Diploma in Computer Programming at Sault College in Sault Ste. Marie, Canada is a diploma in Software Engineering programme. The programme runs for 2 years, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 15,911 per year (CAD 2,771 per year for local students).
Students work in hardware and software environments designed to mirror the networks and platforms used in the field, developing programming skills in Python, Java and JavaScript and applying them to both standalone and web-based database applications. A mentored capstone in the final semester brings these skills together, and a separate semester-long project has students analyse and improve a process or system belonging to a business, an individual or a community, developing a software prototype in collaboration with a local organisation. Credits earned in the program can also count toward a Bachelor of Computer Science at the partnering Algoma University, completed in one or two further years.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Admission requires an Ontario Secondary School Diploma with Grade 12 English (College Preparation, ENG4C) and Grade 12 Foundations for College Mathematics (MAP4C), or mature student status; missing courses can be completed free through Academic Upgrading. International applicants and those whose prior study was not in English must meet the college's general Diploma and College Certificate standard: IELTS Academic 6.0 with no band below 5.5, TOEFL iBT 79-80 with no test score below 20, PTE Academic 60 with no communicative skill below 52, or Duolingo English Test 110 with no band below 105. No portfolio, interview or other condition is stated. The two-year, four-semester Ontario College Diploma begins in September 2027.
Application Details
Start Date:September 2027
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca: for programmes starting in September 2027, the application system opens on 26 September 2026 and the equal-consideration date is 1 February 2027, after which qualified applications are assessed first-come, first-served until seats are full; Sault College publishes no equal-consideration date of its own, and neither OCAS nor the college states a separate date for the January 2027 intake. International applicants apply directly to Sault College rather than through ontariocolleges.ca; the college states only that applications are reviewed within five business days of submission and publishes no fixed opening or closing date for international admission. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
