Fleming College

Fleming College is located in small communities in Ontario, offering an ideal combination of urban amenities and unspoiled nature. Situated along part of the Trent-Severn Waterway, the region is home to more than 350 natural lakes and hundreds of kilometres of lakeside trails.

At Fleming College, we keep class sizes small so students can receive individualized support from their instructors. Students focus on hands-on learning with practical equipment and workspaces, developing the skills employers are looking for.

Fleming College has close relationships with local employers and business communities connected to its programs. These partnerships enable us to align what students learn with the skills employers seek.

The cities of Peterborough and Lindsay are known for their natural beauty. They offer a wonderful blend of welcoming, relaxed surroundings and urban amenities, including a wide range of dining options, music events, festivals, cycling trails, entertainment programs, and year-round outdoor activities. The cities have well-developed public transit, and commutes to campus are often shorter than in larger urban centres. Students experience an authentic Canadian culture here, where locals often kayak along the canal through the city centre in summer and skate on the same river in winter.

In Haliburton, the beautiful scenery around town has long attracted artists from afar. The campus was designed to inspire creativity, with work and study spaces that make the most of natural light. It is an ideal setting for students to immerse themselves in art and design.

Programs and Training

Fleming College offers a diverse range of schools and programs to meet students’ needs across many fields. Some diploma programs share a common first semester of general courses, giving students the opportunity to explore and gain a broader perspective on their studies. Most programs also include practical learning experiences that apply classroom knowledge, such as clinical labs, simulations, summer camps, real-world projects, placements, and work-integrated learning with industry partners.

Many of the college’s two-year diploma programs also offer students the opportunity to earn an additional credential with just one or two extra semesters, improving their employment prospects after graduation. Study and work-placement schedules are flexible, with multiple options that let students tailor their learning paths to their goals.

School of Business

Fleming College’s Business programs provide students with the skills and knowledge they need to succeed in business careers.

Diplomas

Business: Develop core business knowledge and skills through simulated scenarios, business case studies, real-world projects, and independent or group research.

Business – Accounting: Students gain accounting training and graduate with a range of career options. They can pursue entry-level positions or continue their studies at Trent University or Ontario Tech University to become professional accountants.

Business – Human Resources: Build a foundation in core business functions, specialized human resources skills, and practical experience to launch a career in human resources.

Computer Engineering Technician: Develop hands-on skills in computer networking and configuration, network security, and technical communications. The program prepares students for several industry certification exams.

Hospitality – Hotel and Restaurant Operations: Students develop leadership and practical skills for a range of roles in the global hospitality and tourism industry. The program includes a work placement, and students can earn an additional credential in Tourism – Global Travel or Business with two extra semesters.

Advanced Diplomas

Business Administration: Focus on essential business and team management skills sought by employers. Includes a 140-hour work placement.

Computer Engineering Technology: Builds on students’ information technology skills with training in analysis, design, and project management. Our credential is recognized by the Ontario Association of Certified Engineering Technicians and Technologists.

Computer Security and Investigations: One of a kind in Ontario, this program offers a cutting-edge curriculum that prepares students for leadership roles in information protection and security. Includes a real-world project or work placement.

Graduate Certificates

Global Business Management: Develop business knowledge, specialized management skills, cross-cultural competencies, and advanced technical knowledge in supply chain management, international finance, and accounting. Includes a full-semester applied project with an industry partner.

International Business Management: Develop the skills to compete globally through courses in international business, innovation, leadership, and corporate social responsibility, along with business case studies, guest speakers, simulations, and field trips.

Project Management: Develop in-demand project management skills used across industries and prepare for the CAPM® and PMP® professional exams. Includes an applied project with an industry partner and hands-on project management experience.

Supply Chain Management – Global Logistics: Fleming College is the only college in Ontario to offer the Canadian International Freight Forwarders Association (CIFFA) certification as part of its program. Applied research projects and international business case competitions help students develop the skills employers value.

Wireless Information Networking: Prepare to develop and implement solutions, configure and integrate wireless devices and networks with existing infrastructure, and specialize in the field. Hands-on training includes a two-semester applied project addressing an industry challenge.

Trades and Technology

Certificates

Culinary Skills: Develop culinary skills and the leadership and creativity needed to create dishes and launch a career as a cook or assistant cook. Students can gain hands-on experience in the college’s restaurant.

Electrical Techniques: Develop foundational skills in electricity, cable networks, and electrical system installation, preparing for work in a variety of fields or further study in electrical engineering.

Heavy Equipment Techniques (Co-op): Learn to operate and repair heavy industrial vehicles and machinery using the college’s modern equipment. The program includes a paid co-op placement and has a high employment rate.

