FACULTY OF APPLIED SCIENCE, THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA

ENGINEERING
UNDERGRADUATE VIEWBOOK

HUMANITARIANS

VISIONARIES

ENTREPRENEURS
VANCOUVER
FACULTY OF APPLIED SCIENCE
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING CHEMICAL ENGINEERING CHEMICAL & BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING CIVIL ENGINEERING
COMPUTER ENGINEERING  ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING ENGINEERING PHYSICS ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING INTEGRATED ENGINEERING MATERIALS ENGINEERING MECHANICAL ENGINEERING MINING ENGINEERING

DOWNTOWN GROUSE MOUNTAIN STANLEY PARK

VANCOUVER

UBC is consistently ranked among UBC Vancouver has 55,887 students/

the top 1% of universities globally 4,754 Engineering undergraduates
OKANAGAN
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
CIVIL ENGINEERING ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

BIG WHITE DOWNTOWN OKANAGAN LAKE SILVER STAR

SKI RESORT KELOWNA SKI RESORT

British Columbia, Canada, is one of the most beautiful places on the planet. UBC Engineering’s two campuses—in Vancouver
and the Okanagan—are set in these awe-inspiring surroundings, creating a learning, living and playing environment like
no other. Explore 13 different engineering disciplines. Pursue collaborative academic coursework. Meet like-minded
solution seekers. Discover your passions. Unlock your potential, all while revelling in a natural nirvana. UBC Engineering
is the perfect place to build school-work-life balance. And then some.

UBC Okanagan has 9,125 students/

1388 Engineering undergraduates 100 UBC Engineering has 100 years
of teaching and research experience
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VISIONARIES
WELCOME HERE
Engineers share an immense curiosity about how the world works and an intense desire to make it work better. The practice
of engineering opens doors to a remarkable number of career opportunities—in scientific, technical, humanitarian and
social fields, where creativity and imagination meet technical rigour and real-world practicality and purpose.

Lucas Jungmann: “Since I was on co-op, living and working in Canmore, Alberta during the summer of 2013, I got first-hand experience at emergency response engineering. Our office
was responsible for initial response, prevention, cleanup and rebuilding throughout the flooding in and around Canmore. This photo was taken during an extraordinary moment. Due to
the flooding, the Trans-Canada Highway was wiped out, and engineers and construction crews were working to get it repaired as fast as possible.”

UBC Vancouver campus has 26.3% international

UBC has 16,188 international
students and UBC Okanagan campus has
students from 156 countries
2 16.2% international students
 THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
Known worldwide and across Canada for
its leadership in educational excellence, the
University of British Columbia is big, bold
and one of our country’s most prestigious
research and teaching institutions. UBC
regularly ranks among the top 40 universities
in the world and consistently places among
the top 10 in North American university
rankings for commercialization and
patenting activities.
Our school has more than 65,000
undergraduate, graduate and professional
students in 16 faculties on two campuses.
An additional 325,000+ UBC alumni live and
work in 140 countries around the globe.
We nurture an environment where innovation
and entrepreneurship are celebrated, and where
our research, resources and programming
work to elevate the human experience.

UBC ENGINEERING
UBC Engineering provides students with
extraordinary learning opportunities. Our
world-class faculty and researchers are
committed to an instructional approach that
is varied, experiential and engaging. You
start by gaining a broad understanding of
engineering principles before selecting one
of 13 engineering programs on the Vancouver
campus or one of three on the Okanagan
campus. All lead to a Bachelor of Applied
Science (BASc) degree. Course content is
amplified through lectures, in cutting-edge
laboratory facilities, in team-based projects,
through early design experience and through
Engineering Co-op. You’ll also be immersed in
active industry and community involvement.
This multi-faceted approach makes
UBC Engineers stand apart, on a firm
foundation from which to build an exciting
and rewarding career—on your own terms.
Visit us at engineering.ubc.ca.

UBC Engineering students

UBC Engineering has
come from more than 100 countries
31 student design teams
around the world 3
PIONEERS
Pioneers, like engineers, are unafraid of being first: first to explore a new country, first to find new methods and knowledge,
first to initiate and be catalysts for change. UBC Engineering students, faculty and alumni are continually forging new
frontiers around the globe. Here are a few snapshots of our people around the world and the programs and resources that
support their efforts.

