HD in Electrical Engineering Technology - Process Automation is a higher diploma in Robotics & Automation programme taught at Sault College in Sault Ste. Marie, Canada. The programme runs for 3 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).
At a glance
Degree:Higher Diploma
Field:Robotics & Automation
Duration: 3 years
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
Local tuition: CAD 2,771 / year
International tuition: CAD 15,911 / year
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
Do you love to make things work? The 3-year Electrical Engineering Technology – Process Automation program gives you the skills to evaluate, program, create, automate, and operate electrical control systems. As an electrical engineering technologist student, you will learn to design important automation and systems that the manufacturing industry is looking for right now! Use your skills to eliminate repetitive manual work to manufacture quality products across many industries more efficiently. Education with an edge The state-of-the-art electrical engineering labs boast the latest equipment including Rockwell PLC 5000s, Rockwell Powerflex DC Drives, and so much more. Plus, learn and gain valuable insights from experienced instructors who have worked in many industrial settings (we kind of think of them as mentors). Once you have completed one of the two-year Electrical Engineering Technician diplomas, you could complete this three-year advanced diploma program with only one more year of study. The future of manufacturing is automated, and we need people like you to make it work! It starts here.
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 three-year, six-semester Ontario College Advanced 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.
