IX. Graduate Programs

Engineering

MEng Program

The objective of the course-work master's degree program (MEng) is to provide an opportunity for engineering graduates, usually practising engineers, to advance their understanding of engineering principles and increase their grasp of the application of these principles to the solution of complex, practical problems. Many of these students are returning to school in order to learn about recent technological developments that have occurred since graduation in their field. The objective is achieved through selecting from a number of core and elective courses and completing a major project. The project requires a final written report followed by an oral examination of the candidate.

Admission Requirements

Applicants must be graduates of an honours engineering program with at least a 70% average in the past four full semesters or the last two complete undergraduate years or the equivalent. International degree and grade equivalents will be determined by the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies.

Applicants must demonstrate acceptable analytical ability by having taken a sufficient number of courses in mathematics, and the physical sciences.

Biological Engineering applicants must have a minimum of three of the following courses or equivalents:

Biological/Food/Bioprocess Engineering
Engineering Unit Operations
Bioreactor Design
Bioinstrumentation Design
Food Process Engineering Design
Digital Process Control Design
Heat and Mass Transfer
Process Engineering

Computer Engineering applicants must have a minimum of three of the following courses or equivalents:

Circuit Analysis
Programming
Digital Systems
Microelectronics
Computer Organization
Telecommunications

Environmental Engineering applicants must have a minimum of three of the following courses or equivalents:

Introduction to Environmental Engineering
Engineering Unit Operations
Water Quality
Air Quality
Solid Waste Management
Water and Wastewater Treatment

Water Resources Engineering applicants must have a minimum of three of the following courses or equivalent:

Fluid Mechanics
Water Management
Hydrology
Water Quality
Urban Water Systems
Watershed Structures
Soil and Water Conservation

Engineering Systems and Computing applicants must have a minimum of three of the following courses or equivalents:

Electric Circuits
Digital Systems
Systems and Control Theory
Programming
Electronics
Robotics

Mechanical Engineering applicants must have a minimum of three of the following courses or equivalents:

Thermo-fluids
Heat Transfer
Solid mechanics
Material science
Dynamic System and controls
Manufacturing processes
Electrical circuits
Machine Design
Quality control
Intelligent manufacturing

Applicant qualifications may be assessed via an entrance interview/oral examination conducted by the proposed advisor and one member of the School of Engineering Graduate Program Committee. Students deficient in certain areas will be required to take make-up undergraduate courses. Such students will be admitted and allowed to continue on provisional status for a maximum of two semesters or until the requirements are completed. These courses will not count toward the student's graduate credit requirements.

Program Requirements

All incoming MEng students will be enrolled in the “Coursework” study option by default. If students wish to complete their degree via “Coursework and MRP,” they are encouraged to contact potential advisors within their first semester of study. Students will confirm their study option at the beginning of their second semester.

COURSEWORK

Students must complete 4.5 credits according to the following:

9 courses;
No more than 1.0 credits from senior undergraduate engineering courses;
No more than 1.0 credits from outside engineering; and
A minimum of 3.5 credits from engineering.

COURSEWORK AND MAJOR RESEARCH PROJECT (MRP)