Admission Requirements
Diploma of Secondary Studies (DES), including:
- Secondary V Language of Instruction
- Secondary V Second Language
- Secondary IV Science
- Secondary IV Mathematics
- Secondary IV History
or academic background judged equivalent to the DES.
(Students with a DES missing any of the above subjects may be admitted, space permitting, but may be required to complete remedial courses.)
Specific ministerial admission requirements*
- Sec IV Mathematics – Cultural, Social & Technical option 563-404/414
- Sec IV Science & Technology or Applied Science & Technology 555-404/444 or 557-406/416
*For students graduating before June 2010 or from an Adult Education Centre, the pre-requisite is Mathematics 436 and Physics 534.
Additional admission requirements
- Portfolio: A PDF version of the portfolio requirements handout and all additional information is available for download.
- Drawing exercise
Do you live more than 300 kilometres from Dawson College?
Foreign, US, out-of-province applicants and Quebec province applicants living more than 300 kilometres from Dawson College may send their photocopied portfolio and questionnaire by mail or
courier . . . see details below.
- Mail or courier your photocopied portfolio and the questionnaire. (Only long-distance applicants may request the questionnaire by e-mail. Send your request to Helen Wawrzetz at hwawrzetz@dawsoncollege.qc.ca.
- Photocopied portfolios will NOT be returned (as per the portfolio requirements handout on our
website). - These two items must be received by us no later than March 23.
- Address your package to:
Chairperson, Industrial Design DepartmentDawson College 4001 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West, Office 2G.7Westmount, QC H3Z 3G4Canada
For more information, please contact the department Chair, Michel Séguin, at 514-931-8731 ext. 4955 or by e-mail at mseguin@dawsoncollege.qc.ca.
For general, non-program specific requirements, please consult the Admission Requirements page.
Application Deadline
- March 1 (for Fall semester)
The program begins in the Fall semester; new students are not admitted into the program in the Winter term.