Mechanical Techniques – Plumbing: Learn the fundamentals of installing, maintaining, and repairing plumbing systems. Graduates receive exemptions from general studies courses in the plumber apprenticeship program and can earn industry-recognized certifications, including Small Drinking Water Systems Operator training.

Trades Fundamentals: Develop foundational construction and trade skills, with pathways to continue into several Fleming College apprenticeship programs.

Welding Techniques: Begin a career in welding, with opportunities in specialized occupations, or continue into the second year of the Welding and Fabrication Technician program. Graduates can take the Canadian Welding Bureau certification exams (SMAW 1GF and 2GF).

Diplomas

Carpentry and Renovation Technician: Graduate with Level 2 carpentry apprenticeship training and the skills needed in renovation and construction. Students develop business and home repair skills, including entrepreneurship, custom wood installation, basic plumbing, wiring, and drywall.

Construction Engineering Technician: Learn to support the management of every stage of residential, small commercial, and industrial construction projects. Students’ capstone project is a professional portfolio documenting their technical knowledge and practical experience.

Culinary Management: A pathway to a culinary career, combining management and business skills with hands-on culinary training. Includes a 160-hour placement and a 270-hour applied project involving the day-to-day operations and management of the college’s restaurant and another restaurant.

Electrical Engineering Technician: A combination of electrical theory and hands-on training gives students the foundational knowledge for entry-level positions or apprenticeships in the electrical industry.

Electrical Power Generation Technician (Co-op): Develop specialized skills to install, maintain, and test power generation equipment for emergency, standby, and prime power applications. Students also learn to maintain, repair, and install diesel-, gasoline-, and natural gas-powered generators. Includes a paid co-op placement.

Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technician: Hands-on training focuses on renewable energy, sustainability, and efficiency. Eligible students can pursue Oil Burner Technician certifications (OBT-3, OBT-2) and Gas Technician certifications (G-3, G-2).

Welding and Fabrication Technician: Gain hands-on experience in all major welding processes and metal-cutting techniques to prepare for entry-level work. Eligible students can pursue Canadian Welding Bureau certifications.

Graduate Certificate

Mechatronics: Ontario’s only distinctive multidisciplinary engineering program of its kind, focusing on retrofitting, industrial automation, electronics engineering, and computer programming. Includes hands-on courses and an applied project.

Community Development

Diplomas

Developmental Services Worker: Learn to provide individualized support to people of all ages with developmental disabilities. Includes three different placements. Graduates are in high demand.

Early Childhood Education: Learn to support children’s physical and intellectual development through creative, play-based learning. Skill development includes placements, interactive programs with children, and a group project to create a student childcare centre.

Educational Support: Our updated curriculum prepares students to work in educational settings supporting children with a range of abilities. Includes multiple placements and training in emerging technologies.

Mental Health and Addiction Worker: Develop the skills to work in supportive settings with clients, families, groups, and communities affected by mental health and substance use issues. Includes a placement. Students can earn a second diploma in Social Service Worker in two years.

Social Service Worker: Make a positive difference in communities by connecting individuals, families, and communities with resources and support to improve their lives. Includes a placement. Students can also earn a second diploma in Mental Health and Addiction Worker in two years.

Advanced Diplomas

Child and Youth Care: Work in a rewarding field supporting children, youth, and families experiencing challenges. Includes three placements and courses on current best practices. Fleming College is one of the few educational institutions in Canada and worldwide to offer specialized training and accreditation in this field.

Health and Wellness

Certificates

Personal Support Worker: With 400 hours of theory and 300 hours of practical training in healthcare facilities, students are prepared for a rewarding, people-centred career that helps children, adults, and older adults with special needs or disabilities make the most of their lives.

Diplomas

Esthetician: Graduate in just 12 months with the equivalent of two years of study. More than 280 hours of hands-on experience at our modern Spa + Clinic give students the skills to provide a full range of treatments and the business knowledge to manage a spa.

Fitness and Health Promotion: Become a fitness and health professional with knowledge of exercise science, coaching, health promotion, and business. Includes an optional placement. A dual-diploma option is available with Recreation and Leisure Services.

Health Information Management: Analyze data in hospitals and healthcare facilities to support critical healthcare and financial planning decisions. One of three CHIMA-accredited programs in Ontario. Includes two placements.

Occupational Therapist Assistant and Physiotherapist Assistant: Gain professional training for both career paths in this versatile program, including at least 500 hours of practical experience in healthcare facilities.

