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Master of Engineering (MEng)

The GENERAL REQUIREMENTS for the MEng degree follow:

Students must enrol in one of eight approved fields and complete a concentration of courses in that field. The MEng program will be comprised of nine graduate courses. The student may choose to complete an engineering project (ECE2500Y) with a value equivalent to three courses. Students choosing the project option will be required to complete a total of six courses in addition to the project. In order to pursue the project option, the student must secure a professor who will act as the supervisor throughout the project. The supervisor must hold a graduate faculty appointment in ECE. The MEng program may be completed on a full-time or part-time basis.

MEng Options

The MEng program may be taken on a full-time or part-time basis.

  • Full-time Option
    • Official start date is September
    • Typical completion time is one year (12 months)
    • Must complete all program requirements within 16 months
    • Must enrol in minimum of three courses in each of the Fall and Winter sessions

  • Part-time Option
    • Maximum enrolment is two courses per session
    • Typically, part-time students do not pursue the project option

Nine approved graduate courses

  • At least six of the courses must be technical courses
  • At least five of the courses must be ECE 1000-level courses
  • Maximum of two 500-level courses
  • Maximum of two approved courses from other engineering departments, computer science, sciences, and mathematics
  • At least three courses in the area of specialization
  • A project (ECE2500Y) with the value of three courses may be completed subject to securing a supervisor
  • Maximum of three engineering management and leadership courses drawn from the ELITE stream

Students may also obtain the MEng degree with ELITE certification. To participate in this special opportunity, students will complete ten approved graduate courses, including four courses drawn from the ELITE stream. The general MEng requirements apply. The ELITE Certificate will be issued upon the completion of all ten courses.

MEng Fields of Concentration

Students must enrol in one of eight approved fields and complete a concentration of courses in that field for the MEng degree.

MEng Concentration in Biomedical Engineering

Requirements for the MEng concentration in Biomedical Engineering follow:

  • General MEng requirements apply
  • Two required courses
    • BME1450H Bioengineering Science
    • One course in life sciences from JPB1022H Human Physiology, JCB1349H Molecular Assemblies: Structure/Function/Properties, or any other course (subject to approval of Biomedical Engineering graduate coordinator)
  • Four elective courses
  • Three optional courses, which may include 3 engineering management and leadership (APS1000-series) courses
  • Three-course project (ECE2500Y) in the field of Biomedical Engineering (subject to approval of supervisor) may be taken in lieu of three non-required courses

MEng Concentration in Communications

Requirements for the MEng concentration in Communications follow:

  • General MEng requirements apply
  • At least six courses from the Communications course flow
  • Maximum of three courses outside Communications, which may include three engineering management and leadership (APS1000-series) courses
  • Three-course project (ECE2500Y) in the field of Communications (subject to approval of supervisor) may be taken in lieu of three courses.

In addition, students may focus their studies in one of five areas of interest within the Communications concentration, subject to the availability of courses:

MEng Concentration in Computer Engineering

Requirements for the MEng concentration in Computer Engineering follow:

  • General MEng requirements apply
  • At least six courses from the Computer Engineering course flow
  • Maximum of three courses outside Computer Engineering, which may include three engineering management and leadership (APS1000-series) courses
  • Three-course project (ECE2500Y) in the field of Computer Engineering (subject to approval of supervisor) may be taken in lieu of three courses

MEng Concentration in Electromagnetics

Requirements for the MEng concentration in Electromagnetics follow:

  • General MEng requirements apply
  • Three required courses
    • ECE1228H Electromagnetic Theory
    • ECE524H Microwave Circuits
    • ECE1229H Advanced Antenna Theory
  • Three elective courses (tailored to the student’s needs, subject to approval of Electromagnetics graduate coordinator)
    • ECE1252H Introduction to Computational Electrodynamics
    • ECE1253 Active Microwave Circuits
    • ECE1262H Microwave and Millimeter-wave Techniques
    • ECE1449H Photonics I, or ECE1450H Photonics II
    • ECE1243H Topics in Electromagnetic Waves: Periodic Structures
    • ECE1448H Quantum Mechanics for Engineers
  • Three optional courses
    • courses listed as electives which are not used as electives may be used as optional courses
    • courses in Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or Computer Science (subject to approval of Electromagnetics graduate coordinator)
    • maximum of three engineering management and leadership (APS1000-series) courses
  • Three-course project (ECE2500Y) in the field of Electromagnetics (subject to approval of supervisor) may be taken in lieu of three non-required courses

MEng Concentration in Electronics

Requirements for the MEng concentration in Electronics follow:

  • General MEng requirements apply
  • Two required courses: ECE1352H Analog Circuit Design I and ECE1388H VLSI Design Methodology
  • Four additional elective courses from the Electronics course flow
  • Three optional courses chosen from
    • Graduate courses in electrical engineering, which may include more courses from the Electronics course flow
    • Courses in Mathematics, Physics or Computer Science (subject to approval of Electronics graduate coordinator)
    • Maximum of three engineering management and leadership (APS1000-series) courses
  • Three-course project (ECE2500Y) in the field of Electronics (subject to approval of supervisor) may be taken in lieu of three non-required courses

MEng students purusing the Electronics concentration may wish to consult the table of prerequisite courses.

Table of Prerequisite Courses

Course

Pre-requisite

ECE535H

ECE335H

ECE1336H

ECE335H

ECE1352H

ECE530H

ECE1364H

ECE1352H, ECE1388H, ECE335H, ECE320H

ECE1373H

ECE241H, background in digital design using Verilog/VHDL

ECE1384H

ECE1388H

ECE1385H

ECE334H, ECE451H, knowledge of C, Verilog and FPGA design

ECE1387H

ECE451H

ECE1388H

ECE334H, ECE534H, knowledge of Matlab, and basic understanding of UNIX

ECE1762H

ECE345H

MEng Concentration in Energy Systems

Requirements for the MEng concentration in Energy Systems follow:

  • General MEng requirements apply
  • At least three courses from the Energy Systems course flow
  • Maximum of three engineering management and leadership (APS1000-series) courses
  • Three-course project (ECE2500Y) in the field of Energy Systems (subject to approval of supervisor) may be taken in lieu of three courses

MEng Concentration in Photonics

Requirements for the MEng concentration in Photonics follow:

  • General MEng requirements apply
  • At least three courses from the Photonics course flow
  • Maximum of three engineering management and leadership (APS1000-series) courses
  • Three-course project (ECE2500Y) in the field of Photonics (subject to approval of supervisor) may be taken in lieu of three courses

MEng Concentration in Systems Control

Requirements for the MEng concentration in Systems Control follow:

  • General MEng requirements apply
  • At least three courses from the Systems Control course flow
  • Maximum of three engineering management and leadership (APS1000-series) courses
  • Three-course project (ECE2500Y) in the field of Systems Control (subject to approval of supervisor) may be taken in lieu of three courses

MEng Options

The MEng program may be taken on a full-time or part-time basis.

  • Full-time Option
    • Official start date is September
    • Typical completion time is one year (12 months)
    • Must complete all program requirements within 16 months
    • Must enrol in minimum of three courses in each of the Fall and Winter sessions
  • Part-time Option
    • Maximum enrolment is two courses per session
    • Typically, part-time students do not pursue the project option

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