HD in Power Engineering Technology is a higher diploma in Energy Engineering programme taught at Georgian College in Barrie, Canada. The programme runs for 6 semesters, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 7,619 per semester (CAD 1,387 per semester for local students).
This higher diploma trains power engineers to run the industrial processes found in power plants that depend on high energy input, keeping electrical generation, gas compression, refrigeration and steam production safe, reliable and efficient. Teaching covers equipment design used across the power industry and the applied sciences explaining how such machines work, delivered through classrooms, labs and simulation, plus hands-on practice in a TSSA-registered, high-pressure, on-site steam plant where students run a prime mover, a chiller for refrigeration, and a boiler producing steam. A power systems lab covers maintenance of pumps, compressors, valves and piping, while a power plant simulation lab builds skills in operating and troubleshooting plant processes, and a co-op term applies this learning within industry. The program holds TSSA approval as Operating (Power) Engineer training for 4th and 3rd Class certifications, and graduates finish with a nationally recognized power engineering certification and co-op work experience.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Two-year Ontario College Advanced Diploma with co-op. Entry needs an Ontario Secondary School Diploma or equivalent, or mature student status, with Grade 12 English (C or U), Grade 12 Mathematics (C or U), and one science from Grade 12 Physics (C or U), Grade 12 Chemistry (C or U) or Grade 11 Chemistry (U). Mature applicants aged 19 or over, applicants who did not attend secondary school and home-schooled applicants can qualify through equivalent courses, upgrading, a GED or equivalency testing, and credit for prior post-secondary study or relevant life and work learning may be assessed. Georgian publishes no portfolio, interview, medical or criminal-record condition for this program beyond the college-wide rules.
Georgian publishes one set of academic prerequisites here for both applicant groups: domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca, while international applicants apply through Georgian's own applicant portal, where overseas qualifications are assessed against these Ontario courses. English, for any applicant whose first language is not English or who comes from a country where English is not an official language: Georgian's college-level band — IELTS Academic 6.0, TOEFL iBT 79, TOEFL paper 550, PTE Academic 58, Duolingo 110, CAEL 60, Cambridge C1 Advanced 170 or TOEIC public test 800 — with results older than two years refused.
Application Details
Start Date:Intakes Georgian lists on this program's own page (checked 6 September 2026): Fall 2026 at Owen Sound; Fall 2027 at Owen Sound. Campus names are the ones Georgian gives for each start; not every campus runs every intake. On Georgian's academic calendar for standard 14-week programs, the fall term opens with orientation on 8 September 2026 and classes on 9 September 2026; the fall term opens with orientation on 7 September 2027 and classes on 8 September 2027. Individual programs vary from that pattern.
Application Deadline:Georgian publishes no deadline unique to this program, and it is not on the college's highly competitive list for Fall 2026 entry. The dates below are the college-wide ones.
DOMESTIC APPLICANTS (Canadian citizens and permanent residents) apply through ontariocolleges.ca. 1 February is the equal consideration date: an application received on or before it is weighed alongside every other application received by then, while later ones are handled in the order they arrive for as long as seats last. Georgian's own worked example ties each 1 February to the fall, winter and summer that follow, so the date now in force is 1 February 2027 for entry in Fall 2027, Winter 2028 or Summer 2028. Letters of acceptance for most programs start going out on 1 November (1 November 2026 in the current cycle) and keep going until a program fills; an offer is confirmed back through ontariocolleges.ca by the deadline printed on it, normally 1 May (1 May 2027 this cycle), and only one offer may be held at a time. Late applicants can still receive an offer as far as the fifth day of the term. For a program in this category Georgian normally keeps accepting applicants after 1 February — check ontariocolleges.ca for current availability.
INTERNATIONAL APPLICANTS have no fixed cut-off. They apply directly to Georgian through its own applicant portal, which is also where a program's availability to international students is shown, and applications are taken year-round subject to that availability — Georgian warns that a program open when you apply can be closed by the time your file is assessed, and urges applying early enough to leave time for a study permit. A CAD 100 application fee applies, and a seat is only held once the pre-admission invoice is accepted and the non-refundable CAD 2,500 deposit is paid.
