Mechanical Engineering

Program Overview & Highlights

Co-op Available
Honours 4-Year Program
BASc

Begin your journey to an exciting career in mechanical engineering by developing a solid foundation in machine design, CAD, and thermos fluids with specializations in automotive, aerospace, manufacturing, and materials engineering. The faculty promotes connections with industry through projects, courses, and workplace co-op opportunities. Mechanical engineering includes two broad areas of study: thermofluids (which involves heat and power) and solid mechanics (designing mechanical parts, determining the forces on those parts during operation, and analyzing their performance as part of larger machines and systems).

You can choose to stay in the general mechanical stream and customize your senior level courses across available options or choose one of the following: Aerospace, Automotive, Materials.

Specializations & Streams

Aerospace

Automotive

Materials

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

Variety of options to tailor the program to your interests, and still finish with a mechanical engineering degree.

Students have a general first year, then can pick their engineering specialization in a 1:17 faculty to student ratio.

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Over $2.18 Million

in undergraduate scholarships offered annually

89.6%

employment rate of graduates¹

¹ Two Years after Graduation (OUGS Engineering, 2020)

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: 87%

Career Tracks

Automotive/aerospace engineer
Materials development specialist
Manufacturing engineer
Mining engineer
Automation systems designer
R&D manager
Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems design
Automotive product design and development
Aerospace product design and development
Manufacturing
Mining

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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 1101: Engineering I

GENG 1102: Engineering Graphics

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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Program Overview & Highlights

Specializations & Streams

Learn More About Our Program

Admission Requirements

High School Student from Canada

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

Career Tracks

Related Programs

Plan Your Program

Term: Fall 2025

Important Notes

Required Course Notes

Required Courses

GENG 1101: Engineering I

GENG 1102: Engineering Graphics

MATH 1270: Linear Algebra (Engineering)

MATH 1720: Differential Calculus

PHYS 1400: Introductory Physics I

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Connect With Mechanical Engineering

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