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The Collège d'Alma (also called Cégep d'Alma) is a French-language cégep, a Quebec college of general and vocational education, in Alma in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada. It has about 1,600 students and 110 teachers, and more than 35,000 students have graduated there since 1970. Its areas of expertise include security and policing, the arts and stage, agriculture and digital culture.

The college offers 32 programmes:

• Pre-university DEC programmes, e.g. natural sciences, humanities, music, visual and digital arts
• Technical DEC programmes, e.g. nursing, police technology, computer science, pharmacy technology, sound technology, agricultural business management
• Double DECs combining music or arts with another programme
• Tremplin DEC transition programmes
• Shorter AEC programmes such as wildlife protection, beekeeping and digital innovation

International students receive personalised support from application to graduation: help finding housing near the college, a group welcome at the airport with a night in Montreal and transport to Alma in mid-August, a two-week welcome programme, and an international student help centre. Students have come from countries including France, Mexico, Colombia and Brazil. A new 41-unit student residence in downtown Alma is planned to open in autumn 2027.

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• Pre-university DEC: Arts, lettres et communication; Arts visuels et numériques; Musique; Sciences de la nature; Sciences humaines
• Technical DEC: Soins infirmiers; Techniques policières; Techniques de l'informatique; Techniques de pharmacie; Techniques d'administration et de gestion; Gestion et technologies d'entreprise agricole; Techniques professionnelles de musique et de chanson; Technologies sonores
• Double DECs combining music, arts or sciences
• Tremplin DEC transition programmes
• AEC: Techniques policières autochtones; Techniques d'intervention en milieu carcéral; Protection de la faune; beekeeping and orchard management; Innovation numérique

To be admitted to a DEC programme, applicants must meet at least one general condition; the whole academic record is considered:

• A Quebec secondary school diploma (DES), with catch-up courses if certain subjects are missing
• A vocational diploma (DEP) plus required secondary courses in the language of instruction, second language and mathematics
• Education judged equivalent by the college
• Sufficient education and experience, after interrupting full-time studies for at least 36 months

The college does not yet have its own residence: a new 41-unit student residence in downtown Alma is scheduled to open in autumn 2027. In the meantime, the college runs a free online listing of rooms, boarding and shared flats near the campus, and helps international students find housing and settle in after arrival.