Bioresource Engineering

3.5 years (113 credits)

Our program is accredited by the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB): graduates automatically qualify for membership in the Ordre des Ingénieurs du Québec (after meeting various conditions such as passing the French language test, paying some appropriate fees, etc.). This corresponds directly to \Professional Engineer\" status in other Canadian provinces and Territories, as well as various states of the US.

Bioresource Engineering is an interdisciplinary program that integrates engineering, design and the biological sciences. It is a unique profession that applies engineering principles to the enhancement and sustainability of the world’s natural resources. Bioresource Engineers seek solutions to problems that involve plants, animals and the environment.

Bioresource Engineering includes the design, construction, operation, maintenance, remediation and upgrading of systems that contain biological components.

This also includes the design of many of the technological constructions that are part of such systems. Thus, Bioresource Engineering includes quite a few sub-disciplines, which are linked because of their biological orientation.

Five Optional Career Streams of Concentration

We fully recognize that no one can be an expert on everything. By choosing specific course sets, you can concentrate more on some aspects of Bioresource Engineering than on others. We have five optional* career streams of focus in the undergraduate program:

1-BioEnvironmental Engineering
2-Soil and Water Engineering
3-Ecological Engineering
4-Food and Bioprocess Engineering
5-Agricultural Engineering

*A student is not required to choose from one of the five optional career streams. All students following the Bioresource Engineering degree will graduate with a BEng. Bioresource upon successful completion of all required courses.