McMaster Faculty of Engineering

Faculty of Engineering
The John Hodgins Engineering Building remains the major teaching, research, outreach and administrative hub on campus for the Faculty of Engineering
Established	1958 (1958)
Type	Faculty
Academic affiliation	McMaster University
Location	Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Dean	Ishwar K. Puri
Students	5,500
Website	Faculty of Engineering

The Faculty of Engineering at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont., is known for innovative educational programming, such as its five-year engineering and management program, and for its research and engagement with industry and community. Established in 1958, its institutes, centres and laboratories have collaborated on numerous research projects with the public and private sectors. It has the distinction of being the first engineering program to have included problem-based learning into its teaching, importing it from the McMaster University Medical School where it was first developed.

The faculty offers a full range of undergraduate and graduate, including research-intensive doctoral degree programs, across seven departments in various engineering disciplines, including chemical engineering, civil engineering, computing and software, electrical and computer engineering, engineering physics, materials science and engineering and mechanical engineering.

The B.Eng. undergraduate programs are accredited through the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board. All undergraduate students take a common first-year program, which provides a solid foundation in the fundamentals of engineering disciplines. At the end of the first year, students choose one of fourteen program disciplines, including five-year programs such as Engineering & Management, Engineering & Society, or streams in Integrated Biomedical Engineering and Health Sciences.

Graduate programs in biomedical engineering are offered through the School of Biomedical Engineering, and graduate engineering practice programs through the Walter G. Booth School of Engineering Practice.