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Undergraduate studies

Kick start your engineering or computer science career with us.

Make your future at uOttawa engineering

At uOttawa engineering you’ll learn from leading researchers in world-class facilities, including our new STEM Complex.

Whether you want to be a great engineer or a savvy computer scientist, we offer the perfect balance of theory and practice through our extensive Co-op programs, our strong connection to the industry and our dynamic Centre for Entrepreneurship and Engineering Design (CEED).

With our advanced prototyping and manufacturing facilities, competitive teams, entrepreneurial competitions and startup growth programs, we’ll foster your creativity so you can make your future.

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98%

employment rate two years after graduation

Performance indicators, University of Ottawa
500+

projects created annually in our 7 prototyping facilities

93%

of co-op students find internships

Why uOttawa engineering?

Events
Student in race car.
Events

Celebrating Ingenuity: A look at uOttawa Engineering’s largest student event

Creativity and innovation converge at Design Day, the Faculty of Engineering’s largest undergraduate and graduate student event, where students showca…
Facilities
uOttawa IBM Cyber Range.
Facilities

IBM Canada makes uOttawa the home of its first university-based cybersecurity t…

The unique academia / industry partnership will offer immersive cybersecurity response training through highly realistic, simulated cyberattack and cy…
Experiential learning
Victoria Hough next to a Formula One race car.
Experiential learning

Winning Together: Victoria Hough brings uOttawa experiences to Mercedes-AMG Pet…

The 2024 Formula 1 season just opened, and a Gee-Gees electrical engineering student has inside access to one of the world's top teams. Victoria Hough…

Ottawa is the place to be for engineers

  • #1 Most technology-intensive city in Canada
  • #1 Highest concentration of scientists and engineers in Canada, and #2 in North America after Silicon Valley
  • The region is recognized for excellence in research and innovation, according to Invest Ottawa and the Trade Commissioner Service
  • 2,000+ knowledge-based companies with 77,000+ employees
  • 44+ national and academic research labs
  • Over $4.7 billion invested in Ottawa technology companies in the last ten years
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada