page_title: University of Toronto Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering
section_title: Academics
hierarchical_section_title: University of Toronto Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering / Academics
caption_attribution_description: English: Sundial at the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, University of Toronto
context_page_description: The Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering is an academic division of the University of Toronto devoted to study and research in engineering. Founded in 1873 as the School of Practical Science, it is still known today by the longtime nickname of Skule. The faculty is based primarily across 16 buildings on the southern side of the university campus in Downtown Toronto, in addition to operating the Institute for Aerospace Studies facility. The faculty administers undergraduate, master's and doctoral degree programs, as well as a dual-degree program with the Rotman School of Management.
context_section_description: There are 5,090 undergraduate students and 1,842 graduate students enrolled in the faculty, with 43,000 living Skule alumni worldwide. The undergraduate programs are conducted by the departments of chemical, civil, computer, electrical, industrial, materials, mechanical, and mineral engineering. The faculty awards Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc) degrees for all undergraduate engineering programs, with the exception of the Engineering Science program, in which a Bachelor of Applied Science in Engineering Science is awarded. The faculty also offers graduate degrees, including a course based Master of Engineering (MEng) and thesis based Master of Applied Science (MASc) and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD).
  Courses in several majors overlap: the electrical engineering curriculum shares courses with the computer engineering curriculum in the first two years, while chemical engineering shares a set of courses with the environmental engineering option of the civil engineering department. The undergraduate engineering science program consists of courses from a broad range of departments and places greater emphasis on theory than in a traditional engineering curriculum. In the final two years of the program, each student specializes in one of several concentration options, including biomedical engineering, aerospace engineering, and nanotechnology.
  The faculty requires undergraduate students to accumulate 600 hours of engineering work experience, commonly obtained through employment in between academic terms. Students may also choose to participate in a paid internship program called the Professional Experience Year, which involves employment at an engineering company for a period of 12 to 16 months. The Jeffrey Skoll program allows engineering students to earn a bachelor's degree in engineering from the faculty followed by a Master of Business Administration degree from the Rotman School of Management.
  Admissions standards are specific to each department, and the faculty had an entry average of 93.7%. In 2010-2011, Engineering Science had an entry average of 93%, and averages have been increasing yearly since then.
  Departments
  Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry (Chem)
  Department of Civil and Mineral Engineering (Civ/Min)
  The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE)
  Department of Materials Science & Engineering (MSE)
  Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering (MIE)
  Divisions
  Division of Engineering Science (EngSci)
  Division of Environmental Engineering & Energy Systems (DEEES)
  Specialized institutes
  University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS)
  Institute of Biomedical Engineering (BME)
  Affiliated research institutes and centres
  BioZone
  Centre for Advanced Coating Technologies (CACT)
  Centre for Advanced Diffusion-Wave Technologies (CADIFT)
  Centre for Advanced Nanotechnology Centre for Global Engineering (CGEN)
  Centre for Maintenance Optimization & Reliability Engineering (C-MORE)
  Centre for Management of Technology & Entrepreneurship (CMTE)
  Centre for Research in Healthcare Engineering (CRHE)
  Centre for the Resilience of Critical Infrastructure (RCI)
  Centre for Technology & Social Development Emerging Communications Technology Institute (ECTI)
  Identity, Privacy & Security Institute (IPSI)
  Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering (ILead)
  Institute for Multidisciplinary Design & Innovation (UT-IMDI)
  Institute for Optical Sciences Institute for Robotics & Mechatronics (IRM)
  Institute for Sustainable Energy (ISE)
  Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Centre & Test Bed
  Lassonde Institute of Mining
  Pulp & Paper Centre
  Southern Ontario Centre for Atmospheric Aerosol Research (SOCAAR)
  Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular & Biomolecular Research
  Ontario Centre for the Characterisation of Advanced Materials (OCCAM)
caption: Sundial at the engineering precinct
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