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Materials engineering skills are in high demand across various global industries, spanning from microscopic nanoparticles to large-scale mining operations. The program begins with fundamental material categories: metals, ceramics, polymers, and composites. By your fourth year, you'll tackle complex process-design challenges and material-selection tasks for applications ranging from transportation systems and fuel cells to supersonic jets, cutting-edge computers, sports gear, and medical implants. This field focuses on analyzing, manufacturing, and applying both metallic and non-metallic materials in design. Students can opt for a Co-operative Education program, gaining twenty months of relevant work experience during the final three years of study.
Career prospects
A UBC degree connects you with global perspectives, unlocks new possibilities, and leads to unexpected destinations. You'll emerge not just with specialized knowledge, but with adaptable skills for lifelong professional growth and continuous learning throughout your career journey.
Graduation from a university-preparatory program at a senior secondary school: Higher Secondary School Certificate awarded on completion of Standard XII. Certificates must be official. Photocopies are acceptable if certified by school principal, head, or counsellor. Notarized copies are not acceptable.
Degree-specific requirements: Applied Science (Engineering)
English Language Admission Standard: Canadian Academic English Language assessment - Overall 70; Cambridge English Qualifications – 180; UBC Certificate in English – 600; International English Language Testing System (Academic) - 6.5, with no part less than 6.0; Pearson Test of English (Academic) - Overall: 65, Reading: 60, Listening: 60, Writing: 60, Speaking: 60; Test of English as a Foreign Language Internet-based test - Overall: 90, Reading: 22, Listening: 22, Writing: 21, Speaking: 21.