St. Lawrence College offers Diploma in Esthetician (Accelerated), a diploma in Applied Professions & Services programme in Kingston, Canada. The programme runs for 38 weeks, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 34,423 per total (CAD 5,552 per total for local students).
This version of the Esthetician diploma lets students finish their Ontario College Diploma on a shortened, condensed timeline, among the few such accelerated formats offered at Canadian colleges. Practical training takes place in the college's own salon, Dynamic Designs, where students work with clients from the community, and the curriculum also builds business and interpersonal skills such as codes of conduct, management, customer service, sales training, and professionalism.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Admission requires an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) or equivalent, including Grade 12 English at the C or U level and Grade 11 Math. English-language proficiency follows the institution's requirement for certificate, diploma and advanced-diploma programmes: IELTS Academic overall 6.0 with no band below 5.5, TOEFL iBT 78, PTE Academic 55, or Duolingo English Test 110 overall with no sub-score below 85; domestic applicants meet it through the Grade 12 English prerequisite. International students must obtain a Co-op Work Permit with the proper remarks before beginning their placement. Applicants missing the academic prerequisites may enrol in the college's Career/College Prep programme, offered free to Ontario residents 18 or older, and those with transcripts from outside Canada are directed to the college's transcript-evaluation process.
Application Details
Start Date:September
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca: for programmes starting September 2027 the application opens 26 September 2026, the equal-consideration date is 1 February 2027, and later applications are assessed first-come, first-served while seats remain; St. Lawrence College names Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Communicative Disorders Assistant, Medical Laboratory Science and Practical Nursing as highly competitive, requiring transcripts and proof of enrolment by the same 1 February date to be ranked. International applicants apply through SLC's own International Application Service and are assessed on a rolling basis; the college publishes no fixed international closing date, and each Letter of Acceptance carries its own accept-and-pay deadline. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
