Diploma in Health Wellness and Fitness is a diploma in Health Sciences programme taught at Mohawk College 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).
This diploma covers strategies that raise quality of life for people across a range of ages and abilities, including work with particular population groups — pregnant women, older adults, children, emergency service personnel, and people with higher medical risk factors like diabetes or high blood pressure. Coursework spans athletic injury management, sport psychology, exercise physiology, anatomy, biomechanics and wellness management strategies. Field placements take place in settings such as corporate or private fitness businesses, retirement residences, school boards, physiotherapy clinics, varsity teams and recreational therapy centres, and students have the opportunity to challenge industry certifications, tour a cadaver lab at McMaster University, and pursue further education pathways after graduation.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Mohawk's program page requires an Ontario Secondary School Diploma or equivalent (Mohawk Academic Upgrading or a GED also qualify), including Grade 12 English at the C or U level or equivalent. Applicants whose first language is not English must demonstrate proficiency through one of: TOEFL 550 (80 internet-based), IELTS Academic overall 6.0 with no band below 5.5, Duolingo 105-110 with no band below 100, or completion of Mohawk's GAS-English for Academic Purposes (478) program. Options are available for mature applicants, and Mohawk's own upgrading courses are offered to applicants who do not yet hold the standard secondary-school prerequisite; no interview or additional screening is listed.
Application Details
Start Date:September and January
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through Ontario Colleges: for a September start Mohawk's equal-consideration date is 1 February (1 February 2027 for the next fall intake), and for a January start it is 1 June; after either date, files are considered first-come, first-served while seats remain, with permanent residents of Ontario prioritized, then other Canadian residents, then international applicants. International applicants apply via OCAS's International Application Service on a per-intake deadline rather than one annual date: for January 2027 entry, applications opened February 2026 and the submission deadline is 1 November 2026; Mohawk had not yet published a deadline for the September 2027 intake as of this check. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
