Sheridan College

Oakville, Canada • Founded 1967

Updated Sep 2026 · Source: sheridancollege.ca

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English Name: Sheridan College

Founded: 1967

Institution Type: Higher education institution

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Sheridan College is a public college of applied arts and technology serving Ontario's Halton and Peel regions, with campuses in Oakville, Brampton, and Mississauga.

It offers diplomas, bachelor's degrees, certificates, and apprenticeship training across faculties covering animation and design, applied health and community studies, applied science and technology, and business. The college is recognized for programs in business, digital media and communications, performing arts, visual and applied arts, computing and engineering technology, and community and social services.

Instruction is delivered in English. Many programs include cooperative education placements or other work-integrated learning, and a separate continuing and professional studies division offers part-time and short-form courses for working adults.

Applied research activity runs through a dedicated innovation centre that partners with industry on prototyping and technology projects.

Sheridan draws students from across Canada and internationally, and its degree and diploma pathways suit school leavers pursuing a first credential as well as career changers and international students seeking technical, creative, or business-focused training with direct routes into the workforce.

Location & Contact

Sheridan College's campus location, postal address, and admissions contact channels are below.

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Phone: 905-459-7533

Website: https://www.sheridancollege.ca/

Email: infosheridan@sheridancollege.ca

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Academic Details

A snapshot of Sheridan College's academic profile — enrolment, staffing, and recognition.

Academic Year: Three terms a year: Fall (September to December), Winter (January to April) and Spring/Summer (May to August); in 2026-27 the Fall term ran 8 September to 18 December 2026, Winter runs 6 January to 16 April 2027 and Spring/Summer runs 3 May to 13 August 2027. Each term also carries compressed seven-week sessions (A and B) alongside the regular 14-week session.

