University of Waterloo Department of CEE

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Waterloo encompasses the Civil, Environmental and Geological Engineering programs and is the largest Civil Engineering program in Canada. The University of Waterloo offers the best Civil Engineering Undergraduate Program in Canada and competition is high for letters of acceptance. Your high school marks are very important as last year the average for new students was 86%. However marks are not the only factor as we also take into consideration extra-curricular activities. The preparation for an engineering career includes both formal academic studies at a university and intensive training in the practice of engineering. A similar pattern is to be found in preparation for careers in medicine or law, and is characteristic of any development of professional competence. Co-operative Engineering at the University of Waterloo provides a completely integrated pattern of academic study and industrial experience in various phases of engineering with ultimate graduation requiring satisfactory performance in both areas. The degree program covers almost five calendar years, comprising of eight terms each of about four months' duration of university work on campus which are pursued alternately with six four-month terms of supervised training in the practical experiences fundamental to the development of the graduate engineer. The total time spent in academic study is the same as that encountered in the usual ...

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