1. Schulich School
of Engineering
University of Calgary

2. Beyond
Engineering
Engineering is a cornerstone of modern life. From the water we drink and the buildings we occupy, to the roads
we drive on and cities we live in, to the full spectrum of computers and machines in our homes, hospitals
and industries—engineering is involved in almost every tool, technique and system that supports daily life and
creates prosperity. Engineering is also vital to the location and recovery of the many natural resources required
for maintaining our modern way of life. Along the way, engineering is tackling the challenges of our crowded
planet to make the world a better place. Careers in this profession are plentiful, as the world’s future depends
on ambitious, caring and creative engineers.
On the cover: The University of Calgary solar car team gets the Schulich Axiom back on track after a quick stop in
the pit lane—known as a hot pit—to change drivers during the 2010 Formula Sun Grand Prix in Texas.
Cover photo by Merlin Nagel

3. university of calgary • Schulich School of Engineering
Top 10 reasons to study at the
Schulich School of Engineering:
• It is located in the engineering capital of Canada. There are more
engineers per capita in Calgary than in any other major Canadian city,
and only Toronto has more corporate head offices.
• It has the largest internship program of its kind in Canada. Up to 80
percent of students take a 12- to 16-month paid internship after third
year. They make contacts, get experience and offset the costs of
education. International placements expand horizons even further.
DEGREE PROGRAMS
• It is the only engineering school in Canada with a $685,000 one-stop-
shop to support extra-curricular student activities. Every year, these
ALL DEGREE PROGRAMS SHARE
funds go directly to students to offset the costs of studying abroad, or
these common FEATURES:
for travelling and competing with clubs and teams. Up to 75 percent of
event costs can be covered. • A common core of first-year courses is taken by
all students. At the end of the first year, students
• It has been ranked twice in a row as the number one engineering apply to begin one of eight programs in second
school in Canada for integrating environmental and social year. Entrance into each program is competitive
sustainability into engineering education. (corporateknights.com) and based on marks in first year
• Hands-on learning methods encourage students to apply their • small laboratory classes, home rooms and
knowledge and creativity throughout the undergraduate program. student projects facilitate student-faculty
interaction
• It offers the largest engineering entrance scholarships in Canada
providing $34,200 to $56,800 to exceptional students in two • internship is taken after third year by
categories: academic achievement and community service/ most students
entrepreneurial talent.
• all fourth-year students undertake a year-long
• Professors receive awards for teaching and research excellence. design project
• The Schulich School is home to one of the strongest biomedical • opportunities for interdisciplinary specializations
engineering programs in Canada, joining the prestigious University of and complementary studies are encouraged
Calgary medical school with the Schulich School of Engineering, and supported
and the Olympic legacy of the Faculty of Kinesiology.
• Research opportunities are supported at the undergraduate level. Programs
• It ranks well above the national average for female engineering Chemical Engineering
students and faculty members and is a leader in women in
Oil and Gas Engineering
engineering initiatives.
Civil Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Software Engineering
Geomatics Engineering
Did You Know? The Schulich Student Activities Mechanical Engineering
Fund grants nearly $600,000 to students annually for extra-
curricular experiences—from worldwide study abroad trips specializations
to clubs and teams like the solar car.
Biomedical
Energy and Environment

