Undergraduate program

We make the world move

Mechanical engineers are everywhere. We ensure that products work as they should, planes fly, energy generation is safe and secure, transportation performs, and people in need of prosthetics get the innovation specific to their needs.

This is the kind of work you could do as a mechanical engineer:

improve manufacturing processes
create smart systems
test various materials
explore the small with nanoparticle design
decarbonize the world with renewable energy
launch into the unknown with aerospace work
design tools for ocean mapping

Look ahead to solve tomorrow's problems today with mechanical engineering.

Course descriptions

Program specializations

Biomedical engineering

Biomedical engineers take all the principles and problem-solving techniques from engineering and apply them to biology and medicine. Design and produce medical devices like pacemakers and artificial hips, or prosthetics to help military vets and others. Focus on advances that improve human health and health care.

This specialization is open to all ME students with departmental approval. While this can help you prepare for a career in medicine, you should consult with the Faculty of Science about other required courses needed to apply to medical school if that is your career path.

Biomedical engineering is an exciting and expanding field of work that no longer stops at human health. Other species sometimes need medical devices or prosthetics. You improve the quality of life for many with biomedical engineering.

This specialization increases the time for your degree to a total of four and a half years.

Course curriculum

Mechatronics

Mechatronics integrates mechanical, electronic and computer engineering to design smart products and intelligent manufacturing systems. A mechatronics engineer can work across disciplines and speak the language of both mechanical and electrical engineering. This means you can creatively solve problems for robotics, control systems and electro-mechanical systems.

With the Mechatronics specialization you could:

design robotic and intelligent equipment
develop products and build prototypes
design and develop projects all the way from the small to the large, from ATMs to manufacturing plants
design new automatic systems
manage electrical and mechanical systems

Mechatronics is a high-tech field with expanding job opportunities across many different sectors.

This specialization increases the time for your degree to a total of four and a half years.

Course curriculum

Enhance your engineering skills

Diploma in Technology Management and Entrepreneurship (TME)
Co-op designation on your degree with co-op work terms in the Co-op Program

Launching you into a world of possibilities

Innovate in any sector you dream of, chart your path to improve the environment, design safer transit systems, accelerate medical technologies, or help industry envision their dreams with virtual reality modeling.

As a mechanical engineer you will use your sharp mind, tools and training to solve almost any problem. You could design, manufacture and operate: