Preparatory Year (for French General Baccalaureate holders) at École de technologie supérieure

Programme overview

Integrated preparatory year of 31 credits (code 5718) that eases the transition of French lycée graduates into ÉTS engineering programmes, with practice-based courses, activities that build autonomy and maturity, and an integrating project. After the year, students can begin the bachelor's in mechanical engineering, construction engineering or aerospace engineering. Limited enrolment; taught in French.

Duration: Two sessions (31 credits), full-time | Study mode: full-time | Intake: Fall only (application deadline 1 March 2027) | Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

What you will study

Courses focused on practice and experimental and technical skills, physics and chemistry concepts, laboratory protocols and analysis of experimental results, plus an integrating project on real applied-science problems.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Be about to hold a French general baccalaureate issued by the French Ministry of National Education, with the Physics-Chemistry specialty in terminale and the Mathematics specialty in première. Students must enrol in all credits of the two sessions, reach a cumulative average of at least 2.0/4.3 after the first session and 2.3/4.3 at the end of the year, or be excluded from the programme.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the courses you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Academic year has three semesters: fall (September to December; 2026 classes start 31 August), winter (January to April; 2027 classes start 5 January) and summer (May to August; 2026 classes start 4 May). Some programmes do not admit students to the summer semester.

Canadian students: applications close 1 April for summer, 1 August for fall and 1 December for winter (summer excludes Bachelor programmes). International students: 1 December for summer, 1 March for fall and 1 July for winter.

Application fee is $57 for Canadian citizens and applicants through partnership agreements and $141 for international applicants, payable by Visa or Mastercard and non-refundable; a separate application is required for each programme.

Apply through the official page: https://www.etsmtl.ca/en/study-at-ets/applying-to-ets

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