Offered by Okanagan College in Kelowna, Canada, Civil Engineering Technology Diploma is a diploma in Information Systems & Technology programme. The programme runs for 2 years, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 72,189 per total (CAD 13,700 per total for local students).
This diploma examines civil engineering practice and urbanization within a Canadian context, covering the technologist's role in designing and constructing infrastructure such as water supply and sewage networks, treatment plants, dams, drainage and irrigation systems, parks and subdivisions, and highways, streets, bridges and buildings. Field trips reinforce classroom theory and help develop practical approaches to solving engineering problems, and the program holds national accreditation from the Canadian Technology Accreditation Board.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Academic base: B.C. secondary-school graduation or the equivalent.
English 12 at 60 per cent, or an accepted alternative.
Mathematics: at least 60 per cent in one of Pre-Calculus 12, Foundations of Mathematics 12, Principles of Mathematics 12, Applications of Mathematics 12, ABE MATH 012 or Okanagan College MATH 120; or at least 64 per cent on the Okanagan College Mathematics 11 proficiency test; or at least 67 per cent in Pre-Calculus 11, Principles of Mathematics 11 or ABE MATH 011. A Grade 12 mathematics course is recommended, and the mathematics requirement must have been met within the last seven years.
Physics: at least 60 per cent in Physics 11, or at least 50 per cent in Physics 12 or Applied Physics 12.
Mature applicants: at least 19 years old and away from full-time secondary school for a year or more; secondary graduation is waived but the course requirements still apply, and the mathematics requirement is never waived.
International applicants who cannot present English 12 satisfy the same English line through the College's test table at the 60 per cent level: IELTS Academic 6.0 with no band under 6.0, TOEFL 79 internet-based, CAEL 60, PTE Academic 56 with no communicative skill under 55, or Duolingo 105; results must be under two years old.
The program leans heavily on computers for engineering problem-solving, so the College strongly recommends arriving with working knowledge of word processing, spreadsheets and presentation software, or an introductory computing course.
Application Details
Start Date:Intakes published by Okanagan College for this program: September 2026 (Kelowna). Campus availability differs by intake and the program page shows which are still open.
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants: there is no fixed closing date. For a Fall intake the College starts taking applications at 8:30 a.m. on October's first weekday of the preceding year, and for a Winter intake at 8:30 a.m. on February's first weekday of the preceding year, then keeps accepting them until the seats are gone - so apply early. Apply through EducationPlannerBC; the fee is $30 CAD. International applicants: 15 March is the College's deadline for its limited-entry programs, a list the calendar gives as every Engineering Technology diploma plus Early Childhood Education, Human Service Worker, Human Kinetics and Therapist Assistant - this program is on it. For a January start the international deadline is 31 October (documents by 15 November) and for the May or July sessions 28 February (documents by 31 March). These are institution-wide dates, not a deadline published for this program on its own.
