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Waterloo attracts excellent graduate students from around the world who are successful in obtaining top academic or industrial positions upon completion of their degrees. The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering offers graduate programs that lead to a degree in Civil Engineering. These programs are generally offered through full-time attendance though some are available through part-time study. Admission to the MASc and PhD programs are accepted each term; however, admission to the MEng program is restricted to the Fall term.
The deadlines to submit a complete application for Canadian/Permanent residents students, are March 1st for Spring term, July 1st for Fall term and November 1st for Winter term. The deadlines to submit a complete application, for international students, are January 6th for Spring term, May 1st for Fall term and September 1st for Winter term.
Note: Admission to the MEng program is generally restricted to the fall term (September).
Canadian and Permanent Resident applicants are responsible for ensuring that they allow adequate processing time; at least 6-8 weeks prior to admission date. International students are advised to apply at least 6-8 months prior to admission date in order to allow adequate processing time for their Student Visa authorizations.
Complete application details can be reviewed at the Graduate Admissions Application Procedures webpage. Applications are completed on-line at the Graduate Studies On-line Application webpage.
Students who have obtained their prior degrees from Countries other than Canada should review the minimum equivalent qualification information in the Admission Guide for International Applicants.
When applying to the MASc or PhD Civil Engineering Graduate Program you must state on the application one or two areas of specialization from the following list:
A processing fee of $100 CDN (or equivalent $US funds) will be required for each application.
Admission decisions cannot be made until a completed application package has been received by the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Applicants seeking admission to the MEng Program must be a graduate of a four-year honours Bachelor’s degree program of a Canadian University (or equivalent) in engineering or a related discipline such as Architecture, Geography, Urban Planning or Earth Sciences and must have achieved a minimum overall average of 75% (B) in the last two-years of their Bachelor’s Degree with above average ranking on their letters of reference.
In addition, the applicant is required to demonstrate competency in English unless an applicant has completed three or more years of post-secondary work at a Canadian institution at which English was the language of instruction, or has been employed for a similar period of time in a position in which English was the language of business. A score of 550 minimum overall score with a minimum of 50 in each section, plus 4.0 minimum for the TWE; or Computer-based minimum overall score of 213, plus 4.0 minimum for the Essay; or Internet-based minimum overall score of 80 with minimum section scores of 22 in Writing, 20 in Speaking, 20 in Reading and 18 in Listening. Please see General Admission Requirements.
Please review all the application requirements and instructions in detail at the Graduate Admissions Application Procedures webpage.
Admission to the MEng program is generally restricted to the fall term (September). The suggested application deadline is July 1st. Admission decisions will be made in May. The Civil Engineering MEng program is open to Canadian and Permanent Residents only; it is not available to Visa students.
The
MEng is a course work degree. Consequently, MEng students are not assigned a
research supervisor.
Applicants seeking admission to the MASc Program must be graduates of a four-year honours Bachelor’s degree program of a Canadian University (or equivalent) in engineering or a related discipline such as Architecture, Geography, Urban Planning and Earth Sciences and must have achieved a minimum overall average of 75% (B) in last 2-years of their Bachelor’s Degree with above average ranking on their letters of reference.
In addition, the applicant is required to demonstrate competency in English unless an applicant has completed three or more years of post-secondary work at a Canadian institution at which English was the language of instruction, or has been employed for a similar period of time in a position in which English was the language of business. A score of 550 minimum overall score with a minimum of 50 in each section, plus 4.0 minimum for the TWE; or Computer-based minimum overall score of 213, plus 4.0 minimum for the Essay; or Internet-based minimum overall score of 80 with minimum section scores of 22 in Writing, 20 in Speaking, 20 in Reading and 18 in Listening. Please see General Admission Requirements.
The deadlines to submit a complete application, for Canadian/Permanent residents students, are March 1st for Spring term, July 1st for Fall term and November 1st for Winter term. The deadlines to submit a complete application, for international students, are January 6th for Spring term, May 1st for Fall term and September 1st for Winter term.
Please review all the application requirements and instructions in detail at the Graduate Admissions Application Procedures webpage.
Admission to the MASc program also requires that a faculty member in the department is able and willing to act as a research supervisor. Faculty members in the area of specialization indicated by the student on the application form review each application. A faculty member's willingness to supervise a student depends on many factors including: the current number of students the faculty member is supervising, background and academic record of the student, whether or not the applicant requires funding, financial resources available to faculty member, etc. In the event that no faculty member is willing to supervise an applicant, admission will be denied.
Applicants seeking admission to the Ph.D. Program must demonstrate an excellence of background preparation and academic achievement in prior degrees. The possession of a relevant thesis-based Master’s degree with an average of 80% (A-) is a usual requirement. Applicants must also have demonstrated an ability (Master's research thesis, published scientific/technical papers, etc.) to formulate and solve research problems.
