At La Cité Collégiale in Ottawa, Canada, Diploma in Techniques de soudage (accéléré) is offered as a diploma in Civil Engineering & Construction programme. The programme runs for 2 years, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 7,388 per semester (CAD 2,234 per semester for local students).
Concentrée en trois étapes consécutives qui permettent de terminer en moins d'un an, cette formation accélérée développe la préparation et le soudage de pièces d'acier, d'acier inoxydable et d'aluminium selon les procédés SMAW, GTAW, GMAW et FCAW. L'étudiant se prépare aux certifications du Bureau canadien de soudage (CWB), offertes au campus d'Orléans, où les cours se donnent de jour, de soir et de fin de semaine. Le diplômé se voit créditer les trois niveaux de formation des métiers de soudeur (456A) et de monteur-ajusteur de charpente métallique (437A), un tremplin vers le Sceau rouge et le certificat de qualification de l'Ontario, dans un domaine où les besoins de main-d'œuvre sont importants partout au Canada.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: For domestic applicants the page lists three accepted secondary credentials: the Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) or equivalent; Quebec's Diplôme d'études secondaires (DES); or New Brunswick's Diplôme d'études secondaires (DES). Applicants 19 or older without a diploma may instead pass La Cité's French-language mature-applicant test. International applicants must hold a secondary-school diploma or baccalaureate, or be in their final year of secondary school with proof of enrolment. La Cité describes its admission process as competitive because of limited capacity, and states that admission is never guaranteed even when every published requirement is met. The page states no further course prerequisites, immunization requirement, GPA or language-test scores for this diploma; instruction is in French.
Application Details
Start Date:September and January
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca: for Fall 2027 entry the online application opened on 26 September 2026, colleges may start sending offers from 1 November 2026, and 1 February 2027 is the equal-consideration date; La Cité's own highly-competitive (quota) programmes are evaluated from 1 February 2027, with offers sent by mid-February 2027. International applicants apply through collegesdelontario.ca (SACO/OCAS) for a non-refundable CAD 350 fee and are checked against La Cité's own programme-availability table rather than a fixed date; the college states admission is competitive and never guaranteed, and publishes no fixed international closing date. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
