To recognize outstanding academic achievement each term, the designation Dean's Honours List will be awarded to exceptional undergraduate Engineering students in each plan. To achieve this designation for a particular term, students must meet the following criteria for the term in question:
- They must be unconditionally promoted at the end of that term (standings and official grades are available on Quest as specified in the Calendar of Events and Academic Deadlines).
- They must have term decisions of Excellent and have received no penalties under Policy 71 during the term.
- Their term averages minus their percentile ranks from the tops of their classes for that academic term must be greater than or equal to 80.
- They must be in cohorts with 10 or more students.
- Their course loads must equal or exceed the minimum number of academic units specified by their plan for that term.
This designation will be reflected on students' transcripts. Students not in the top 10% of their classes 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 of the six academic terms preceding graduation, and have cumulative averages over the final six academic terms of their plan of at least 80%. An appropriate notation will appear on students' official transcripts.
Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Software Engineering (BSE) degree may also qualify for the Dean's Honours List using rules specified by the Dean of Mathematics. The process is described in detail in the Software Engineering section of this Calendar.
An Alumni Gold medal is awarded annually to recognize the academic excellence of the top undergraduate in Engineering.