Lakehead University offers engineering degree programs in Chemical, Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, and Software Engineering to graduate technologists. Our Post-Diploma engineering degree programs are unique because they are designed solely for graduate engineering technologists. In other words, we do not try to "bridge" you into regularly designed engineering programs.These CEAB accreditedprograms are specifically designed for you.

All our degree courses are designed to take into consideration your previous technology education. Our engineering courses extend your technology education to engineering education providing what is referred to today as 'seamless transition'.

General Admission Requirements

Each Post-Diploma program is two years in length following a series of transition courses taken during the summer prior to the start of the first academic year. Applicants must have a relevant technology diploma from a Community College, or the equivalent with an average* of at least 70% (GPA = 3.0 /B Grade) in the final year of their program to be eligible for admission consideration, or

Applicants with two or more years of relevant industrial experience must have a relevant technology diploma in Technology from a Community College, or the equivalent with an average* of at least 65% (GPA = 2.5 / C+ Grade) in their final year of their program to be eligible for admission consideration.

*This average is based on the marks/grade received by the applicant in their first attempt in the required courses in the final year of their technology program.

The applicant's transcripts and the college calendars are examined to determine if core courses are missing in the applicant's technology program. If core courses are missing, you will be asked to take "make-up" courses from earlier years in our engineering programs. It is essential that students have the background in the core courses of the program in order to have the knowledge necessary for them to succeed.

You will be required to take a series of transition courses during the months of July and August. Lectures normally begin the day following Canada Day (July 1). 

For a PDF containing additional information on the pathway, please click here.

For more information about the Faculty of Engineering at Lakehead University, please visit http://engineering.lakeheadu.ca