4. Chemical Engineering
Chemical engineering is the most broadly based of engineering in producing clothing fibres and dyes, leather, pharmaceuticals,
disciplines and involves the design and operation of a variety of refined petroleum products, plastics and even the semiconductor
plants and processes. Chemical engineers are involved with the chips in computers. Especially important are emerging markets for
transformation of raw materials, whether by chemical reactions or environmentally friendly products and processes.
physical separations, into products with added value. For example,
chemical engineers design and oversee the processes involved
What is the program of study like?
ALUMNI
The chemical engineering program acquaints students with the
processing steps used to convert materials to more usable forms. Jason Motkoski
There is also a strong emphasis on computer skills and many Chemical Engineering with Biomedical specialization, Class of 2010
courses involve the application of computer modelling software
commonly used in industry. Teams of students use their detailed “I came to the Schulich School of Engineering from Edmonton
knowledge to design a complete industrial process for because Calgary is known as the engineering capital of Canada,”
a specific product such as polyethylene. These projects are usually says Jason, an inaugural Schulich Scholar who studied chemical
industry oriented and prepare students for real-life industrial engineering with a biomedical specialization. The Schulich
experience. School is among the first engineering schools in Canada to offer
a biomedical specialization. Motkoski, now in medical school,
attests to the team spirit in engineering. “By fourth year, we were
Minors and Specializations sharing experiences and solving problems, especially enriched by
Minor in Petroleum Engineering students who had done a year of internship. We had learned from
Minor in Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development some of the best minds and companies around the world.”
Minor in Management and Society
Energy and Environment Specialization
Biomedical Specialization

5. Oil and Gas
Engineering
Oil and gas engineering involves the training in technologies and modelling techniques, oversee drilling operations, design
specific to exploration, development and production of oil and gas integrated strategies for primary and improved recovery schemes,
in an economical and environmentally sustainable manner. Oil and design hydrocarbon production and treatment facilities.
and gas engineers evaluate reservoirs using reservoir description
What is the program of study like? Minors and Specializations
Engineers in this field gain a sound understanding of geological Minor in Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development
principles and learn to integrate them with the principles of Minor in Management and Society
energy and mass conservation and thermodynamics. Courses in
reservoir, petroleum production, drilling, well logging and formation
evaluation, well testing, oil field safety and environmental
impacts, improved recovery techniques, and oil and gas treating
processes, provide the basic technologies associated with oil
and gas engineering. Computers play a major role in oil and gas
engineering, to understand the past performance and to predict
the future performance of a given reservoir.
Did You Know? Engineering and fine arts are not
the polar opposites you might expect. In fact, the Schulich
School has an artist in residence to help students develop
their artistic ability and creative skills as an important
tool to help solve problems. Students with musical talents
can join the Schulich Soundstage—a group that plays
instruments together, explores different genres of music,
and puts on public performances.

6. Civil Engineering
The discipline of civil engineering involves the conception, design, buildings and structures. More recently, civil engineers have
construction and maintenance of the civil infrastructure, such as become involved in biomedical projects as well as a variety of
highways, railways, airports, transit systems, bridges, tunnels, environmental challenges that affect existing infrastructure and
parking structures, dams, docks, canals, irrigation schemes, industries.
What is the program of study like?
After the common core program, students begin to select courses
Learn from an Expert
specific to civil engineering such as material properties, project Dr. Lynne Cowe Falls
management and environmental engineering. In the final year, Civil Engineering
students take a full-year design project plus their choice of 18
available option courses. Students can choose to spend one or Dr. Lynne, as she is commonly known, is the director of students
two semesters abroad studying at one of the department’s partner at the Schulich School of Engineering. Even if you are feeling
institutions in Europe, Hong Kong or Australia. swamped with coursework, ALWAYS read her emails. Her tips will
help you not only survive, but thrive. When she’s not with students
on a study-abroad trip to Greece, or organizing a leadership
Minors and Specializations
workshop for you, she is working to improve our roadways. Imagine
Minor in Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development a paved road with no potholes in the spring! Cowe Falls is a leading
Minor in Management and Society pavement expert, helping our roads stand up to Canadian winters.
Minor in Environmental Engineering She is also passionate about your success, not to mention a
Minor in Transportation Engineering creative teacher and great listener. Now that’s paving the road to
Minor in Structural Engineering success.
Biomedical Specialization
Energy and Environment Specialization

