Graduate Diploma (GDip) in Design Engineering - Co-operative Program

The program information below was valid for the winter 2022 term (January 1, 2022 - April 30, 2022). This is the archived version; the most up-to-date program information is available through the current Graduate Studies Academic Calendar.

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• Delivery mode 
  • On-campus
• Length of program 
  • Students enrolled in this diploma option are granted one additional term to complete the requirements set by the Master of Engineering (MEng) in Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering program:
    • Full-time: 5 terms (20 months)
    • Part-time: 10 terms (40 months)
• Program type 
  • Co-operative
  • Diploma
• Study option(s) 
  • Coursework

• Minimum requirements 
  • Students in the Master of Engineering (MEng) in Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering program may complete the requirements for the GDip in Design Engineering - Co-operative Program in conjunction with their MEng requirements.
  • Qualified students interested in the co-op option must submit an application by August 1st for 4-stream and by December 1st for the 8-stream and meet the following requirements:
    • Students will be interviewed by the Department before they are recommended to Co-operative and Experiential Education (CEE) for approval. Interviews will take place prior to the end of August or December for 4-stream and 8-stream options, respectively. 
    • Students should submit the following with their application and prior to their interviews:
      • a. any previous Professional Engineering Licensure documents or licensure status
      • b. design portfolio (past design project experiences including capstone projects....)
    • An excellent command of the English language.

Coursework option:

Courses 

• Students must complete the following courses:
• Mandatory courses:
  • ME 680 Advanced Design Engineering
  • ME 681 Advanced Design Engineering - Design Project 1
  • ME 682 Advanced Design Engineering - Design Project 2
• Specific courses: 1 from the following list:
  • ME 538 Welding Design, Fabrication and Quality Control
  • ME 555 Computer-Aided Design
  • ME 559 Finite Element Methods
  • ME 561 Fluid Power Control Systems
  • ME 566 Computational Fluid Dynamics for Engineering Design
• General courses: 4 additional Faculty of Engineering graduate courses (subject to the approval of the Department).
• All courses are 600 and 700 level courses and students are not allowed to take more than 2 500 level courses (courses open to both undergraduates and graduates) out of their 8 required courses.

Link(s) to courses

• Mechanical Engineering (ME) courses

Graduate Studies Work Report