Thank you, this comment was very helpful. I’ll be sure to do co-op if I go to UBC. What about for working in the US or Europe. Does anyone know how a UBC engineering degree stacks up against UW or UF?
Re: working in EU - the Canadian EU Free Trade Agreement will allow you to work in the EU up to 1 year at a time as an independent professional per project - so having the Canadian engineering license will get you to Europe faster.
If all are ABET accredited (i.e., all have a standard Engineering curriclum), then choose on:
- Cost
- Do you like Snow
- Do you like football
- Where do you want to work after you graduate - both for location and preparing for any engineering licenses that may be needed
- Do they have Co-op programs if you want that
- Do they have research for undergraduates if you want that
- Do they have direct-entry for Engineering (not having to go for two years and then apply to the Engineering School)
You can’t really go wrong with any of these
Note that there are mutual recognition agreements between ABET, Engineers Canada, and similar accrediting organizations around the world: http://www.abet.org/global-presence/mutual-recognition-agreements/
You may want to investigate how attending an engineering program accredited by a mutually recognized accrediting organization can affect your employment in various countries of interest.
At UW, you have to apply to specific engineering disciplines and it is not 100% that you will get your first choice major, so don’t count on getting into high demand majors there such as comp sci
@flyrom99 Thanks for telling me something so utterly obvious it’s frankly a little offensive. I do know that you apply to majors at UW, you really don’t need to tell me what I can and can’t do. And for your information, I will count on getting into my high demand major. For all you know I could be Einstein, so don’t make assumptions about people.