Master of Engineering (M.Eng.)

The Master of Engineering program prepares graduate engineers for advanced professional practice, by completing graduate-level coursework and an optional project. The M.Eng. degree is not the usual route to the Ph.D. program, but those who have earned an M.Eng. degree are not barred from applying, although we highly recommended that M.Eng. students who might eventually wish to apply to the Ph.D. program complete a project to demonstrate their research abilities.

Program Requirements

The M.Eng. program requires successful completion of ten half-courses, or seven half-courses and an M.Eng. project.

For students who wish to specialize in Energy, Healthcare, or Computational Mechanics, the Department of MIE offers M.Eng. certificate programs in these areas.

Coursework Requirements

For a program of ten courses, six must be taken from MIE. For a program of seven courses plus a project, four courses must be taken from MIE. The remaining courses (four or three, respectively) can be taken from any other department in the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering (including the ELITE courses), the Department of Computer Science (CSC), and the Rotman School of Management (RSM1300-level, RSM2000-level and up). If you wish to enrol in other University of Toronto courses, you must obtain permission from the Graduate Coordinator.

Note: the Department of MIE rarely offers graduate courses in the summer term. As a result, students who wish to finish their M.Eng. degree in the summer term must plan ahead and take the required MIE courses during the fall and winter terms.

All courses must be graduate-level, which includes both 500- and 1000-level. There is no limit on the number of 500-level courses that may be taken.

Transfer credit may be requested for up to two half-courses (minimum grade of A-) taken at another institution, that were not used for credit towards a degree. The Graduate Studies Committee will decide whether the courses are at least equivalent to MIE graduate courses, and relevant to a degree in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering.

Two course failures will result in an automatic recommendation to SGS to terminate a student's program.

M.Eng. students pursuing a project are eligible to enrol in a reading course if supervised by the project supervisor.

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Project Requirements

An M.Eng. project may be completed in lieu of three half-courses. Students working on a project must register in the program continuously. It is up to the student to approach professors with whom they would like to work on a project; professors are not obliged to supervise a project. Upon completion of a project, the student submits an M.Eng. project report to his/her faculty advisor, who grades the report.

Have a look here for a list of professors offering M.Eng. projects.

Upon completion of a project, the M.Eng. student must submit a final report before a degree recommendation can be forwarded to SGS. M.Eng. project students are also required to submit a complete and signed Clearance Form to the Graduate Studies Office.

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Registration Information for M.Eng. Students

M.Eng. students can enrol part-time or full-time, with or without a project. Part-time students may take up to two courses per term; full-time students must take at least three courses per term.

The minimum period of registration for M.Eng. students is two full-time sessions. The time limit for degree completion is six years.

There is a minimum total academic fee that a student must pay prior to graduation, determined by the minimum period of registration. Both part-time and full-time students who finish the degree requirements in less time than the minimum period of registration must pay a balance of degree fee, that is assessed just prior to graduation. If a student has paid more than the full-time fee due to the time taken to complete the degree requirements, there will be no refund of fees.

Other information, in no particular order:

• M.Eng. students, part-time and full-time, enrolled in a research project must register continuously (including the summer session) until completion of the project - back-fees will be charged to project students who fail to register continuously.
• A request to transfer from part-time to full-time status, or vice-versa, must be made in writing to the MIE Graduate Studies Office. Such requests are not automatically approved.
• A switch from full-time to part-time status is not allowed once the minimum period of registration has been completed.
• Part-time students who have only paid fees for one academic session in the previous year are required to pay summer fees.
• Keep all contact information (mailing/permanent/e-mail addresses, telephone numbers) updated on ROSI.
• Read the policy on official correspondence.

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