Offered by Vanier College in Montréal, Canada, Diploma in Techniques de l'informatique is a diploma in Software Engineering programme. The programme runs for 3 years. Teaching is in French. Tuition for international students is CAD 15,150 per year (CAD 3,740 per year for local students).
At a glance
Degree:Diploma
Field:Software Engineering
Duration: 3 years
Language: French
Local tuition: CAD 3,740 / year
International tuition: CAD 15,150 / year
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
Computer Science Technology (420.B0) is a three-year career Diploma of Collegial Studies at Vanier College organized around four applied specialization areas: mobile and web application development, game development, the Internet of Things, and ethical hacking or cybersecurity. Students learn industry-standard programming languages and work through regular team-based projects to build mobile apps, web applications, and games, as well as to configure devices and networks and work with data to solve practical problems. The program includes a 300-hour internship component and offers a Work-Study option for additional paid experience alongside the required coursework. Admission requires secondary-level mathematics from one of several accepted sequences (TS, SN, or CST streams). The program page notes that about half of graduates go on to university in related fields, often receiving course credit toward their degree because of the technical depth already covered at the college level. It suits students aiming at careers in software development, game design, cybersecurity, data-related roles, or web development who want broad, hands-on exposure across several computing specializations rather than one narrow track.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Computer Science Technology (420.B0) requires Mathematics TS 564-406/426, SN 565-406/426, or cégep-equivalent CST 563-504, on top of Vanier's college-wide Quebec secondary-school baseline. Applicants from the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board's adult-education (DVS/DCS) sector are told to ask about possible additional program requirements. No IELTS/TOEFL-style English score is required for admission: Vanier's admissions pages confirm English-proficiency testing is no longer an admission requirement, while a CEFR B2 French test (TCF, DELF, DALF or TEF) is required only of out-of-province or international applicants who did not complete Quebec secondary schooling.
Application Details
Start Date:Autumn and Winter
Application Deadline:Domestic and international applicants to Vanier College apply through the shared SRAM portal (admission.sram.qc.ca) serving Montréal-region cégeps. For Winter 2027, applications opened 15 September 2026, Round 1 closes 1 November 2026 and Round 2 closes 25 November 2026, with unfilled seats carried forward. SRAM has not yet posted Fall 2027 domestic dates. Internationally, SRAM's Fall 2027 window runs 15 March 2026 to 14 March 2027; its next window (Winter 2028) runs 1 June 2026 to 31 May 2027. Admission is rolling by round, not a single fixed date. Vanier's own international-applicants page confirms international students use the same SRAM system as domestic ones, bound by the same round deadlines. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
