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:

  1. 9 courses;

  2. No more than 1.0 credits from senior undergraduate engineering courses;

  3. No more than 1.0 credits from outside engineering; and

  4. A minimum of 3.5 credits from engineering.

At least 2.5 credits of coursework must be field-specific (see the MEng section of the School of Engineering website for lists of courses). Remaining credits should be chosen in consultation with the Associate Director, Graduate Studies.

COURSEWORK AND MAJOR RESEARCH PROJECT (MRP)

Students must complete 4.5 credits according to the following:

  1. 7 courses and the Final Project Course (1.0);

  2. No more than 1.0 credits from senior undergraduate engineering courses;

  3. No more than 1.0 credits from outside engineering; and

  4. A minimum of 3.5 credits from engineering (including the Final Project Course).

At least 2.5 credits of coursework must be field-specific (see the MEng section of the School of Engineering website for lists of courses). Remaining credits should be chosen in consultation with the student’s advisor. For the final project course, one member of the graduate faculty will be nominated through discussion between the student and potential advisor(s) and approved by the Associate Director, Graduate Studies as the advisor.

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