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Trottier Institute for Sustainability in Engineering and Design

Trottier Institute for Sustainability in Engineering and Design

Location

Location

  • TISED
  • Lorne M. Trottier Building, Room 2054
  • 3630 University Street
  • Montreal, QC, H3A 2B3
  • Email: tised [at] mcgill.ca
  • Website: mcgill.ca/tised

About TISED

About TISED

Established in 2012 through a gift from the Trottier Family Foundation, TISED supports research and offers courses on sustainability in engineering and design at the Faculty of Engineering, and informs and educates decision-makers and the public about sustainability issues.

TISED's membership comprises tenured and tenure-track professors from across six departments and two schools at the Faculty of Engineering who conduct research related to TISED's research themes:
  • sustainable industrial processes and manufacturing;
  • renewable energy and energy efficiency;
  • sustainable infrastructure and urban development; and
  • climate change adaptation and resilience.
Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) Sustainability in Engineering and Design (Non-Thesis) (45 credits)

TISED offers an M.Eng. in Sustainability in Engineering and Design with a broad sustainability training in an interdisciplinary environment. The program—open to students with an undergraduate degree in engineering, urban planning, or architecture—offers advanced training in fundamental and contemporary concepts of sustainability and equips students with specific skills to understand and address critical sustainability challenges in the practice of engineering, architecture, and urban planning.

The interdisciplinary format of the program allows students to learn to integrate non-engineering disciplines and systems-based approaches, such as industrial ecology and life-cycle assessment, into their engineering and design solutions. Program graduates will understand the broad ramifications of sustainability and its interplay with engineering and design and be able to implement sustainable engineering and design solutions within the context of broader sustainability theory for their future employers in industry, government, or academia.

For more information regarding the program, please consult the TISED website.

Programs, Courses and University Regulations—2023-2024 (last updated Aug. 30, 2023) (disclaimer)

Sustainability in Engineering and Design Admission Requirements and Application Procedures

Sustainability in Engineering and Design Admission Requirements and Application Procedures

Admission Requirements

Admission Requirements

Admission to the program requires an undergraduate degree in engineering, urban planning or architecture (or equivalent) and a minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 3.0 out of a possible 4.0, or a GPA of 3.2 out of a 4.0 in the last two years of full-time studies in the relevant undergraduate program. Applicants whose mother tongue is not English and who have not completed an undergraduate or graduate degree from a recognized foreign institution where English is the language of instruction or from a recognized Canadian institution (anglophone or francophone), need to demonstrate an adequate level of proficiency in English, using one of the following options:
  • TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language; Applicants must achieve an overall minimum score of 94 on the internet-based test (iBT) with a minimum score of 20 for each component (i.e., Writing, Reading, Speaking, Listening); or
  • IELTS (International English Language Testing System); Applicants must achieve a minimum overall band score of 7 in order with a score of at least 6.5 for each component to apply.
In addition, applicants are required to submit:
  • two (2) letters of reference which should comment on the candidate's interest and potential for competence in undertaking the M.Eng, Sustainability in Engineering and Design;
  • a copy of a recent curriculum vitae (CV); and
  • a one (1) page personal statement describing their background, research interests, and/or streams of interest, and reasons for wishing to undertake the proposed program.

Meeting minimum admission standards foes not guarantee admission.

Application Procedure

Application Procedure

Â鶹AV’s online application form for graduate program candidates is available at mcgill.ca/gradapplicants/apply.

See University Regulations & Resources > Graduate > Graduate Â鶹AV and Application Procedures > Application Procedures for detailed application procedures.

Application Dates and Deadlines

Application Dates Deadlines

Application opening dates are set by Enrolment Services in consultation with Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (GPS), while application deadlines are set by the Department of Chemical Engineering and may be revised at any time. Applicants must verify all deadlines and documentation requirements well in advance on the appropriate Â鶹AV departmental website; please consult the list at mcgill.ca/gps/contact/graduate-program.

Information on application deadlines is available at mcgill.ca/gradapplicants/how-apply/application-steps/application-deadlines.

Admission to graduate studies is competitive; accordingly, late and/or incomplete applications are considered only as time and space permit.

Application Deadlines differ for International and Canadian (and Permanent Resident) students to allow time to obtain a visa.

Programs, Courses and University Regulations—2023-2024 (last updated Mar. 29, 2023) (disclaimer)

Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) Sustainability in Engineering and Design (Non-Thesis) (45 credits)

The Master of Engineering in Sustainability in Engineering and Design; Non-Thesis, focuses on the critical sustainability challenges of the 21st century. The program provides students with the opportunity to apply systems-based frameworks and sustainability metrics to analyze problems and design solutions for sustainability in engineering and design. It provides an...

For more information, see Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) Sustainability in Engineering and Design (Non-Thesis) (45 credits).

Faculty of Engineering—2023-2024 (last updated Aug. 30, 2023) (disclaimer)
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