Environmental Engineering

Program Overview & Highlights

Co-op Available
Honours 4-Year Program
Professional Designation Possible: PEng (Professional Engineer)
BASc

Ours was the first environmental engineering degree program in Canada and we’ve been leading the way ever since. In this comprehensive program, you’ll get exposure to all aspects of the field — air, water, waste, site remediation, sustainability, and more. Recent additions to the program include courses in life-cycle thinking, climate change adaptation, and migration.

UWindsor is home to the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, giving students the opportunity for collaboration between science and engineering. We have a low faculty-to-student ratio and the resources to set you up for success.

Small classes, for a hands-on experience to motivate your career.

Co-op is available for both civil and environmental engineering – four years to complete (48 months or four full calendar years), which includes three co-op work terms

Broad variety of streams available.

Learn More About Our Program

89.6%

Employment rate of graduates¹

¹ Two Years after Graduation (OUGS Engineering, 2020)

$2.18 Million

in undergraduate scholarships offered yearly²

² In the Faculty of Engineering

Admission Requirements

High School Student from Canada

Course Requirements: Advanced Functions/MHF4U, Chemistry/SCH4U, Physics/SPH4U, English/ENG4U.
Strongly Recommended: Calculus & Vectors/MCV4U
Minimum Average: 74% (74% average of all math and science courses except Biology/SBI4U)
Mean Average: 87%

High School Student from Outside Canada and the United States (International)

Course Requirements: Grade 12 Advanced Functions, Grade 12 Chemistry, Grade 12 Physics. Grade 12 English.
Strongly Recommended: Grade 12 Calculus & Vectors
Minimum Average: 74% (74% average of all math and science courses except Grade 12 Biology)
Mean Average: 82%

Career Tracks

Biological engineer
Biological engineer, Consultant
Design engineer
EHS manager
Energy resources manager
Environmental engineer
Environmental hyeogeologist
Facility manager
GIS modeler
Industry trainer
Infrastructure engineer
Operations director
Policy analyst
Professor
Project manager
Quality assurance supervisor
Research coordinator
Teacher
Water plant manager
Water resources engineer

Related Programs

Environmental Science

Environmental Studies

General Engineering

Plan Your Program

Term: Fall 2025

Important Notes

If you did not take Calculus and Vectors (MCV4U) in high school, please identify yourself to the WINONE Office for First-Year Engineering by sending an email to WINONE@uwindsor.ca. After review, you will likely be enrolled in alternate math courses.

Required Course Notes

Students entering all four-year undergraduate engineering programs will be automatically enrolled for the following five required courses:

GENG 1101
GENG 1102
MATH 1270
MATH 1720
PHYS 1400

Required Courses

GENG 1102: Engineering Graphics

GENG 1101: Engineering I

MATH 1270: Linear Algebra (Engineering)

This course will cover linear systems, linear transformations, matrix algebra, determinants, vectors in Rn, dot product, orthogonalization, diagonalization, eigenvectors and eigenvalues, in the context of and with an emphasis on a broad range of applications in Science and Engineering. (Prerequisite: MATH-1280 or both Ontario Grade 12 Advanced Functions (MHF4U) and Calculus and Vectors (MCV4U)) (Antirequisite: MATH-1250, or MATH-1260.) (3 lectures hours, 1 tutorial hour per week.)

MATH 1720: Differential Calculus

This course will cover trigonometric functions and identities, inverse trigonometric functions, limits and continuity, derivatives and applications, mean value theorem, indeterminate forms and l’Hôpital’s rule, antiderivatives and an introduction to definite integrals. This course is for students who have taken both Ontario Grade 12 Advanced Functions (MHF4U) and Ontario Grade 12 Calculus and Vectors (MCV4U). Students who do not have credit for MCV4U should take MATH-1760. (Prerequisites: Ontario Grade 12 Advanced Functions (MHF4U) and Ontario Grade 12 Calculus and Vectors (MCV4U) or MATH-1780.) (Antirequisite: MATH-1760.) (3 lecture hours, 1 tutorial hour per week.)

PHYS 1400: Introductory Physics I

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