Our engineering graduate students get hands on, collaborative education that provides exciting opportunities to conduct industry-leading research, launch a business or design the future.
Our faculty members understand the importance of research. They attract over $12- million annually in research revenue from public councils, government organizations and industrial partners.
We understand the importance of being business savvy in the engineering world. That’s why UNB has more than 75 spin-off and start up companies with over $43 million in university-wide research funding annually.
Research projects at UNB’s Faculty of Engineering are solving real-world problems through innovation and design.
Developing an artificial touch-sensitive skin using nanotechnology to detect and measure pressure.
Producing oceanographic and seabed maps ranging from advanced processing of bathymetric sensors and data in Canada’s Arctic to the geographic and natural forces at work in the Saint John harbour.
UNB is home to the first graduate program in biomedical engineering in Canada, now part of our internationally acclaimed Institute for Biomedical Engineering, which is home to a regional clinic specializing in upper-limb prosthetics.
Based at the University of New Brunswick and housed within the Faculty of Engineering, the Marine Additive Manufacturing Centre of Excellence is the first in Canada to use 3D metal printing to manufacture certified parts for the marine industry.
The Emera & NB Power Research Centre for Smart Grid Technologies will be a global leader in the transformation of electric power systems into smart grids through R&D, innovation, commercial partnerships, high-quality researchers and state-of-the-art research facilities.