Recreation and Leisure Services: Graduate with program development and management skills in recreation. Includes a four-month placement, the longest placement available at a college. Our graduates work across Canada and around the world. A dual-program option is available with Fitness and Health Promotion.

Advanced Diplomas

Biotechnology – Advanced: Combining expertise in biotechnology and forensics, this accelerated program condenses six semesters of study into five. Students develop a wide range of practical skills and complete a final-semester placement to prepare for diverse industry opportunities.

Massage Therapy (Compressed): Study in a modern learning environment with a range of practical opportunities. Students learn to provide a variety of therapeutic treatments to clients at Fleming College’s on-campus Spa + Clinic.

Graduate Certificate

Therapeutic Recreation: A combination of online and on-campus courses prepares students to provide individualized therapeutic services to clients with disabilities or other therapeutic needs. Includes a full-semester placement.

Law and Justice

Diplomas

Community and Justice Services: Prepare for work in the criminal justice system and public justice services. Contribute to positive change for individuals and society through contextual learning, practical training experiences in the community, and a 15-week placement.

Customs Border Services: Prepare for front-line roles in global trade and law enforcement with Canada’s most comprehensive customs curriculum. Includes a placement.

Law Clerk: Gain broad training to support lawyers and legal professionals with legal research and client communication. Add one semester and graduate with two diplomas: Law Clerk and Paralegal. Includes a 100-hour placement.

Paralegal: This accredited program provides the theory and practical experience required by the Law Society of Ontario and prepares students for its licensing exam. Paralegals can provide services directly to clients or work under a lawyer’s direction. Includes a 160-hour placement. Add one semester and graduate with two diplomas: Paralegal and Law Clerk.

Police Foundations: Prepare to handle a range of situations encountered in police work. Includes a current curriculum in communication skills and mental wellness, as well as a placement program.

Protection, Security and Investigation: This is one of the world’s fastest-growing fields. The program focuses on emerging concepts in technology, information analysis, and investigative skills. Includes a placement and training for private investigator and security guard licences.

School of Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences

Programs include hands-on learning in real-world environments and opportunities to pursue work that students love while helping improve the health of our planet. Our programs focus on environmental sustainability through distinctive outdoor learning. We provide outstanding learning and practical facilities on campus. Our dedicated instructors are passionate about their fields and maintain strong connections with local industry and businesses. Many programs offer co-ops, placements, or applied projects with community partners, allowing students to apply their new skills in real-world settings.

Our campus is a living laboratory, bringing learning outdoors to create engaging educational experiences.

Our facilities include:

• Lakes and natural wetlands
• Waterfront on Lake Scugog
• Fish hatchery
• Greenhouse and nursery
• Bee hives
• Landscape and botanical gardens
• Community flower garden
• Geothermal wells and wind turbines

We are a hub for applied research in water and wastewater technologies and aquaculture production.

Certificates

Blasting Techniques: Canada’s only program in this field prepares students to use explosives safely for mining or demolition. Students spend extensive time at our modern drilling and blasting training facility.

Urban Forestry: This hands-on program focuses on the care of urban landscapes. Learn to diagnose and address threats to tree health and operate a range of urban forestry equipment. Includes practical experience.

Diplomas

Conservation Biology: This unique Ontario program focuses on conserving endangered animal populations using current research and technologies, including genetics and environmental DNA (eDNA). Includes a 40-hour research field camp and a semester-long research project.

Earth Resources Technician (Co-op): Fleming College is the only college to combine geology, mineral exploration, environmental engineering, and technology in one program. Includes a six-month paid placement. Graduates are sought after by employers in the resources and geotechnical industries.

Ecological Restoration Degree/Diploma: Earn a diploma and bachelor’s degree in four years, with two years at Fleming College and two at Trent University. Become a future leader in restoring degraded, destroyed, or damaged ecosystems through applied learning, practical skills, theoretical and scientific knowledge, and research skills.

Ecosystem Management Technician: Contribute to ecosystem management by helping governments and wildlife conservation groups plan for sustainability using field research and data analysis.

Environmental Technician (Co-op option): Hands-on study in our unique facilities, outdoor learning, field research, and trips to industrial and urban sites prepare students to prevent or address environmental problems. The program is accredited by ECO Canada and offers water and wastewater treatment certifications.

Fish and Wildlife Technician (Co-op option): Launch a career in the sustainable management of fish and wildlife populations and habitats. Students build their skills through practical lab work, numerous field trips, a five-week outdoor field school, and training in boat handling, GPS, monitoring technologies, bird banding, fish netting, sampling, and tagging.

Forestry Technician (Co-op option): Develop skills in responsible forest resource management, planning, and protection through classroom study, field visits, and camping experiences.