UBC SAILBOT Your ambitions can flourish

here. UBC Sailbot has won the International
Robotic Sailing Regatta for the last three years.
Now their ambition is to sail across the Atlantic.
Expand your boundaries. ubcsailbot.org

GO GLOBAL You can build independence,

initiative and adaptability by living, studying
and working abroad. UBC partners with more
than 200 universities and institutions to
provide worldwide perspectives for our
students. students.ubc.ca/goglobal

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DESIGN TEAMS By joining one of 31
student design teams, you can develop
skills employers are looking for—teamwork,
COORDINATED INTERNATIONAL
design skills, problem solving and creativity—
EXPERIENCE By coordinating coursework
and travel internationally to places like
with other universities, you can easily explore
Germany, Turkey, Mexico, the US, the Netherlands,
the world while studying engineering. You
Brazil and China. teams.engineering.ubc.ca
can define your adventure with top partners
in Europe, Asia and Australia: pd.apsc.ubc.ca

UBC ENGINEERING CO-OP Completing an

Engineering Co-op work term abroad allows
students to gain international insight while
developing their technical skills. Students
work in over 25 countries annually in places
such as Australia, China, Germany, India,
Japan and the US. coop.apsc.ubc.ca

ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS Do you

have a desire to effect positive change globally?
Engineers Without Borders (EWB) welcomes
you. EWB students work in Canada, Malawi,
Ghana, Uganda and Zambia. ubc.ewb.ca

UBC ENGINEERING CO-OP PLACEMENT UBC ENGINEERING ALUMNI AROUND THE WORLD UBC ENGINEERING RESEARCH
UBC ENGINEERING STUDENTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS 5
CHALLENGER
Meet Jory Wong. She grew up with a passion for the outdoors, documentary filmmaking and a deep desire to help
others. After graduating from high school and working as a photographer, she enrolled at UBC Engineering. Why?

SUPERMILEAGE Real world design, creativity,

problem solving and collaboration are all skills
Jory can develop for her career. This team
pushes the boundaries of fuel-efficiency
performance in vehicles they design and build.
supermileage.ca HANDS-ON OPPORTUNITY Jory appreciates
the entrepreneurial focus and freedom at
UBC Engineering. Her ultimate goal? “I want
to develop renewable energy technology that
can be applied to environmental sustainability
and poverty alleviation.”

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 “I saw social and environmental
issues that needed solutions,
and I realized engineering is the
most action-oriented way to
create positive change.”
ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS Jory joined
Engineers Without Borders, one of 350 clubs
on campus, to effect positive change. EWB
designs sustainable solutions in some of the
most challenging geographies. ubc.ewb.ca

UBC FARM is one of the many on-campus

locales where you can explore your passions;
foodies, cinephiles, theatre lovers and
sustainable living cultures all flourish on
campus. ubcfarm.ubc.ca

GLACIER HIKING If you enjoy hiking like

Jory, summit a glacier on the weekend. Or
you can ski, kayak, climb or cycle. It’s all here
for activity lovers and outdoor enthusiasts.
ubc-voc.com

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF JORY time 3-D modelling the steering wheel of the
fuel-efficient vehicle she’s designing with her
Jory’s days at UBC Engineering are full
Supermileage teammates.
throttle, intense and exhilarating. And that’s
the way she prefers it. Engineers Without Borders is another group
Her first class is circuit analysis, where she’s Jory is keenly involved with, serving as the
learning fundamental analysis techniques for liaison with local high school students to
electronic circuits. Then it’s mechanics of facilitate school presentations that raise
materials, multi-variable calculus and Java awareness about social issues. And for
coding. But the best part of the day is in the lab, recreation, she might go on a climbing trip
where she discovers the practical applications with UBC’s Varsity Outdoor Club.
of theoretical physics, like measuring the Jory’s busy schedule blends serious academic
bandwidth of an LCR circuit. When the lab is pursuit with the personal interests she’s most
over, she realizes how it could be used in a radio. passionate about. She says, “The best part of
In her spare time, Jory may head to the my engineering program is how it empowers
UBC Farm, where she volunteers helping to you to influence the things you care about.
harvest locally grown fruits and vegetables. It’s so powerful to blend engineering and
It’s one of dozens of diverse volunteer options physics. You learn how to solve problems
for UBC students. She may also spend some you’ve never seen before, which is amazing.”

