Clubs, Groups & Teams

The McMaster Engineering Hockey Club makes playing hockey accessible for every McMaster Engineering student. The club organizes teams of all levels to compete in McMaster intramurals, so that students can have an accessible and fun exercise opportunity! 

The McMaster Engineering Welcome Week Rep Team is the group responsible for welcoming the incoming class of Engineering, BTech, iBioMed, and Computer Science students each Fall. Colloquially known as the Redsuits due to their bright red coveralls, these reps have the responsibility of demonstrating the inclusive annd supportive community that Mac Eng has to offer. 

At McMaster Engineers Without Borders (EWB), we bring people and ideas together to identify and eliminate the root causes of poverty and inequity. We pride ourselves on our commitment to developing leaders with the skills and perspectives essential to creating sustainable social (systematic) change in local, national, and international communities.

Global Engineering Brigades provides an all-inclusive model to sustain infrastructure and proper health in Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama and Ghana by designing and implementing water pipelines for rural communities. McMaster is a chapter of Global Engineering Brigades, an international movement of university students working alongside local communities and technicians to implement clean water systems in the developing world. 

The goal of MacSER is to represent and support undergraduate Engineering.researchers  In partnership with the Faculty of Engineering and the Engineering Graduate Society (EGS) amongst other collaborators, our society focuses on three essential components of an innovative engineering researcher that is well equipped for the challenges of tomorrow: learning, connection, and growth. We fulfill these goals through year-round events that focus on increasing awareness of research opportunities, connecting students with peers and faculty, and providing professional development resources to students.

The goal of McMaster EngiQueers is to increase the visibility, comfort and engagement of LGBTQ+ students and their allies within the Faculty of Engineering. The students host events for fun/socialization and for pride. The club also now organizes the I.D.E.A conference in collaboration with NSBE and WiE, which occurs around January each year.

The National Society of Black Engineers is a student run non-profit organization with the mission statement “to increase the number of culturally responsible Engineers who excel academically, succeed professionally and positively impact the community”. NSBE McMaster promotes and encourages the involvement of minorities in STEM fields through multiple events and opportunities for students to build up their skills and gain the necessary experience to become a leader in their community.

The McMaster Women in Engineering Society is a group of undergraduate students focused on creating a community where female-identified students feel empowered and supported throughout their education, as well as providing them with opportunities to network with other students and grow as individuals.

MEC is an annual student-run competition organized by the McMaster Engineering Society (MES) in partnership with the McMaster Faculty of Engineering. Every year, MEC brings together the best and brightest engineering students across all years and disciplines. MEC is an excellent opportunity for students to gain practical experience in all facets of engineering, including both technical and transferrable skills. This competition is meant to encourage students to be resourceful and creative in high-pressure situations in order to solve complex problems. In 2021, the competition will be entirely virtually, eliminating barriers to participation and prioritizing the health and safety of all competitors, as we focus on our inspiring theme: “Engineering a Better World”.

Hosted by the McMaster Design League, Designathon is a weekend-long competition where students tackle a selection of design problems using computer-aided design (CAD) and 3D printing tools.

DeltaHacks is McMaster's annual student-run "hackathon for change". Our focus is to encourage students to combine programming knowledge with the intent to create something that has a positive impact on the world, aligning with tracks of impact such as energy and the environment, health and wellness, inequality and education. With over 600 students selected from the top Universities in Canada and industry leaders in attendance, each DeltaHacks is a unique experience designed for novices and experienced developers alike. Participants can expect a weekend full of collaboration, presentations, learning, amazing prices, and innovation with a side of pure awesome!

The McMaster Consulting Team is a team of 4 sent to the Engineering Commerce Case Competition. The competition is an annual consulting case competition hosted by Concordia University, entailing three cases created by 3 different major companies (such as L3 Harris and Bombardier) and are judged by company employees and other industry professionals.

The Forge is a business incubator funded by McMaster University, serving novel and scalable startups in the Hamilton, Greater Toronto and Niagara Regions. Launched in 2015, The Forge works hands-on with entrepreneurs to develop their business ideas from ideation and validation to growth. The Forge is sector agnostic and offers cohort-based programming. Clients receive expert mentorship, non-dilutive seed funding, investor introductions, office space, entrepreneurial workshops, access to a well-equipped makerspace and numerous services to ensure success. No equity is taken in the startups supported by The Forge.

Major League Hacking (MLH) is the official student hackathon league. They put together a list of some of the largest and most diverse student hackathons in the world. Have a look! 

Dream, Inspire, Achieve. Mac DECA U's goal it to foster a platform of opportunity for the business leaders of tomorrow by immersing them into an engaging competitive network of ambitious and passionate students that inspires each other's success through conference and competition.

The McMaster Consulting Association promotes Consulting as a career path to students of all faculties at the university. Their goals include raising awareness of the profession, as well as preparing members through various events and initiatives, to succeed and excel in the industry.

McMaster Model United Nations houses a big community of students that plan or engage with: Internal MUN "in-houses"/mock debates and workshops, speakers and other special events that are in tune with values and topics related to MUN, the annual MACMUN Conference, as well as sending teams or "delegations" of McMaster students to external conferences hosted by other universities or organizations in order to represent our university and club.

MUAAC aims to unite undergraduate students with a common passion for astronomy, regardless of field of study with astronomy-based resources on campus and highlight astronomical research at McMaster and abroad.

CCGHR McMaster is a student led initiative designed to foster research and networking in global health among university students across all disciplines and all levels of study. CCGHR hosts events such as workshops, career nights, and the Annual Global Health Forum, which is a collaboration between multiple universities.

The iGEM McMaster team works to solve problems in the synthetic biology field and bring their project to the annual iGEM competition to compete against other schools from around the world.

RGI McMaster is a branch of RGI, a non-profit organization that provides patients with rare genetic disorders access to research technologies and researchers across the globe. The RGI McMaster team works with researchers, professors, and patients to achieve this through several focus areas, including scientific advocacy, community engagement, scientific publications, and outreach.

The club is a chapter of the Global Society for Genetics and Genome Biology, which aims at offering exciting opportunities to learn about the field of Genetics through our regular events. Career Nights, Study Sessions, Fundraisers, and Publication Workshops are hosted by the club, where students get to network with the invited guest speakers and the executive team.

The mandate of the McMaster Public Health Association (MPHA) is to raise awareness about the field of public health, as well as to provide new opportunities to undergraduate students, allowing them to be represented at the local, national, and international level.

Mac Ethics aims to bring events to the McMaster community that stimulate discussion of different perspectives on wide-ranging ethical topics and to promote awareness of existing ethical issues.