Resources Drilling Technician (Co-op option): The only program in the world to train students in multiple types of drilling. Students receive technical training and hands-on experience with the full range of drilling equipment at the college. National and international employers actively seek our graduates.

Urban Forestry Technician (Co-op option): Start a career in urban greenspace management through this two-year program, with the option to continue at the University of New Brunswick (UNB) for two more years and earn a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Forestry. Includes a paid summer placement.

Advanced Diplomas

Ecosystem Management Technology: Build expertise and practical experience during week-long field trips to remote wilderness camps and through a project with an external organization. New students may qualify for advanced standing and complete the program in just eight months.

Environmental Technology: Study advanced principles and applications to prepare for work monitoring and improving the environment. Students complete a two-week work placement and can pursue several environmental certifications, including Environmental Professional, Certified Engineering Technologist, and Certified Environmental Site Assessor.

Fish and Wildlife Technology: Fleming College is the only college in Ontario to offer a three-year specialization in fish and wildlife technology. Gain training in advanced field techniques, data collection and analysis, and report writing. Includes a four-week field placement and two one-week field camps.

Graduate Certificates

Advanced Water Systems Operations and Management (Co-op option): Prepare for careers in water distribution, water and wastewater treatment, and laboratory and field testing, with visits to water and wastewater treatment organizations. Includes a 16-week paid work placement supervised by an experienced professional.

Applied Planning – Environmental: Gain a competitive edge with in-demand skills that are in short supply in the labour market. Help organizations guide development through environmentally responsible plans, drawing on knowledge of ecology, legislation, communication, and GIS skills. Includes a seven-week field placement.

Aquaculture (Co-op option): Gain hands-on experience in aquaculture, restocking, and conservation through local field trips and two on-campus fish hatcheries. Includes business training and an eight-week paid placement.

Environmental Land Management – Canadian Context: Support healthy, inclusive, and sustainable development through environmental land management and planning. This is Ontario’s only graduate program in this field.

GIS – Applications Specialist: Fleming College’s leadership in GIS is widely recognized by industry, government, and business. Using current computer hardware, software, resource data, and technology, students learn to plan effectively, monitor change, forecast trends, and manage resources.

GIS – Cartographic Specialist: Become a skilled GIS professional as well as a map designer, editor, and communicator, using current GIS data and software to create customized maps and related products. Includes an opportunity to work on a small applied project with a municipal GIS professional.

Health, Safety and Environmental Compliance: Gain comprehensive training in all aspects of compliance with local, federal, and corporate regulations. Includes an applied project and widely recognized Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) training. Optional placement available.

Sustainable Agriculture (Co-op option): Learn sustainable, ecosystem-appropriate farming methods. The program includes farm activities, exploration of new markets and farm business models, and a 16-week field experience. Learn from experienced farmers, develop a business plan, and establish your own farm.

Sustainable Waste Management: Help organizations sort waste and develop innovative waste management strategies using new ideas and technologies. Includes a five-week placement. Demand for professionals is growing in Canada and internationally.

Haliburton School of Art + Design

Learn from leading professionals in the arts, crafts, design, and heritage conservation sectors across Canada. We take a distinctive approach to educating students in art and design. Taught in modern studios, our flexible programs immerse students in developing their skills and introduce new approaches to art and design. Small class sizes and dedicated instructors ensure students gain the skills they need for creative work.

We are the only school in Ontario affiliated with leading Canadian art and design programs that offer degree pathways, including OCAD University, NSCAD University, Alberta University of the Arts, and Emily Carr University of Art + Design.

The Arts Production Centre at the Haliburton campus includes equipment for learning, exploration, and using technology for production and experimentation, such as:

• 3D scanners and printers
• Laser engravers and cutters, and vinyl cutters
• Industrial sewing machines and digital embroidery machines
• Large-format printers, press printers, Riso printers, and CNC machines
• iPads, motion-capture equipment, and photography and video equipment

Diplomas

Taught at the Haliburton campus.

Integrated Design: Prepare for a career in design in the area that best suits your interests. This accelerated program is equivalent to two years of study at other Ontario colleges. Canada’s only general design program introduces students to design and design thinking through creative, intensive exercises, problem-solving activities, and inspiring lectures. Start your creative career here.

Visual and Creative Arts: In this hands-on program, students begin with a foundational year developing broad skills for any art discipline, then choose a studio specialization, including painting, jewellery, photography, digital image design, moving image design, glassblowing, ceramics, fibre arts, or sculpture.

Advanced Diplomas

This program is taught at the Peterborough campus.

