About Engineering Design And Drafting Technology in Sait

Program Highlights

Create a career as a mechanical, civil, process piping, electrical or structural technologist through this program that uses hands-on instruction to give you practical and technical experience in the principles of engineering and drafting.

Program Description

The program provides graduates with the essential skills sought after by a variety of engineering enterprises. The program will provide you with practical experience through hands-on classes in engineering and drafting principles. Your instructors will be experienced practitioners who will help you develop your technical and professional skills based on relevant practices.

This diploma program is two years in length, consisting of four 15-week semesters.

This program accepts students into first semester in September as well as January.

Note: This program also utilizes an e-Learning (SAIT issued laptop computer) instructional delivery method.

Your Career

Graduates may find work as junior technologists in fields such as mechanical, electrical, civil, structural and process piping.

Student Success

The most successful students in the program are those who work well in teams, have strong communication skills and a solid foundation in high school Math and Physics.

Credentials and accreditation

After successfully completing this program, graduates will be awarded a SAIT diploma in Engineering Design and Drafting Technology.

Accreditation

This program is nationally accredited, at the technologist level, by the Canadian Council of Technicians and Technologists (CCTT) and Technology Accreditation Canada (TAC). Graduates are eligible for membership in the Association of Science and Engineering Technology Professionals in Alberta (ASET).

Transfer Options

The opportunity to advance your education through transfer to, within or from SAIT is available with the following universities and colleges:

• Athabasca University
• Bow Valley College
• British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT)
• Thompson Rivers University
• University of New Brunswick, Saint John

Academic qualification equivalents

• Completion of All India or State Board HSC (XII): 60% or higher in relevant subjects. 

English language requirements (one of the below):

• IELTS   :    6.0 in each skill
• TOEFL :    Overall 80, (A minimum score of 20 in each category)
• PTE      :    A score of 53 in each section

Sait Highlights

Sait The Average Tuition Fees And Other Expenses

Attending SAIT Polytechnic can cost an international student the following approximately: 

Tuition Fees

For international students, the tuitions fees will be:

The optional course enrollment would increase the fees and may include a security deposit of 400 CAD.

English Proficiency Test Scores

All the programs at the university are taught in English medium and hence proving English language proficiency is mandatory.

SAIT Admission requirements and process

Admission at SAIT Polytechnic requires additional documents from international applicants. Application requirements for various programs are given below.

Selection CriteriaSAIT Polytechnic opens the admissions in the Fall Start and continues until the Spring start. Different programs have different time periods for their admission process.

• The application fee charged is 75.00 CAD once for each program enrolment.
• Percentage required in schools and the other major requirements are different for all courses:
  • A 65% record or a cumulative GPA of minimum 2.3 is required for the Bachelor’s of business administration.
  • Other courses require a minimum of 50%.
  • A common requirement in all the courses is the English proficiency.
  • Admission into the Institute is determined on the academic records.
  • Graduate employment rate in the institute is 94%

Criteria of selection are not the same for different courses and to meet up to the suitability of the program the students may need to give supplementary documentation or additional information to be submitted. This includes:-

• Career investigation report
• Required tests
• Resume
• Essay
• Interview
• Ranking (used by some programs)