To recognize outstanding academic achievement each term, the designation "Dean's Honours List" will be awarded to exceptional undergraduate Engineering students in each program (i.e., Mechanical Engineering, etc.). To achieve this standing for a particular term, students must be unconditionally promoted at the end of that term, and have their term average minus their percentile rank from the top for that academic term greater than or equal to 80. This designation will be reflected on the student's university transcripts. Students not in the top 10% of their class are normally not eligible.
Students with outstanding records throughout their undergraduate careers in Engineering will "Graduate on the Dean's Honours List" if they have been on the "Dean's Honours List" for at least two terms of the six academic terms preceding graduation, and have a cumulative average over these last six academic terms of their program (i.e., Computer Engineering, etc.) of at least 80%. An appropriate notation will appear on the student's official university transcript.
Students enrolled in the BSE degree program may also qualify for the Dean's Honours List using rules specified by the Dean of Mathematics. This is described in detail in the Software Engineering Section of this chapter.
An Alumni Gold medal is awarded annually to recognize the academic excellence of the top undergraduate in Engineering.