Graphic Design – Visual Communication: Graduate in just two years through this accelerated program, which condenses three years of study into six consecutive semesters. Develop the skills to work across a range of media and platforms and solve problems creatively through visual communication.

Graduate Certificates

These programs are taught in Peterborough.

Cultural Heritage Conservation and Management: One of Canada’s distinctive graduate programs. Through hands-on experience and intensive study, students learn a range of techniques for conserving and protecting museum collections. Includes an unpaid placement.

Museum Management and Curatorship: Unique in Canada and developed in collaboration with museums and heritage organizations, this program emphasizes practical experience through labs, site visits, applied projects, and hands-on training. Three-quarters of your time is spent learning and working in a museum. The final semester is an unpaid placement.

Launch your creative career with practical study. The final four months of the Museum Management and Curatorship and Cultural Heritage Conservation and Management programs are spent on placement. Our students have worked at leading museums and cultural organizations across Canada and around the world.

Graphic Design – Visual Communication students graduate career-ready, with more than 390 hours of direct client work. The end-of-term exhibition gives students practical experience organizing an exhibition and presenting their work.

English Language Program – English as a Second Language Bridge (ELB) Program

New students are encouraged to take the ELB assessment on campus. Students may submit recent IELTS, TOEFL, or Duolingo results with their application for direct placement. To support the best possible learning outcomes, students are placed in an ELB level based on their lowest score across the four skills or, where appropriate, in the level deemed most suitable by the program, regardless of their IELTS, TOEFL, or Duolingo results.

To enter a Fleming College program, students must meet that program’s specific admission requirements and achieve the following grades in the ELB program:

• For diplomas and certificates: at least 70% in the course and final assessment
• For graduate programs: at least 80% in the course and final assessment

Facilities

Fleming College’s academic, recreation, and wellness facilities are carefully maintained to meet students’ learning, living, and recreational needs. The college offers a range of housing options, including homestays, off-campus rentals, and fully equipped on-campus residences at the Peterborough and Lindsay campuses. Each bedroom is furnished and equipped, with shared kitchens, living rooms, and bathrooms.

The college also offers airport pickup and allows students to stay in a hotel or inn for three days at a rate of $150 per night. In addition, it provides counselling and support for academic and personal concerns, and organizes cultural events and trips on and off campus. Other services include career, health, and financial support, as well as assistance with immigration procedures.

Students also have access to learning and recreation facilities, including classrooms, laboratories, libraries, computer centres, gyms, and sports and recreation areas. They can participate in intramural leagues, represent the college on varsity teams, and take part in free cycling and skiing programs at the Haliburton campus. International students can access academic skills and career development courses, immigration advising, and health support. The college also provides students with a Co-Curricular Record (CCR) to document activities and events they participate in on and off campus.

Employment and Immigration Opportunities

The college provides students with many opportunities to gain work experience and develop practical skills for success in their future careers. Co-operative education programs give students the chance to work directly in their field of study, gain experience, and build relationships with potential employers. The college also offers employment services to help students improve their job prospects after graduation.

The college regularly hosts career fairs and provides job referral services to connect students with employers. Networking and knowledge-sharing events with students and alumni also help students build professional connections while they are still in school. In addition, the college offers career counselling and job-search planning support.

The college’s programs are designed to meet labour shortages in the province, helping graduates find work in high-demand fields. With experience in these roles, graduates may be given priority under provincial skilled-worker immigration programs, provided they also meet the basic requirements.

The college has a strong track record of helping international students find jobs after graduation. With its location and strong economy, international students have many opportunities to find work and begin their careers in Canada.

Admission Information

Language requirements:
International students must demonstrate English proficiency by achieving the minimum scores on accepted English tests. Minimum scores may vary by program, so students should carefully review the English-language requirements for their chosen program on the college website.

International students applying to high school completion and certificate programs need a TOEFL score of 80 or an IELTS score of 6.0, with no skill below 5.5-6.0. However, applicants to the Pharmacy Technician (PHM) program need a TOEFL score of 91 or IELTS 6.5, with no skill below 6.0. Applicants to bachelor’s and graduate programs need a TOEFL score of 88 or IELTS 6.5, with no skill below 6.0-6.5, depending on the program. Students who do not meet the English-language requirements can take the college’s English Language Bridge program to improve their proficiency.

For secondary school admission, international students must complete an education program equivalent to Grade 12 in Canada. Students who completed secondary school in a language other than English may be asked to provide additional documentation demonstrating their English proficiency.

Fleming College has Fall, Winter, and Spring intakes. International students are advised to apply as early as possible to allow enough time to apply for a Canadian visa and study permit.