits.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Direct entry requires an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) or equivalent, or mature-applicant status with credit in Grade 11 or 12 Mathematics (College, University/College or University stream, C, M or U); applicants short of this are directed to academic upgrading, with a conditional offer possible on proof of enrolment. Applicants may alternatively complete Fanshawe's one-year Trade Fundamentals preparatory program, which satisfies all admission requirements for this co-op diploma. Applicants whose first language is not English must meet Fanshawe's Diplomas, Advanced Diplomas & Certificates English requirement published on the programme page: IELTS Academic overall 6.0 with no band below 5.5, TOEFL iBT 79 (2026-scale equivalent overall 4.5, no band below 4.0), PTE Academic minimum 53 (no band below 45), CAEL overall 60 (no band below 50, 80 in listening), Cambridge English 169 (no skill below 162), Duolingo 105 (no score below 95), or LanguageCert Academic 65 (no skill below 60).
Application Details
Start Date:September
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca: for Fall 2027 entry, applications open in early October 2026 and the equal-consideration date is 1 February 2027, after which later applications are assessed on a first-come basis until seats fill; non-competitive programs begin receiving offers from 1 November 2026, competitive-program offers go out by 30 March 2027, and 1 May 2027 is the usual deadline to accept an offer. International applicants apply directly to Fanshawe (CAD 100 fee) and face fixed document deadlines rather than a single closing date: for the current intakes, study-permit and conditions-met documents are due 10/15 August 2026 (Fall), 9/15 December 2026 (Winter) and 5/15 April 2027 (Summer); missing a deadline can mean deferral to the next intake. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