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HUMANITARIAN
Meet alumnus and current biomedical engineering master’s student Florin Gheorghe. He was born in Romania and grew
up in Ontario. During his engineering undergraduate studies at UBC, he completed three co-op work terms. The first,
in Zambia with the UBC Chapter of Engineers Without Borders (UBC EWB), changed his entire life.

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“Engineering makes such a
tangible and dramatic difference
in saving and improving lives,
and the biomedical field is
super ripe for innovation.”
FLORIN’S PATH
Florin’s engineering journey literally took off at
UBC, where he quickly found himself drawn to
engineering problems with human equations.
On his first co-op work term with UBC’s
Engineers Without Borders, Florin applied his
systematic, problem-solving approach to the
way a group of local farmers in Zambia were
organized—leading to improved crop yields and
greater economic stability for local villagers.
That experience led to a second placement in
Africa—this time working with impoverished
industrial workers on the outskirts of Kumasi,
Ghana. There he was able to convince local
branches of several multinational companies
to award business contracts for welding
projects to the artisans, showcasing their
considerable talents while securing brighter
economic futures.
A few years later while conducting research for
his biomedical engineering master’s studies,
he worked with surgeons in an orthopedic
Above: Florin Gheorghe at work in Uganda. trauma ward in Uganda to understand the
realities of medical practice in a developing
country context. This led UBC engineers to a
biomedical breakthrough—a sterile surgical
drill cover that allows surgeons to safely use
a $100 hardware drill in place of a $30,000
surgical drill. The innovative drill cover speeds
operating room time and improves outcomes.
Florin is a big fan of the entrepreneurial focus
at UBC. He flourished in the New Venture
Design course and is already a co-founder of
his first company—enabling him to embrace
his passion for design and emerging markets.
“We are rethinking the way medical device
markets can serve the poor—profitably,”
he says.

UBC Engineering Co-op students work

240 new ventures are registered with
internationally in over 25 countries
the entrepreneurship program e@UBC
around the globe each year 9
 GET AHEAD WITH CO-OP
WORK WITH UP TO 5 COMPANIES
NETWORK WITH PROFESSIONALS
BENEFIT FROM OVER 4,500
EMPLOYER
AND INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS

EXPLORE MULTIPLE INDUSTRIES

DEVELOP PROFESSIONAL
SKILLS BEFORE YOU GRADUATE

PURSUE OPPORTUNITIES WORLDWIDE

EARN UP TO $80,000 OVER YOUR DEGREE

PROFESSIONALS
UBC Engineering values and encourages the development of your professional skills during your studies. You will gain
real-world experience working in teams, doing community service, collaborating and problem-solving, and through participation
in an unparalleled array of choices: Co-op (paid internships), Coordinated International Experience programs, International
Service Learning, Go Global Exchange, Community-Based Experiential Learning, Student Design Teams and more.

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CO-OP
Get a competitive edge before you graduate as you network with employers, gain paid work experience, and hone your professional skills.

In today’s competitive job market, UBC

Engineering students with co-op experience
are highly sought after by top employers.
These graduates stand out from their peers
because of the real-world experience they’ve
gained from participating in UBC’s highly
respected co-op program.
As a co-op student, you will alternate
between academic and co-op work terms.
These paid technical employment
opportunities are designed to complement
your academic specialization, giving you
impressive professional experience while
expanding your career network with local,
national and international employers.
With over 4,500 employer, industry and
research partnerships, the UBC Engineering
Co-op Program has facilitated thousands of
connections for our students. According to
our Engineering Co-op employers, over 90%
are interested in hiring co-op students for
permanent positions upon graduation.
Co-op is an option available to students in
any engineering discipline at the UBC
Vancouver and Okanagan campuses, and
students of any citizenship can participate.

www.coop.apsc.ubc.ca

Above: Co-op students gain relevant, paid work experience in all sectors, from biomedical to mining.

Diverse opportunities for students

90% of Engineering Co-op employers
to graduate with professional
are interested in hiring graduates
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BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
Above: UBC Engineering faculty guide students in learning and professional development.

