The engineering program at Memorial is accredited by the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board of the Canadian Council of Professional Engineers. Students successfully completing term VIII are eligible for designation as professional engineers following a period of work-related experience. The qualification of 'Professional Engineer' is a legal requirement to practice engineering in Canada. The cold rooms are used to determine the properties of ice such as that found in ice bergs and bergy bits. The labs are supported by a large machine shop.
Mechanical students have their own small machine shop.
Finally a short drive from Memorial is the Marine Institute. This houses a state of the art ship simulator and a flume tank for testing things like fishing gear in currents. Memorial has access to all of these facilities. It requires a lot of hard work. However, at any point in time, some of the brightest young people in Newfoundland can be found at Memorial.