Engineering Program

Why study Engineering?

Engineers seek solutions to a wide range of problems and are driven by a desire to understand how and why things work. Because of this, engineers are crucial to a wide range of processes, products, and disciplines—everything from using your mobile phone to pouring a glass of water from your tap.

Saint Mary’s Diploma of Engineering Opens Doors

Saint Mary’s University offers the first two years of a four-year CEAB-accredited Bachelor of Engineering program. This general, two-year program provides students with a broad knowledge base and solid foundation in engineering science and design, mathematics, natural science, and technical communications.

Students who complete Saint Mary’s two-year Engineering Diploma program have the choice to complete either a Bachelor of Engineering at nearby Dalhousie University or a Bachelor of Applied Science in Engineering at Ontario’s University of Windsor, in one of the following disciplines:

• Mechanical
• Civil
• Electrical
• Industrial
• Chemical
• Environmental
• Mineral Resources

Students can also choose to stay at Saint Mary’s to pursue a Bachelor of Science with Diploma in Engineering.

Hands-on Learning Opportunities in a Community Environment

At Saint Mary’s, our engineering courses are small—most are limited to a maximum of 40 students and our second-year courses average fewer than 30 students—and offer plenty of opportunity for individualized attention and student-professor interaction. Students, professors, and classmates get to know each other on a first-name basis, which makes asking questions and seeking help easy. It also comes in handy as students engage in group projects like the twice-annual Design EXPO & Robot Competition.

Whether it’s modelling and creating student’s own ideas on our 3D printers, testing the strength of student-designed structures, programming automated devices, or disassembling and rebuilding common household items, Saint Mary’s Engineering offers plenty of hands-on design projects and laboratories.

Sample courses offered

• Engineering Design Graphics (Design I)
• Engineering Economics
• Thermo-Fluid Engineering
• Mechanics of Deformable Bodies
• Electric Circuits
• Engineering and Biosphere
• Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering
• Engineering Mechanics
• Computer Methods for Engineers

Future career opportunities

• Electrical engineer
• Industrial engineer
• Civil engineer
• Chemical engineer
• Environmental engineer
• Mineral resources engineer
• Automotive engineer
• Mechanical engineer
• Architect