At St. Clair College in Windsor, Canada, Diploma in Hairstyling - Fast Track is offered as a diploma in Applied Professions & Services programme. The programme runs for 3 semesters, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 32,778 per year (CAD 10,283 per year for local students).
This three-semester diploma builds skills in advanced cutting techniques for male and female clients, hair-texture services such as perming and chemical relaxing, hair colouring, colour correction and foiling, along with bridal and prom updo styling, and braiding and extension installation and maintenance. Clinical and lab practice, along with field trips and community events, support 1,500 hours of in-school training that counts toward the 3,500 total hours required by the Ministry, including 2,000 hours gained on the job under Registered Apprentice status, before challenging the Certificate of Qualification exam. Entry-level graduates typically start as a stylist's assistant, building a clientele toward working independently as a junior stylist, with further paths into self-employment, salon management, training, industry sales or platform artistry.
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, as stated on the programme's own admission-requirements page. Mature applicants are directed to the College's general Admission Procedures for further detail. No portfolio, interview, work-experience, age, or criminal-record-check conditions are stated for this programme. No separate language-proficiency scores are published, 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.
Application Details
Start Date:September
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.