7. Electrical Engineering
Electrical engineering concepts are used extensively in
telecommunication, technology, information, imaging and electrical
power systems. Electrical engineers have designed life support
systems used in hospitals, personal communication devices, video
and audio systems, micro sensors, airbags and solar panels used
in space.
What is the program of study like?
FUTURE LEADER
At the outset of the electrical engineering program, students are
introduced to the basic concepts of electric machines, electronic Muhammad Zareef Zahrat
devices, circuits and networks, radio communication, computers,
Everyone calls him by his middle name, Zareef. He came to
and control systems. In the final year, students learn more about
Calgary from Bangladesh, where he was a star student, to study
microelectronics, digital system design, control, power systems,
engineering. “The Schulich School of Engineering provided me
and advanced topics such as digital communication, microwaves
the largest engineering entrance scholarship in Canada. This
and fibreoptics.
has allowed me to focus on studies and be involved in activities
outside of class without worrying about working to finance my
Minors and Specializations university life,” says Zareef. “Also, the Schulich School has
Minor in Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development extensive links with industry, which I believe will help me get a
Minor in Management and Society good internship and employment opportunities.” In his spare
Biomedical Specialization time, Zareef volunteers with organizations to help the homeless.
Energy and Environment Specialization He is also leading a project to develop a robotic vehicle that can
navigate through obstacles and rough terrain on its own. This
intelligent machine will be entered into competitions against other
self-navigating vehicles from the United States and around the
world. Zareef plans to pursue graduate studies and eventually
work in the robotics field.

8. Software Engineering
The increasing dependence of modern civilization on computing maintain computer programs and software systems. Typically, they
devices and systems requires software engineers to put both the will use their computer language and programming skills to analyze
intelligence and reliability into these systems, used in everything and design programs to increase system performance, reliability
from computer games to banking systems. Software engineers and software reuse.
use their specialized knowledge to develop, install, validate and
What is the program of study like? Minor in Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development
Minor in Management and Society
In second year, after the common core program, students begin
Biomedical Specialization
to concentrate on applied math, circuits, programming and
computer architecture. In the final year, students can customize
their program by selecting from a wide range of technical electives
such as graphics, computer and digital systems, computer
communication, networks, information and business systems.
Minors and Specializations
Did You Know? The Devon Academic Resource
Centre provides one-on-one academic assistance to
engineering students. The centre is staffed by faculty and
graduate students who tutor or respond to undergraduate
engineering student questions. The centre also runs
tutorials for some of the larger and more challenging first-
year courses.

9. Geomatics Engineering
Geomatics engineers are the GPS people. This is becoming a Geomatics engineers monitor environmental problems by remote
much-sought area of expertise. Geomatics engineers acquire, sensing, align high-precision industrial machinery, and manage
model, analyze and manage spatially referenced data and apply computer-based information systems for land inventory and
the knowledge generated to a wide variety of applications. management.
What is the program of study like?
The geomatics engineering department is one of only two major LEARN FROM AN EXPERT
departments in Canada and holds a reputation in the areas Dr. Susan Skone
of positioning, location, and navigation that is internationally Geomatics Engineering
recognized. After common core, students begin to select courses
in estimation, geodesy, geospatial information systems, land It’s pretty easy to name the single hottest new technology
tenure, photogrammetry, hydrography, surveying, remote sensing exploding in the online world—GPS. It’s turning up in every
and positioning. A two-week field camp is held to familiarize imaginable mobile device and application and promises to
students with equipment and geomatic techniques. be the next big thing on the web. So it’s got to be accurate.
Meet Susan Skone, who studies the impact of solar storms, or
Minors and Specializations northern lights, on the Global Positioning System (GPS). She
develops methods to reduce their impact on navigation systems
Minor in Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development that can’t afford to go wrong—for example, on airplanes. She’s
Minor in Management and Society also involved on a whole host of other GPS refinements and
Biomedical Specialization uses in areas of climate research and weather prediction. The
Energy and Environment Specialization hub of GPS expertise in Canada is right here at the Schulich
School of Engineering.