Would you like to help shape the future of

Visionaries, innovators, pioneers, challengers, health care? Create innovative technologies
and processes that benefit the lives of
humanitarians—these are a few of the words that patients and health-care professionals?

describe UBC Engineering students. Join a cohort One of the fastest-growing disciplines in
engineering, Biomedical Engineering brings
of like-minded peers, and show the world what together engineering, medicine, life sciences,
computer science and mathematics to
the best and brightest can achieve. address issues affecting human health.
We have designed a unique undergraduate
curriculum where you will acquire the
FOUNDATION YEAR ENHANCE analytical skills, biological knowledge and
strong engineering design skills to excel in
BUILDING SUCCESS— YOUR DEGREE this exciting and emerging field. In your third
FROM DAY ONE year, you will choose from one of four
BROADEN YOUR EXPERIENCE specializations – biomechanics and
UBC Engineering’s foundation year is biomaterials, cellular and molecular
Consider one of the following:
designed to prepare all first-year engineering bioengineering, biomedical systems and
students with the strong knowledge base · Co-op Program signals, or biomedical informatics.
from which to build a solid and rewarding · Co-ordinated International Experience
· Dual degree in Arts and Engineering Biomedical Engineering graduates pursue
academic and professional career.
· Minor in Arts careers in a wide range of fields – from
All engineering students are grounded in the health care, pharmaceuticals and
· Minor in Commerce
principles of math, chemistry, physics and biotechnology to government, non-profits,
· Minor in Honours Mathematics
English—the fundamentals that will move consulting and finance. Our program is also
· Minor in Science
you forward. Engineering design projects, an excellent foundation for graduate studies
· Pre-Med Alternative Path
experiential learning and professional or professional degrees in medicine,
(additional application due May 15)
experience from the start enable first-year engineering, pharmacy, law and business.
students to explore before selecting one of Build a degree that fits your interests
and aspirations. If you have a passion for engineering and its
13 specialized programs.
potential to enhance human life, Biomedical
Engineering may be your future.
Supplementary form required in the spring.

Vancouver Campus
Visit us at bme.ubc.ca

There are 325,000 UBC There are 29,562 Engineering

alumni in 140 countries alumni in 84 countries
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RAMS

CHEMICAL & BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING CIVIL ENGINEERING

Chemical and biological engineers are Civil engineers shape the world we live in by
stewards of the environment, helping to analyzing, planning, designing, constructing
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING harness the globe’s natural riches and and maintaining the “built” environment—
improve the quality of our lives by the communities and infrastructure we rely
developing sustainable and green on for safe, healthy and sustainable living.
Chemical engineers are universal engineers, manufacturing technologies for the
creatively and innovatively solving global You’ll learn about the many subdisciplines
production of superior medicines, clean that comprise civil engineering such as
energy, water and environmental issues water, cleaner fuels and materials, and
while transforming raw materials into environmental, construction, geotechnical,
cutting-edge medical technologies. hydrotechnical, materials, structural,
products that society depends on.
British Columbia is one of the world’s largest transportation and urban engineering.
Fusing the physical and chemical sciences bioenergy-producing regions and also home
with mathematics, process engineering, Courses and lab work in topics such as
to one of the largest biopharmaceutical soil mechanics and foundation design,
design and economics, a degree in Chemical clusters in North America. In this environment,
Engineering opens doors to diverse construction management, design of steel,
UBC’s acclaimed program in Chemical & concrete and timber structures, as well
opportunities, like clean-energy generation, Biological Engineering uniquely prepares
nanotechnology and new material generation. as municipal infrastructure design, coastal
students to be leaders and trendsetters in engineering and environmental impact
At UBC, you’ll learn how to design, build and the new bio-economy. The curriculum blends studies will inspire you to learn more.
operate the manufacturing and industrial rigorous training in the physical sciences
processes used to create the products and and mathematics with biotechnology,
services essential to everyday life—from bioprocess engineering and the life sciences.
energy, food and fertilizers to pharmaceuticals, Classroom learning is combined with
plastics and paper. Our emphasis is on interactive, hands-on instruction in well-
instruction from world-class researchers, equipped learning laboratories. Students
hands-on experience in learning labs, further expand their horizons through co-op
industrial site visits, and interaction with placements and industrial-site visits and
practicing engineers and industry partners. through research opportunities with our
We foster a learning environment of world-leading, award-winning research faculty.
inclusiveness, teamwork and creative thinking. Civil engineers are in high demand, working
With these credentials, you’ll be equipped for example as project managers or design
Play a role in research; engineer safer, to excel in a number of fast-growing and consultants, across all industrial sectors
greener product formulations and processes; highly paid fields, including biotechnology, and government.
and help discover and develop new ways to food, environmental services, bioenergy,
minimize society’s environmental footprint, Focus your creativity and help build
forestry, biopharmaceuticals, health care
while maximizing value in the real world. tomorrow’s world.
and biomedical engineering. Several of our
graduates also pursue medical studies. Okanagan Campus
Vancouver Campus
Visit us at chbe.ubc.ca We invite you to join the bio-revolution and Visit us at engineering.ok.ubc.ca
become an active part of shaping the future. Vancouver Campus
Visit us at civil.ubc.ca
Vancouver Campus
Visit us at chbe.ubc.ca

