
Welcome to McMaster Engineering.
Through our Innovation from Excellence strategy, McMaster Engineering facilitates numerous opportunities for our faculty and staff members and students to make an impact locally, nationally and globally.
This strategy enhances our diversity and experiential learning for our students. It improves student retention, professional development, our community and engagement with our city and region. As well, it advances the impact of our research and innovation.
We are proud of the gains we’ve made in several key areas, including hiring more women faculty, launching an innovative joint engineering and health sciences program, offering students more opportunities to create start-ups, decreasing student attrition, bolstering our partnerships with industry and alumni and improving our international reputation.
We continue to hire top faculty members in important research clusters, such as bio-innovation, smart systems and nanotechnologies to meet the big challenges facing our world. Collaboration and interdisciplinary research across campus is a focal point, with new partnerships launched in the areas of smart systems and biomedical research.
We encourage our graduates, faculty members, and staff, as best as they can, to focus on openness, to be unafraid of being pioneers and become among the first to ward off the bad associated with disruptive change.
Our students are educated to recognize that engineers alone will not be able to change the world. We teach our students that diversity of thought and disciplines matters.
Sincerely,
Heather Sheardown, Dean of Engineering and Professor
Our Mission
The Faculty of Engineering at McMaster University is committed to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research and service, and to fostering the quality of academic life.
Our Vision
The Faculty of Engineering at McMaster University will be known internationally as a leader in research and education supporting the development of engineering practices for a sustainable world.
Strategic Priorities: Innovation from Excellence

ATTRACTING TOP STUDENTS Learn More
Recruiting exemplary citizen scholars.
Evidence-based strategies, targeted activities for students with offers and several pipeline programs for youth have contributed to the Faculty’s ability to attract high-performing students.

IMPROVING EQUITY, DIVERSITY & INCLUSION Learn More
Enhancing equality
Diversity drives innovation and enables the Faculty’s global leadership in discovery, education and engagement.

ENHANCING STUDENT RETENTION Learn More
Supporting student success
Our Faculty has continued to improve student retention by strengthening our admissions process and offering current students the support they need to succeed.

COMMUNITY Learn More
Improving climate
Our community goes beyond campus borders, extending to our alumni and key industry and academic partners worldwide.

RESEARCH AND INNOVATION Learn More
Finding innovative solutions
Opportunities for collaboration, discovery and entrepreneurship are embedded into the student experience and our research culture. Our world-class facilities advance research in key areas like bio-innovation, smart systems and nanotechnology.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Learn More
Educating the whole engineer
We partner with alumni, industry and community representatives to offer mentorship, workshops and co-op experiences to undergraduate and graduate students.