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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Why uOttawa engineering?
World-class facilities
Learn from leading researchers in our world-class facilities, state-of-the-art labs, and broad, interdisciplinary collaborations.
Work experience
Build your network through our extensive CO-OP program and our strong connections to industry.
Innovative courses
Work with real clients as early as first year. Our design courses will allow you to solve problems and turn your ideas into reality.
Impactful research
Discover our areas of research and how you can get involved as a undergraduate student.
Clubs, associations and teams
Find your people among our diverse student clubs, associations and competitive teams.
An international experience
Add an international component to your degree.
Experiential learning
Experiential learning
Craft Lab: When Brewing Becomes Experiential Learning
Experiential learning can take on many forms. Two years ago, Professor Andrew Sowinski started working with fourth year engineering students on prelim…
Community
Community
Reflections from Black uOttawa engineering students
Students from the new uOttawa chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) reflect on their experiences in our Faculty and share their th…
Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship
Meet the 2021 MakerLaunch startups
How do you go from an idea to a scalable business model? Find out how the MakerLaunch program helped these three student startups.
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
- 1,700+ knowledge-based companies with 68,000+ employees
- 44+ national and academic research labs
- 90% of Canada’s industrial telecommunications research and development is conducted in Ottawa
- Over $4.7 billion invested in Ottawa technology companies in the last ten years