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PROGRAMS

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

COMPUTER ENGINEERING
If you call a friend, flip a light switch, play a
video game or drive a car, you are touching ENGINEERING PHYSICS
Computer engineers can change the world. the work of an electrical engineer. Electrical
Whether it is the systems that control engineers impact almost every aspect of
our lives. They make essential medical Do you want to be an inventor? A research
our phones, cars, planes or robots—every
equipment, design wireless communications engineer? A technology entrepreneur?
automated device has a software or
networks, predict earthquakes, and invent Engineering Physics (EngPhys) encourages
hardware engineer helping to create it.
new ways to generate and conserve energy. creativity, stimulates intellects and celebrates
As a student in UBC’s Computer Engineering Electrical engineers will be leaders in big-picture thinking in a collegial, smaller
program, you will learn how to develop, meeting global challenges in energy, health, class setting while offering science depth
design and test software, computer networks, communication and safety. and engineering breadth to develop
and protocols. After your first year, you will technology leaders and pioneers.
have the opportunity to bring your classroom
EngPhys students build a solid foundation
learning to life in a Design Studio course.
in applied physics and a blend of electrical
In your fourth year, you will have the option
and mechanical engineering, while gaining
to collaborate with industry partners in a
extensive engineering design experience.
team-based Capstone project, or create
EngPhys offers unmatched breadth and
your own business plan and prototype in
freedom for intellectual development—six
the New Venture Design course.
electives allow you to shape the program
Don’t miss your chance to engineer your toward your field of interest while encouraging
successful future—in real time. the rigorous pursuit of innovation.
Vancouver Campus Through team-based design courses and
Visit us at ece.ubc.ca state-of-the-art fabrication equipment,
As a student in UBC’s Electrical Engineering you will learn to build complex electro-
program, you will learn essential skills mechanical systems, bringing your innovative
in electronics, circuit analysis and science ideas to life as real products, patents
electromagnetics. After your first year, and entrepreneurial opportunities.
you might decide to customize your
Vancouver Campus
program by taking specialized courses in
Visit us at engphys.ubc.ca
nanotechnology, biomedical engineering
or renewable energy. Whatever options
you choose, you will have the opportunity
to work on real-world engineering problems
throughout your program.

Okanagan Campus
Visit us at engineering.ok.ubc.ca
Vancouver Campus
Visit us at ece.ubc.ca

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 INTEGRATED ENGINEERING
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING Transcend boundaries and prepare to work

As one of the most beautiful places anywhere,
collaboratively in today’s increasingly cross-
British Columbia is an ideal location to pursue
functional workplaces.
an Environmental Engineering degree.
If you are passionate about the outdoors and UBC’s Integrated Engineering degree provides
You’ll learn how to make a difference to intrigued by digging deeper, you may thrive baseline education in core engineering
air, land, water and living systems in this as a Geological Engineer. subjects like materials, solid mechanics, fluid
high-demand profession. Industries like pulp
UBC’s Geological Engineering program mechanics and systems involving biological,
and paper, agriculture, fisheries, oil and gas,
prepares students for exciting careers that chemical and electromechanical components.
forestry and mining all rely on the skills of
often involve travel and on-site investigations Technology entrepreneurship, project
environmental engineers to lower their
in far-flung locales, as well as exposure to management, industrial engineering,
footprint, develop clean-energy technologies
state-of-the-art engineering tools. economic analysis and computer simulation
and minimize pollution.
Employed by consulting firms, government are other key subjects, but the most
UBC’s Environmental Engineering program is
agencies or large corporations, geological compelling focus is design.
the only one of its kind in Western Canada
engineers assess the physical landscapes Our program includes three full-year design
and is jointly offered between the University
where dams, mines, roads, pipelines, courses—more than any other engineering
of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) and
railways, forestry and other extractive degree. This provides an unparalleled
UBC, in a four-and-a-half-year format.
operations are planned. opportunity for students to work cooperatively
UBC offers the Geological Engineering as they design, build and test products and
program in collaboration with the Faculty of devices—and graduate with a design portfolio
Science, blending aspects of earth sciences, to present to prospective employers.
civil engineering and mining engineering with Integrated Engineering graduates excel in
a fundamental understanding of the earth’s diverse fields of engineering including
surface and near-surface environments. construction, product/project management,
You’ll learn about geotechnical engineering, manufacturing, advanced technology
geo-environmental engineering, applied development and resource industries.
geophysics, and mineral and energy Design a multi-faceted career where creative
resources. Feasibility studies for large energy collaboration is celebrated.
and infrastructure projects, landslide-hazard
management strategies, water-resource Vancouver Campus
engineering, site-remediation technologies Visit us at igen.ubc.ca
Our curriculum features green engineering, and geotechnical design are other important
waste-water and air pollution control focus areas.
technologies, geo- and mining environmental
engineering, fluid dynamics and industrial- Vancouver Campus
process design. Visit us at geoeng.ubc.ca