In addition, the applicant is required to demonstrate competency in English unless an applicant has completed three or more years of post-secondary work at a Canadian institution at which English was the language of instruction, or has been employed for a similar period of time in a position in which English was the language of business. A score of 550 minimum overall score with a minimum of 50 in each section, plus 4.0 minimum for the TWE; or Computer-based minimum overall score of 213, plus 4.0 minimum for the Essay; or Internet-based minimum overall score of 80 with minimum section scores of 22 in Writing, 20 in Speaking, 20 in Reading and 18 in Listening. Please see General Admission Requirements.
The deadlines to submit a complete application, for Canadian/Permanent residents students, are March 1st for Spring term, July 1st for Fall term and November 1st for Winter term. The deadlines to submit a complete application, for international students, are January 6th for Spring term, May 1st for Fall term and September 1st for Winter term.
Please review all the application requirements and instructions in detail at the Graduate Admissions Application Procedures webpage.
Admission to the PhD program also requires that a faculty member in the department is able and willing to act as a research supervisor. Faculty members in the area of specialization indicated by the student on the application form review each application. A faculty member's willingness to supervise a student depends on many factors including: the current number of students the faculty member is supervising, background and academic record of the student, whether or not the applicant requires funding, financial resources available to faculty member, etc. In the event that no faculty member is willing to supervise an applicant, admission will be denied.
There is a broad range of graduate courses offered by the
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
The following courses will be offered once every Fall-Winter-Spring
cycle:
Environmental and Water Resources Engineering
Aquatic Chemistry (CIVE 671) (Emelko/Huck/Parker)
Mathematical Methods (CIVE 673) (Craig/Sykes/Thomson)
Physical Chemical Processes (CIVE 670) (Emelko/Huck/Parker)
Surface Water: Theory and Modelling (CIVE 681) (Annable/Soulis)
Water Management (CIVE 680) (Burn/Tolson)
Geotechnical Engineering
Numerical Applications in Geomechanics (CIVE 653) (Cascante)
Structures, Mechanics, and Construction Engineering
Engineering Risk and Reliability (CIVE 601) (Pandey/Xie)
Prestressed Concrete (CIVE 602) (Soudki/West)
Finite Element Analysis (CIVE 611) (Brodland/Polak)
Advanced Structural Steel Design (CIVE 604) (Walbridge/Xu)
Advanced Project Management (CIVE 710)
(Haas/Hegazy)
Transportation Engineering
Fundamentals of Traffic Flow Theory (CIVE 643) (Casello, Fu, Hellinga)
Urban Transportation Planning Models (CIVE 640) (Casello, Fu, Saccomanno)
Students should check with the Civil and Environmental Engineering graduate office to see when the other courses listed in the graduate calendar will be offered. Students may also select graduate
courses offered by other departments in the
Faculty of Engineering,
and from other department across campus (e.g.,
Biology,
Earth Sciences,
Planning, and
Geography).
The current fee schedule can be found at the
Graduate Studies - Fees webpage.
Internal Financial Support:
Students that are admitted to the MASc or PhD programs may receive financial support from their research supervisor, the Department, and/or the Faculty of Engineering.
Financial support from the research supervisor is called a Graduate Research Studentship or an GRS. GRS support is provided by the supervisor's own research funds. Students receiving financial support in the form of an GRS are expected to participate in research with their designated supervisor. Full GRS support for a MASc student is in the amount of $16,500 per year and for a PhD student it is $19,650.00 per year.
http://www.grad.uwaterloo.ca/students/prospective/funding.asp
Financial support from the Department is available in the form of Teaching Assistantships (TA) and/or Course Assistantships (CA). Students are eligible to apply for a TA or a CA beginning in their second term of study. Students awarded a TA or CA are required to assist a faculty member with the delivery of an undergraduate course (e.g. marking assignments, running tutorials, conducting labs, etc.) TAs are expected to work approximately 150 hours over the course of the term. CAs are expected to work approximately 75 hours over the course of the term. Students receive approximately $2,942 for a TA and approximately $1,471 for a CA.
Financial support from the Faculty of Engineering (FOE) is available in the form of scholarships. Each term, a limited number of FOE scholarships are awarded to MASc and PhD students who demonstrate excellence through publication of scientific papers and maintaining high grades in graduate courses taken for credit.
External Financial Support:
Provided that an applicant meets the minimum requirements, a number of external financial assistantships and scholarships are also available, such as, NSERC, OGS, OGSST, IGSS and the University of Waterloo President's Graduate Scholarship. For more details refer to the Graduate Studies - Scholarships webpage.
Associate Chairman of Graduate Studies: Dr. Donald H. Burn
Graduate Administrative Coordinator: Sara Stewart
Graduate Administrative Coordinator: Lorraine Quast
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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