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Ranked as one of the world's top engineering schools, the Faculty of Engineering plays a significant role in helping McMaster University earn its reputation as one of Canada’s most innovative universities. Our focus on experiential, problem-based learning and our interdisciplinary approach to collaboration results in smarter insights, ground-breaking ideas, and greater optimism.

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Founded in 1887, McMaster University is one of only four Canadian universities ranked among the top 80 in the world by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings for 2022. Home to more than 70 research centres and institutes, McMaster is comprised of six faculties: the DeGroote School of Business, and the Faculties of Engineering, Health Sciences, Humanities, Science, and Social Sciences. Named Canada’s most research-intensive university in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 by Research Infosource, McMaster is dedicated to teaching, learning and service. With a student population of more to 36,000, McMaster welcomes students from 120 countries as well as Canada.

McMaster has a vision to achieve international distinction for creativity, innovation and excellence as a research-intensive, student-centred university. In committing to that vision, we are also focused on the promotion of inclusive excellence, recognizing the critical role that diversity of identity, background and perspective play in harnessing creativity and innovation, and the importance of building inclusive and collegial teams within our community.

McMaster Engineering has a reputation for innovative programs, cutting-edge research, leading faculty, and aspiring students.  With over 190 faculty members, along with approximately 7,300 undergraduate and 1,200 graduate students, we have earned a strong reputation as a centre for academic excellence and innovation.  Discover more of what McMaster Engineering and the Hamilton area have to offer academic professionals and their families by reviewing our Information Guide highlighting our research excellence, family-friendly resources and rich local culture.  Opportunities for continuous personal and professional growth are also made available through our Faculty’s Fireball Academy and the MacPherson Institute. 

At McMaster, there is transformative work being undertaken to ensure inclusive excellence in the recruitment and retention of faculty that have been underrepresented across all academic disciplines, which is articulated in McMaster’s EDI Strategy: Towards Inclusive Excellence and reinforced in the President’s recent letter to the community.

As part of this transformative work, we’re expanding our recruitment of Black faculty and inviting applications from those who self-identify as Black for a second cohort hiring of up to six tenure-track positions at the rank of Assistant Professor. 

The positions will be filled across multiple departments within the Faculty and will be located on the main university campus to begin July 1, 2022. The deadline for applications is Friday, January 7, 2022.

This is the first opportunity listed under our current opportunities tab on our Faculty Recruitment page.

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We support female students of many ages in a variety of ways, from camp programs, clubs, conferences and scholarships for elementary and high school students. Through programs such as career exploration and the experiential learning event Go ENG Girl and others, young girls learn how engineering and science can affect our daily lives for the better.

McMaster Engineering faculty members, many of them women, mentor prospective and current students through speed mentoring, networking and other programs. As well, about half of our women engineering students act as ambassadors on campus and offer peer-to-peer support, for instance through the Big Sister Little Sister program.

In 2019-20, 35% of first-year McMaster Engineering students identified as women, a 15.5% increase over the last five years.

The Women in Engineering Committee is comprised of female faculty members who meet to discuss issues of importance, such as gender parity, how to support young female engineers and to support one another.  The committee inspires, mentors and supports women to succeed in engineering.

They ensure that faculty members are involved as role models in all outreach activities and always show strong support in recruiting the next generation of young women who will change the world (and get great jobs). They help with mentoring young women who are currently enrolled in engineering studies through a variety of events.

Finally, they work to improve success for female engineering faculty members in our university and others by providing peer mentoring opportunities and hosting workshops.

The Faculty of Engineering is home to 20 major research centres and institutes that house world-class equipment, which are operated by leading experts in their fields. Our students are trained in these facilities, which enables them to enter the workforce with expertise in the latest technologies. In keeping with our collaborative approach, our facilities are also used by faculty members across the University, by the government, and the private sector. 

Our researchers and students also have access to other research centres and institutes across the University, such as the Nuclear Reactor, Brockhouse Institute for Materials Research, and the Brain-Body Institute. 

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