Offered by Université du Québec à Chicoutimi in Saguenay, Canada, BA/BS in Computer Science is a bachelor's degree in Computer Sciences programme. The programme runs for 3 years, delivered on campus. Tuition for international students is CAD 24,614 per year (CAD 3,118 per year for local students).
This Bachelor of Applied Science in Computer Science at Université du Québec à Chicoutimi is delivered full-time or part-time, in person, on the Saguenay campus, with admission in fall and winter terms. The program builds broad foundations across computer science while students specialize in one of five areas: defensive cybersecurity, software development and quality, web, mobile, and cloud programming, applied artificial intelligence, or virtual reality and immersive environments. The curriculum follows a common core of required courses, concentration-specific courses, and a broader set of electives, and includes project-based, internship-style coursework. Students with strong academic standing can pursue an optional honours profile that adds graduate-level courses and research activities. The program suits students holding a college diploma in science, computer science, or mathematics, as well as career changers with relevant information-technology experience, preparing them either for entry into the technology workforce or for further graduate study.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Regular entry is via a Quebec DEC in Sciences de la nature (200.B1), Sciences, informatique et mathematique (200.C1), or Sciences, lettres et arts (700.A1), or any DEC meeting the required collegial objectives, with a minimum R-score of 25; candidates scoring 23-25 undergo a portfolio review requiring above-average results in at least 75% of relevant subjects. Every admission base must complete Calcul differentiel, Calcul integral, and Algebre lineaire et geometrie vectorielle before entry. Etudes-hors-Quebec applicants need a diploma showing basic science preparation after at least 13 years of schooling with a minimum average of 13/20 (11-13/20 reviewed individually); etudes-universitaires applicants need 15 completed university credits with a 2.6/4.3 cumulative average plus the same math courses; a preparation-suffisante route accepts two years of full-time relevant computing experience with a CV and motivation letter. Applicants whose mother tongue is not French must pass a French test recognised by UQAC (TFI, TCF or TEF at level B2/NCLC 8, or the DELF-B2 diploma) taken within the previous 24 months. The programme has no enrolment cap and admits in the autumn and winter terms.
Application Details
Start Date:September and January
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants (Canadian citizens, permanent residents, protected persons and First Nations) apply directly to UQAC and, for non-quota programmes, may submit an admission application until the end of the course-registration period for the winter, summer or fall term, making admission effectively rolling; contingented (limited-enrollment) programmes instead hold applications to a per-programme deadline before reviewing them together. International applicants face fixed, earlier windows: for the 2025-2026 cycle the fall 2026 term ran from 2 September 2025 to 1 March 2026, while winter and summer 2026 closed on 1 August 2025 and 12 December 2025 respectively; as of September 2026 UQAC has not yet published the equivalent winter, summer or fall 2027 international dates. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
