As the world’s population grows, so does our need for food, renewable energy, and biomaterials. In this program, you’ll learn how to connect natural sciences and engineering design to optimize our use of biological resources while protecting the environment.
Your courses will include lectures, problem-solving sessions, hands-on labs, and other experiential learning activities. In some courses, you’ll visit relevant industrial sites. Most of your courses will be offered on º«¹úÂãÎè'sÌýMacdonald Campus, but at least one semester of courses will be taken on the Downtown Campus.
This is a professional engineering program, fully accredited by Engineers Canada as satisfying the academic requirements for registration in the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec (OIQ), as well as Canadian, American and many international engineering associations.
Your courses
In theÌýBachelor of Engineering (Bioresource)Ìýprogram,Ìýyou’ll follow a core set of engineering courses (62 credits), as well as 51 credits of complementary engineering, natural science, and social sciences classes, which you can choose based on your interests. Students can also enroll in an Honours program and pursue several minors.
Streams
In the Bioresource Engineering program, you can choose to follow one of three streams:
Bio-Environmental Engineering
Focus on knowledge of soil and water engineering, ecological engineering, organic waste management, and related topics essential for humanity’s sustainable development, resilience to climate change, and other contemporary challenges.
Bio-Process Engineering
Bio-Production Engineering (with Professional Agrology option)
Complementing the legacy of the agricultural engineering profession, this stream explores new realities of smart farming, controlled production systems, and emerging bio-production processes.
A Professional Agrology Option is available for students interested in obtaining agrology licensing through the Ordre des Agronomes du Québec (OAQ) [Order of Agrologists of Quebec].
Membership in the OAQ is also possible through the B.Sc. (Ag.Env.Sc.) program with anÌýAgricultural EconomicsÌý´Ç°ù Agricultural EconomicsÌýmajor.
Career paths
Graduates of our Bioresource Engineering program can obtain professional engineering (PEng) licensing in all Canadian provinces. As a licensed PEng, you can pursue a career in many areas, including:
- Biofuel and bioenergy engineering
- Ecological and environmental engineering
- Food process engineering
- Machinery design
- Organic waste management engineering
- Post-harvest technologies
- Water resource management engineering
Internships & research
Following your study plan, you can gain essential hands-on experience through undergraduate research and internships, as well as clubs. Our students have been:
- Working for the UN Food Program
- Interning on urban rooftop farms in Washington, DC
- Joining Engineers Without Borders projects in rural Africa
- Developing new soil moisture sensors and bee smokers
- Integrating food production systems with the Canadian Space Agency
- Working on agricultural robotics design
AÌýBachelor's degreeÌýis an undergraduate degree that normally takes 3 to 4 full-time years of study to complete, depending on the student’s previous education system.
If you are applying from high school (outside of Quebec's CEGEP system), you cannot apply directly to this major. You must apply to the associatedÌýFoundation YearÌýprogram.