<p>Would there be any major issues with licensing or accreditation for someone who studied engineering in Canada but wants to work in the US?</p>
<p>In particular my DS is interested in the Mechatronics Engineering program at the University of Waterloo. They say "The degree, a Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc) in Mechatronics Engineering, is accredited by the CEAB."</p>
<p>He has joint US and Canadian citizenship, so he could take co-op jobs in either country.</p>
<p>ABET and CEAB have a mutual recognition agreement:
[ABET</a> - Engineering: Engineers Canada Bilateral Mutual Recognition Agreement](<a href=“http://www.abet.org/engineering-mra-engineers-canada/]ABET”>http://www.abet.org/engineering-mra-engineers-canada/)</p>
<p>Thanks ucbalumnus!</p>
<p>With joint citizenship I think Canadian schools are a great bargain. Maybe look into U Toronto, UBC, U Alberta, and McMaster too.</p>
<p>My feeling was that general ME or EE would offer more opportunities than Mechatronics. Your mileage may vary.</p>
<p>We were thinking Waterloo, U of T, Queens & McGill – would be interested in thoughts on those. I can’t recall why we eliminated McMaster. BC and Alberta are farther than he wants to go at this point. </p>
<p>I had wondered whether Mechatronics ends up being more of a “jack of all trades, master of none” kind of degree that isn’t as marketable as a pure EE or MechE. It looks like at Waterloo it doesn’t really diverge from MechE until 3rd year, so there’d be time to make that decision after already getting a few co-op terms under his belt and having perhaps a better idea of the job market. It does feel very attractive to a HS student interested in both, however.</p>
<p>Metric System… bleh</p>
<p>Engineering classes (physics etc) will almost exclusively use the metric system anyhow. The entire world except the US uses the metric system. It’s time to get used to it. ;-)</p>