WAUSAU, Wis. (October 26, 2026) — Northcentral Technical College (NTC) is pleased to announce registration is underway.

The Spring 2027 semester begins Monday, January 25, 2027. Applications for new students must be submitted by Friday, January 8, 2027. The enrollment deadline is Friday, January 15, 2027.

Current students should meet with their advisor or log into Workday to complete tasks and check for holds. Prospective learners exploring a degree program, looking for a class or pursuing a hobby can reach out to NTC’s recruitment team to find the right next step. For help getting started, contact the team at 715.803.1646 or recruitment@ntc.edu.

Featured Programs

IT – Cybersecurity Specialist Associate Degree

The IT - Cybersecurity Specialist Associate Degree program prepares learners to protect and defend critical IT infrastructure and data. This program is for learners who enjoy experimenting with technology and solving complex abstract puzzles. Learners’ ingenuity, attention to detail and analytical skills will be developed through hands on labs. Coursework will focus on analyzing the cyber threat landscape, implementing innovative controls and actively defending against attacks.

Electromechanical Technology Associate Degree

The Electromechanical Technology Associate Degree program provides the learner with a wide variety of technical skills in electronics, fluid power, mechanical systems, computers and computer-controlled machines. Programmable logic controllers, robotics, motors and drives, servo hydraulic systems and closed loop positioning will be studied. A comprehensive understanding of how these technical skill areas are linked together to create automated systems is developed through a hands-on project course that allows the learner to put together the various technologies into an automated control system.

Veterinary Technician Associate Degree

The Veterinary Technician Associate Degree program will prepare learners with the skills necessary to provide medical and nursing care for a variety of animal species including dogs, cats, cattle, birds, pigs, small mammals, horses and reptiles. Classroom instruction is combined with hands-on learning opportunities to expose learners to the essential functions and skills they will need to be successful in this career. Learners will have the opportunity to work closely with the NTC dairy farm operation and take several classes concentrating on dairy medicine and will also complete an internship in a veterinary practice to apply their learning in real world situations.

Garden to Market Specialist Technical Diploma

The Garden to Market Specialist Technical Diploma is designed for anyone interested in market gardening and fruit and vegetable production in a variety of agricultural settings. Learners will develop skills to start their own enterprises growing produce and other agriculture products to sell. Hands-on and classroom trainings are offered in both a hoop house and greenhouse lab setting.

Welding Technical Diploma

The Welding Technical Diploma program provides learners with the basic knowledge and skills needed to meet the needs of the welding industry. Learners demonstrate safe operation of work site equipment and tools. Skill development in the shielded metal arc, gas metal arc/pulse arc, gas tungsten arc and flux cored arc welding processes is emphasized, along with manual and mechanized thermal cutting and gouging. Learners apply welding and print reading skills to fabrication projects and assess weld quality conformance to common codes. Learners are introduced to CNC cutting and forming and robotic welding.

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