10. Mechanical Engineering
The products of the imagination and creativity of mechanical have all been designed, tested, manufactured and maintained
engineers surround us in our everyday lives. The high level of by people versed in mechanical engineering. Even various
comfort in our places of work is ensured by heating, ventilating physiological functions of the human body and improvement of
and air conditioning experts schooled in mechanical engineering athletic performance are of interest to those who specialize in
fundamentals. Cars, trucks, buses, railways, ships, and airplanes biomechanics.
What is the program of study like?
After common core, the mechanical engineering program follows
a prescribed program of courses in thermodynamics, fluid
mechanics, solid mechanics, materials science, and design.
Students in their final year may also choose a mechatronics minor,
which is the combination of mechanical engineering, computer and
control systems technology or the petroleum engineering minor,
which deals with fuel sciences, drilling and offshore applications of
mechanical engineering.
Minors and Specializations
Minor in Manufacturing
Minor in Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development
Minor in Management and Society
Minor in Mechatronics Engineering
Minor in Petroleum Engineering
Biomedical Specialization
Energy and Environment Specialization
FUTURE LEADER
Holliston Logan
Mechanical Engineering with Biomedical specialization
Holliston, in her first year of studies, comes from a large family
with a strong science and engineering interest—her three older
sisters are graduates of the Schulich School of Engineering.
Though her sisters must have passed on good reports about
the program, Holliston was also influenced by eight years in
Cybermentor, an online mentorship program for young girls in
Alberta. “I had the opportunity to be mentored by a variety of very
talented women working in science and engineering.” One of her
earliest mentors was Schulich School of Engineering alumna Laura
Lucier, who now works at mission control in NASA. Holliston plans
to earn a degree in mechanical engineering with a biomedical
specialization.

11. Interdisciplinary
Specializations
When you apply to a specific program at the end of the first year (such as civil or electrical engineering), you may also apply for
a spot in one of two specializations. Space is limited in these specialized programs so students compete for a spot based on
academic performance in first year.
Biomedical help people recover after an injury, grow cells and tissues for
transplantation, design new materials for medical devices, design
The University of Calgary is a national hub of excellence
software and computers for medical applications, and design and
in biomedical engineering, one of the fastest growing engineering
manufacture devices such as pacemakers, artificial joints and
fields.
contact lenses.
In biomedical engineering, engineers apply traditional principles
and analysis to human health and medicine. Biomedical engineers
design machines and instruments to see inside the body,
ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
The energy and environment specialization is the only
undergraduate environmental specialization of its kind in Canada
that deals directly with energy sources.
This specialization provides education and training necessary for
the understanding, avoiding, minimizing (effectively and efficiently),
and solving of industrial challenges in the impact of energy use on
the environment. It prepares high-quality undergraduate students
for careers in engineering that link energy and the environment
through a holistic approach.
Learn from an Expert
Dr. Arin Sen
Biomedical Engineering
Yes, he keeps winning teaching awards. Yes, he still teaches first-
year classes. But he is also a pioneer in stem cell bioengineering.
Stem cell research has been surrounded by controversy because
the “raw material” cells could only be extracted from embryos.
That is changing. Sen is building what is called a bioreactor so
that stem cells can come from adult tissue. The ultimate goal is to
be able to produce enough adult stem cells and their derivatives
to treat conditions such as Parkinson’s disease, osteoarthritis and
heart disorders. Now there’s someone you can learn from.

12. Engineering Internship
This optional program is taken by almost 80 percent of students. Students are encouraged to gain first-hand knowledge of
It offers paid engineering-related work experience of 12 to 16 industry through the internship program. The program offers
months, between the third and fourth years of study. There is exceptional work opportunities and the chance to explore potential
no limit to the number of students accepted into the internship employment after graduation.
program and students get credit on their degree for program
completion.
One year of the internship experience can be used towards the
four required years of engineering experience for the Professional
Engineer (PEng) designation.
While most placements are in Alberta, many students are placed
in other provinces and internationally. At the conclusion of
their internship, students submit written reports based on their
experience. In addition to technical competence, graduates gain Did You Know? The Engineering Students’ Society
a broad array of personal and interpersonal skills and a strong organizes more than 200 events including Frosh Week, Pi
business orientation. Throw, Loonie Walk, Engineering Week, foosball tournaments
and industry activities to help students relieve stress, make
friends, raise money for charity
and get connected.

