Diploma in Construction Engineering Technician at St. Clair College in Windsor, Canada is a diploma in Civil Engineering & Construction programme. The programme runs for 2 years, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 19,695 per year (CAD 5,155 per year for local students).
This two-year diploma trains Construction Engineering Technicians for site-based roles on building and infrastructure projects, covering cost estimating, material testing and inspection, carrying out construction surveys, reading and applying technical specifications, and producing sketches from contract, shop and CAD drawings. Shared first-year coursework with the Civil Engineering Technology and Architectural Technology programs allows easy transfer between the three, and graduates can continue into the final year of Civil Engineering Technology or the one-year Construction Project Management program. Career paths include site supervisor, junior estimator or surveyor roles with general contractors, architectural and engineering firms, building product manufacturers, sub-contractors and government agencies.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Admission requires an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) with the majority of courses at the College (C), University (U), University/College (M) or Open (O) level, plus Grade 12 Mathematics at the College (C) or University (U) level, as stated on the programme's own admission-requirements page. Mature applicants (19+) without an OSSD are directed to the College's general Admission Procedures, which allow Math and/or English admission testing in place of the diploma. The programme page states no separate language-proficiency scores, so international and non-native-English applicants are held to St. Clair College's institution-wide English requirement for diploma programmes: IELTS Academic 6.0 overall, TOEFL iBT 60, PTE Academic 52, CAEL 60, CELPIP General 7.0 in each module, or Duolingo 110, scores no older than two years. No portfolio, interview, work-experience, age, or criminal-record-check conditions are stated for this programme.
Application Details
Start Date:September, January, May
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca: for programmes starting in Fall 2027 the online application opened on 26 September 2026, the equal-consideration date is 1 February 2027, colleges may start sending offers from 1 November 2026, and accepted offers are due by 1 May 2027; Winter 2027 entry has an equal-consideration date of 15 September 2026. St. Clair flags eight oversubscribed programmes and thirteen high-interest programmes for which it recommends applying by 1 February. After the equal-consideration dates, applications are assessed first-come, first-served while seats remain. International applicants apply through the International OCAS portal and are admitted on a rolling, first-come, first-served basis; St. Clair publishes no fixed international closing date. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
