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.
Develop your aerospace skills as you learn about propulsion, aerodynamics, structures, materials, and drone technology. Consider taking advantage of our unique opportunity to obtain your private pilot’s license for course credit or compete internationally with our aero or rocket teams.
Study topics like vehicle handling, vehicle thermal management, innovative powertrain technologies, and participate in hands on learning in the lab. Opportunities abound to design, build, and race a variety of ground vehicles in international competitions.
Apply the principles of material structure and properties to the design, manufacture, and analysis of components across a range of industry sectors, including automotive and aerospace. Includes metals, ceramics, polymers, and composite materials.
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%
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%
The University of Windsor sits on the traditional territory of the Three Fires Confederacy of First Nations, which includes the Ojibwa, the Odawa, and the Potawatomi. We respect the longstanding relationships with First Nations people in this place in the 100-mile Windsor-Essex peninsula and the straits – les détroits – of Detroit.