HD in Mechanical Engineering Technology - Automotive Product Design is a higher diploma in Mechanical Engineering programme taught at St. Clair College in Windsor, Canada. The programme runs for 3 years, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 16,985 per year (CAD 4,965 per year for local students).
This three-year program applies the physics principles behind harnessing energy to designing, analyzing, manufacturing and maintaining mechanical systems, building core concepts in energy, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, kinematics and mechanics and their application to automotive processes. Graduates use this core knowledge, together with specialized study, to design and evaluate aircraft, motor vehicles, watercraft, heating and cooling systems, manufacturing plants and industrial machinery, and automation.
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 Math and senior-level Physics at the College or University level. Mature applicants without an OSSD may write the College's Math/English admission tests. No programme-specific language score is published, so St. Clair's institution-wide diploma-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, scored within the last two years. Students must maintain a minimum 2.5 GPA and complete all prior coursework to qualify for the programme's co-op placements, though this is a co-op eligibility threshold rather than an admission requirement. Domestic applicants apply via Ontario Colleges; international applicants via International OCAS. Intake is September only, for this three-year Ontario College Advanced Diploma.
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.
