Prospective Students
McGill Engineering has been ranked one of Canada’s top two Engineering Schools in the 2010 listing published by the QS World University Rankings. Last year we ranked third in Canada. Internationally, McGill Engineering placed 29th this year, coming ahead of such well-known U.S. schools as Columbia, Yale, Northwestern, Penn State and Texas A&M University. McGill Engineering is noted for the expertise of its professors, the talent of its students, the exceptional quality of its teaching and research and the contributions of its alumni. Our Faculty is also a leader ― within McGill and across Canada ― in encouraging interdisciplinary, inter-Faculty and inter-institutional approaches to problem solving.
UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
- The Faculty of Engineering offers a General Undergraduate Engineering program as well as programs in Aerospace Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil and Applied Mechanics, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical, Mining and Materials Engineering, and in Architecture. See What is Engineering for a brief description of each program.
- Student activities of social and academic nature abound in the Faculty of Engineering. Please see Student Life for more information.
- How to apply: Enrollment Services handle applications to undergraduate programs in the Faculty of Engineering. Please see Undergraduate Admissions Guide 2012-13 for more information.
- Career path profiles are available online for engineering majors offered. Please see Engineering Career Guides more information.
- Engineering Tours conducted by McGill Engineering students are regularly offered to prospective engineering students. The tours focus on McGill’s engineering buildings, student services, library resources, and clubs and societies and provide a glimpse of student life in the Faculty.
GRADUATE STUDIES
- McGill’s Faculty of Engineering offers graduate students the opportunity to work with world-calibre researchers and exceptionally talented students in the Departments of Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mining and Materials Engineering, and the Schools of Architecture and Urban Planning.
- Please see Graduate Programs for more in formation about research opportunities and available funding.
- Students have access to advanced research facilities and the opportunity to be a part of innovative strategic research teams in such areas as Advanced materials and nanotechnology, Broadband Communication, Bioengineering, Aerospace Engineering, and Engineering and Design for Sustainability
- Comprehensive scholarship programs provide financial support to many graduate students, and international PhD students receive a supplemental tuition fee waiver.