Joint program with UNBC & UBC Vancouver

Apply at UNBC
unbc.ca/environmental-engineering
Visit us at enve.ubc.ca

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PROGRAMS

MATERIALS ENGINEERING

MINING ENGINEERING
What’s it made of and why?
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
If you ask these questions about the products
that surround you or dream about creating Mining engineers focus on finding ways to
the building blocks for substances that Encompassing multiple engineering extract minerals or metals from the earth.
haven’t yet been invented, you should disciplines, mechanical engineering is a
Their expertise in mining, mineral
explore materials engineering. practical, hands-on way of creating and
processing and mine waste management
improving physical systems. If you are a
Materials engineers understand the scientific is highly sought after around the world,
“big idea” person with the drive to take
principles that govern how a material wherever mines are located.
a concept through design, analysis and
performs and its structure and composition. UBC’s Mining Engineering program is
prototyping—then mechanical engineering
They also are involved in every stage of consistently ranked among the top in
could be where you belong. Mechanical
a material’s life cycle—from its initial Canada. We offer a broad professional
engineers are in high demand in a wide
extraction to the recycling of the product degree program that integrates courses on
range of industries, from aircraft and energy
it helped create. engineering principles, earth sciences, and
development to biomedical, mechatronics
and manufacturing industries. mining and mineral processing with content
covering health, safety, management,
As a student in UBC’s Mechanical
economics, and environmental and social
Engineering stream, you’ll begin by
issues. The integration is done by means
mastering the fundamentals, building
of case studies, field trips, guest speakers
a knowledge base in solid mechanics, fluid
and design projects.
mechanics, dynamics, thermodynamics,
vibrations, heat transfer, controls and Mining engineers address a wide range of
design. You can also delve deeper into challenges, from building mines in remote
areas you are passionate about, such as areas or at large depths to finding ways
biomechanics, robotics and mechatronics, to reduce the environmental and social
At UBC’s Materials Engineering program, impact of mining operations. At UBC, you’ll
alternative-fuel technologies and energy-
you start with the core material groups— be equipped to meet these challenges and
efficient design.
metals, ceramics, polymers and composites. be prepared to participate in the many
By fourth year, you’ll be solving process- In Mechanical Engineering, we believe
significant opportunities available in the
design problems and materials-selection education is about more than just your
global mining industry.
solutions for diverse applications in academics. Our community values industry
transportation systems, fuel cells, supersonic experiences, team-based collaborations, Vancouver Campus
aircraft, advanced computers, sports and co-curricular and extracurricular Visit us at mining.ubc.ca
equipment and biomedical devices. activities. This is the right place for
From the smallest nano-particles to students who are looking for an education
massive mining challenges—materials that extends beyond their classroom walls.
engineering expertise is sought after in Okanagan Campus
multiple industries worldwide. Visit us at engineering.ok.ubc.ca
Vancouver Campus Vancouver Campus
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Above: Engineering students celebrate an in-class design project success.

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Above: Florin Gheorghe—humanitarian, entrepreneur, engineer—rethinks how medical technology can serve the poor.
Front: Ayesha Shahzad—pioneer, visionary, global citizen—and UBC Engineering student.