St. Clair College offers Cert in Medical Laboratory Technician, a certificate in Biomedical & Laboratory Sciences programme in Windsor, Canada. The programme runs for 1 year, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 20,961 per year (CAD 5,115 per year for local students).
This one-year certificate builds the technical and theoretical skills needed to work in healthcare laboratories, assisting Medical Laboratory Technologists with investigative and clinical procedures including sample collection and processing. The program balances theory with clinical skills and includes a four-week clinical laboratory placement, preparing graduates to challenge the CSMLS MLA certification exam. It suits organized students who are strong communicators with good interpersonal skills, a professional manner, and the ability to handle stressful or emergent situations. Graduates typically find roles such as lab technician, phlebotomist or clinic assistant across research labs, commercial diagnostic suppliers, clinics, and private, public or hospital health laboratories.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Entry requires an OSSD with the majority of credits at College (C), University (U), University/College (M) or Open (O) level, plus Grade 12 English (ENG4U, ENG4C, EAE4C or EAE4U), Grade 12 Math, senior-level Chemistry and senior-level Biology at the College or University level; equivalent courses from St. Clair's Pre-Health Sciences Pathway or Academic and Career Entrance programme also satisfy the requirement. Mature applicants may write the College's admission tests. The page sets no programme-specific language score, so the institution-wide certificate-level English requirement applies: IELTS Academic 6.0 overall, TOEFL iBT 60, PTE Academic 52, CAEL 60, CELPIP General 7.0 in each module, or Duolingo 110, dated within two years. International students on placement must hold a valid co-op work permit. This is a high-interest, oversubscribed one-year certificate; applicants are advised to apply by February 1, with a September intake.
Application Details
Start Date:September
Application Deadline:St. Clair College flags this program as high-interest and potentially oversubscribed, recommending applications be submitted by 1 February 2027, its equal-consideration date for Fall 2027 entry, before it moves to first-come, first-served assessment.