Admission Requirements: HOW TO APPLY. Canadian citizens and permanent residents apply through ontariocolleges.ca, where a single application may carry up to three Sheridan choices; the application fee is paid to that service and Sheridan only receives your file once it is paid, and secondary and postsecondary transcripts are sent to ontariocolleges.ca at the same time. International applicants apply instead through Sheridan's own International Application Portal, which is handled by an in-house International Admissions team and takes the application fee by credit card; Sheridan does not publish that fee amount on its public pages. Anyone enrolled at Sheridan since Fall 2021, and recent graduates, apply internally through myStudentCentre. A domestic applicant schooled outside Canada must have transcripts assessed for equivalency, normally through ICAS or WES. An international applicant uploads official postsecondary transcripts showing courses completed to date; where a document is not in English it needs a notarised official translation attached to a copy of the original. Credentials from private career colleges are not accepted toward Sheridan's admission requirements. ACADEMIC ENTRY - SECONDARY-SCHOOL BASIS. The baseline is an Ontario Secondary School Diploma carrying whichever senior-level (Grade 11 and 12) credits the program lists, including a Grade 12 English at the ENG4C or ENG4U level or an accepted equivalent. Workplace 'E' level courses do not count. Grade 12 marks, first-semester midterms included, drive the decision, and Grade 11 final marks may be used while a required Grade 12 course is still under way. Any Grade 12 secondary diploma from another Canadian province or territory is treated as equivalent. A Quebec applicant to a certificate or diploma may enter on the Secondary V leaving certificate, where English Language Arts Secondary V at 50 per cent or better satisfies the ENG4C requirement; a Quebec applicant to a degree needs at least one successful full year of pre-university CEGEP study above 50 per cent in the required courses, with one 603 English course at 50 per cent or better meeting the ENG4U requirement, or two semesters at a recognised English-language Quebec university. The GED and the Canadian Adult Education Credential (CAEC, which replaced it in 2024) are also recognised, as are homeschool transcripts evidencing OSSD equivalency. ACADEMIC ENTRY - OTHER ROUTES, AND HOW THE CREDENTIAL LEVELS DIFFER. Mature applicants must be 19 by the first day of class and do not need an OSSD. Certificate and diploma applicants who are short a required course are invited to sit Sheridan's English, math or science equivalency tests, or to take free preparatory courses through Academic Upgrading. Degree applicants cannot use that testing route: they must present the named Grade 12 courses, or finish two semesters of postsecondary study including ENG4U or its equivalent plus everything the program page lists. Ontario College Graduate Certificate applicants normally hold a postsecondary diploma or degree; the master's program normally requires a bachelor's or other undergraduate degree, and testing cannot substitute there either. International applicants must match the course equivalencies of these Canadian requirements, and a credential assessment may be requested. HOW APPLICANTS ARE SELECTED. Sheridan uses two models. Most programs rank eligible applicants on academic achievement alone - the average of the six highest senior-level credits including every required course, counting at most one co-op mark. Oversubscribed programs add a scored supplemental submission such as a portfolio, audition, resume or questionnaire, weighed together with the academic average. Sheridan publishes guideline averages from recent years for its highly competitive programs: Diagnostic Imaging Technology and the Honours Bachelor of Science - Nursing above 85 per cent, Practical Nursing above 80 per cent, the Honours Bachelor of Film and Television around 80 per cent, Music Theatre Performance above 75 per cent together with an audition result, Veterinary Technician around 70 per cent, and Animation and Illustration decided on portfolio score alongside academic standing. Those figures move year to year, and meeting a published minimum never guarantees a seat. ENGLISH PROFICIENCY is required of every applicant whose first language is not English or whose earlier education was in another language, whatever their citizenship, and Sheridan sets two bands. Certificate and diploma programs: IELTS Academic 6.0 with no band under 5.5 (one Skill Retake allowed); TOEFL iBT 80 with nothing under 20 on the pre-2026 scale, or 4.0 with no section under 4.0 on the scale used from 2026, MyBest scores accepted; PTE Academic 58 with no section under 49; Duolingo 105 with no integrated subscore under 85; CAEL 60 with no section under 50; Cambridge English Scale 169 with nothing under 162; LanguageCert Academic 65 with no skill under 60; iTEP Academic-Plus 3.7. Degree, master's and graduate certificate programs: IELTS Academic 6.5 with no band under 6.0; TOEFL iBT 88 with nothing under 21, or 4.5 with no section under 4.5 from 2026; PTE Academic 60 with no section under 57; Duolingo 115 with no subscore under 95; CAEL 70 with no section under 60; Cambridge 176 with nothing under 169; LanguageCert Academic 70 with no skill under 65; iTEP Academic-Plus 3.9. Sheridan's own assessments also qualify: EAP Level 5 needs 70 per cent in listening and speaking and 70 per cent in reading and writing for a certificate or diploma, and 75 per cent in each pair for a degree, master's or graduate certificate, in both cases with at least 50 per cent in Navigating Digital Environments; the Sheridan EPA needs a listening band of 4.0, a combined reading band of 4.0 and CLB 7 writing for the lower level, and 4.5, 4.5 and CLB 8 for the higher one. Results must be no more than 24 months old on the first day of class, and individual programs may set a higher bar - the Honours Bachelor of Science - Nursing accepts only IELTS 6.5 with no band under 6.0, TOEFL iBT 88 with no section under 21 (or 4.5 with no section under 4.5), or Duolingo 115 with no subscore under 95, and the Pharmacy Technician diploma accepts no test other than IELTS Academic, at Reading 7.0, Listening 7.0, Speaking 7.0 and Writing 6.5. Instead of a test you may present at least two years of full-time schooling taught in English at a secondary school or college that Sheridan recognises, one or more years at a recognised university, one or more years in an English-taught post-graduate certificate, an IB Diploma with English A literature or English A language and literature, or GCSE, IGCSE or GCE study in English or English First Language. ESL and EAP courses do not count toward those years, and one English course on its own is not enough.

Total Students: 26,500

Programs Offered

Every programme Sheridan College currently runs, grouped by degree level and searchable.

254 programmes on record. Each level below shows a sample. Compare these on the programs page All programs in Canada

Bachelor's Degree 66 programmes

3D Animation and Emerging Technologies, Honours Bachelor of

Film & Animation · 4 years · On-campus · English

International tuition: CAD 31,227/year Local tuition: CAD 9,777/year Start: Sheridan runs three terms a year - Fall starting in September, Winter in January and Spring/Summer in May. For 2026-27 the Fall term ran 8 September to 18 December 2026, Winter runs 6 January to 16 April 2027, and Spring/Summer runs 3 May to 13 August 2027. On 6 September 2026 this program's own page listed a single in-person intake, September 2026, at the Trafalgar Campus in Oakville. Sheridan's Start date table also carries a separate Domestic and International status for each intake (Available, Waitlisted or Closed) that changes as seats fill, so check this program's page on sheridancollege.ca before you apply. Min. GPA: 65.00 / %

Direct entry requires an Ontario Secondary School Diploma or equivalent with English, Grade 12 (ENG4U); one Visual Arts or Communication Technology course at Grade 11 or 12, any level except Workplace 'E' (or one postsec...

Sheridan College

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Location & Contact

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Programs Offered

Bachelor's Degree 66 programmes

Honours Degree 29 programmes

Master's Degree 3 programmes

Certificate 19 programmes

Diploma 69 programmes

Higher Diploma 11 programmes

Postgraduate Certificate 51 programmes

Trades - Apprenticeship 6 programmes

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