Ontario College Advanced Diploma in Biotechnology - Advanced in Peterborough Canada | Fleming College

Fleming College | Peterborough Canada
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Qualification
Bachelor Degree
Languages
English
Delivery Mode
On-Campus
Tuition (2025)
CAD 16,205
(c. USD11,622.78)
Attendance
Full-time
Full-time Duration
30 months

The Biotechnology - Advanced program equips students with up-to-date expertise and practical abilities essential for laboratory roles in sectors like healthcare, research, microbiology, genetic studies, and quality assurance, featuring a semester-long placement to enhance workplace-ready competencies. Pursuing biotechnology opens doors to varied career paths in research, quality control, medical sciences, and genetic analysis, with lab professions ranking among the economy's most rapidly expanding fields. Our distinctive curriculum ensures graduates are highly sought-after across multiple industries. While typically spanning six semesters, this accelerated advanced diploma program delivers the same comprehensive coursework condensed into five semesters.

During Semesters 1-4, students engage in theoretical learning paired with hands-on lab experiences, building toward their culminating fifth-semester placement (available May-August, September-December, or January-April). Graduates emerge as analytical problem-solvers with exceptional collaboration, communication skills, and practical laboratory proficiency.


Destination of Study

Subjects of Study

Language Requirements

English
IELTS 6.0

Qualification Requirements

Students applying to Biotechnology - Advanced must meet the following requirements:

  • OSSD including Gr 12 C English, Gr 12 C Math and any two Gr 11 or 12 C Sciences
  • OSSD with majority of courses at College (C) or Open (O) unless otherwise stated.
  • Grade 12 C courses will be accepted where Gr 11 C course requirements are listed.
  • Where College level courses are listed, U and M courses will be accepted.

Academic requirements:

  • High school diploma

English language requirement:

  • Internet-based (iBT) TOEFL: 80 with no score less than 20
  • International English Language Testing System (IELTS - Academic): 6.0 with no band less than 5.5 (Students applying through SDS stream to meet 6.0, with no bands less than 6.0)
  • PTE Academic (Pearson Test English): 58+
  • Michigan English Language Assessment Battery (MELAB): 76

Tuition CAD 16,205
Peterborough, ON, Canada
Type
Public
Degrees offered
Bachelor's Degree

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