13. Go How to apply to the U of C’s
Schulich School of Engineering
Of over 2,000 applicants each year, just over 700 are
accepted into first-year engineering. Applicants are
assessed based on the average marks of five required
matriculation (Grade 12) subjects or their equivalents:
English Language Arts
Math
Calculus
Physics
Chemistry
Are you a high school student? What marks do I need?
Students currently in their senior year of high school or those who You’ll have to meet the competitive average for your desired
have recently graduated will be considered for admission based program. Admission averages vary from year to year. Check
on their High School courses. Senior level English (English 30-1 out the admission averages for the previous two years at:
or equivalent) plus four other senior level subjects are required for ucalgary.ca/admissions
admission. For a detailed view of what courses are required for
your specific program and region please visit
Awards and Financial Aid
ucalgary.ca/admissions/high_school
Each year, our undergraduates are awarded over $12 million by the
University of Calgary in scholarships, awards and bursaries ranging
Are you a transfer student? from $500 to $80,000. Some awards require an application while
Students who are completing (or have completed) courses others are automatic based on your final transcript. For more
at another post-secondary institution may be considered for information, please visit ucalgary.ca/awards
admission based on both your Transfer Admission Grade Point
Average and your High School average. You must present the
required high school courses for admission into your desired
program. In addition, some faculties require you to complete
specific post-secondary courses before you can be admitted.
For more information on the transfer student requirements please
visit ucalgary.ca/admissions/transfer_student
Apply online now!
As the first point of contact for prospective students, student
advisors guide your progression from admission to registration.
Make an appointment to see them:
email future.students@ucalgary.ca
phone 1.403.210.ROCK(7625)
ucalgary.ca/admissions

14. Scholarships
The Schulich School of Engineering offers the largest engineering entrance scholarships in Canada.
The Schulich School of Engineering offers approximately Awards offered include:
$1.3 million in scholarships and bursaries to high school students
Seymour Schulich academic
entering their first year. The Dean’s Entrance Award,
excellence scholarships
for example, provides $5,500 to 30 entering students.
• For students outside the Calgary area: up to five scholarships
Students switching from other universities may apply for transfer
of $56,800 ($22,800 in the first year, renewable in years
awards based on academic standing, and in some cases, two and three for $17,000)
financial need.
• For students from the Calgary area: up to 8 scholarships
Note: The number and value of awards is subject to change of $34,200 ($11,400 per year, renewable in years two
each academic year. For the Seymour Schulich awards, the and three)
Calgary area is defined as any location within a 100 kilometre
radius of the city of Calgary. Seymour Schulich community service
and entrepreneurial awards
• For students outside the Calgary area: up to five scholarships
of $56,800 ($22,800 in the first year, and renewable in
years two and three for $17,000)
• For students from the Calgary area: up to 8 scholarships
of $34,200 ($11,400 per year, renewable in years
two and three)
For more information:
schulich.ucalgary.ca/engineering_scholarships

15. Schulich School of Engineering students, supported by the $685,000 Schulich Student Activities Fund, travelled to Crete, Greece for one month
where they studied mathematics along with the history of the Minoan civilization. The Minoans are of special interest to engineering students as
they were among the first people to excel in architecture, water technologies, building materials and construction, ship building and mercantilism.

16. Contact Us
Schulich School of Engineering
schulich.ucalgary.ca
Undergraduate Studies Office
1.403.220.5732
engginfo@ucalgary.ca
Admissions
1.403.210.ROCK(7625)
future.students@ucalgary.ca
ucalgary.ca/admissions