Mohawk College offers Diploma in Early Childhood Education, a diploma in Early Childhood Education programme in Hamilton, Canada. The programme runs for 2 years, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 15,268 per year (CAD 1,354 per year for local students).
At a glance
Degree:Diploma
Field:Early Childhood Education
Duration: 2 years
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
Local tuition: CAD 1,354 / year
International tuition: CAD 15,268 / year
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
Develop the ability to foster a sense of belonging, engagement, expression and wellbeing for children and their families in this rewarding career. Program Highlights Living lab provides a realistic early years environment for hands on learning.Preplacement course prepares you for entry to field practice.On campus, free Resource Lending Library for placement and program assignments.Opportunities for specialized placements.Strong community partnerships providing volunteer experiences.Learn more about financial support through the Ontario Early Childhood Educators Upgrade and Leadership Programs.What you'll learnHow to foster the development of the whole child through an understanding of child development and intentional planning.Collaborative skills to support children and their families through responsive relationships.Observation, pedagogical documentation and reflection of best practices.Current legislation and guiding principles of the Early Years System.Implement an integrated community approach to engage with children, families and professionals. Program Length2 academic years (period of 8 months)Fast Track - allows students to complete a two-year Diploma program in 16 months. Students will start in January or May and be in school for four continuous semesters: Winter, Spring/Summer, Fall and Winter. Students will not be off during the summer.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Mohawk notes on the program page that Early Childhood Education is a competitive program, and states one set of academic requirements for domestic and international applicants.
ACADEMIC ENTRY: an OSSD or its equivalent including Grade 12 English at the C or U level or equivalent. Volunteer experience in child care is recommended but not required, and Mohawk strongly encourages attending the program orientation. It also warns that some employers set physical standards as a condition of employment. Mohawk also publishes a mature-applicant route for people without the school credits.
ENGLISH, where it is not your first language (Mohawk lists these as stand-ins for the Grade 12 English credit, and they apply to domestic and international applicants alike): IELTS Academic 6.5 overall with no band under 6.0; or TOEFL iBT 83 (paper-based 560); or Duolingo 115-120 with no band under 105; or finishing Mohawk’s General Arts and Science - English for Academic Purposes program (478).
Application Details
Start Date:Starts Mohawk lists on this program’s own page, checked 6 September 2026. Domestic applicants: September 2026 at Fennell Campus (FF); January 2027 at Fennell Campus (FF). International applicants: May, September, January intakes. The two lists differ, so check the intake you want is open to your applicant type before applying. Mohawk runs a Fall term from September, a Winter term from January and a Spring/Summer term from May; not every program runs every term, and the seat status shown beside a start (open, waitlist, closed) moves as intakes fill.
Application Deadline:Mohawk publishes no deadline unique to this program; the dates below are the college-wide ones.
DOMESTIC APPLICANTS (Canadian citizens and permanent residents) apply through ontariocolleges.ca. Equal consideration date: 1 February for a September start; 1 June for a January start. Applications that reach Ontario Colleges by then are read together in the first round of offers. Applying afterwards is still allowed, but remaining seats go first-come, first-served, and a competitive program is usually full by that point. Where a program draws more qualified applicants than it has seats, Mohawk ranks them on the average of their highest senior-level final grades in the required courses, and offers go to Ontario permanent residents first, then residents of other Canadian provinces and territories, then international applicants.
INTERNATIONAL APPLICANTS (citizens of another country without Canadian permanent residence) do not use the equal consideration dates. They apply through the OCAS International Application Service, which sets a separate deadline for each intake rather than one annual date; the current list is on Mohawk’s international apply page. For the January 2027 intake, applications opened in February 2026 and close in November 2026. Files arriving after a deadline are judged on remaining program capacity, visa status and study-permit processing time for the applicant’s region, and Mohawk states it may cap applications or impose deadlines by region. The CAD 100 application fee is non-refundable and covers up to two program choices starting in the same August-to-July academic year.
