Queen鈥檚 Engineering launches new bridging pathway with Ontario college partners
March 9, 2023
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Queen鈥檚 University is launching a pathway to further broaden their horizons and welcome new students to its engineering community.
The Queen鈥檚 Engineering Bridge will give college engineering technology graduates the opportunity to join Queen鈥檚 Engineering in its Department of Civil Engineering or the Robert M. Buchan Department of Mining. Pathway agreements are in place or presently being finalized with Algonquin, Cambrian, Mohawk, Seneca and St. Lawrence College.
鈥淲e鈥檙e happy to be able to increase the opportunity for Ontario's technology students to complement their diplomas with an accredited engineering degree from Queen鈥檚 University," says Brian Frank, the Dupont Chair in Engineering Education Research and Development at Queen鈥檚, and a principal architect of the bridging process.
In Ontario 鈥 as the rest of Canada 鈥 working as a professional engineer (P.Eng) requires registration with a governing provincial or territorial association. This bridging initiative, a first of its kind in southern Ontario, will allow students to begin additional studies in their final year of college, with summer courses to 鈥渂ridge鈥 them into full-time studies as engineering students at Queen鈥檚. Students will then graduate with the accredited engineering degree required for a P.Eng designation.
鈥淲e鈥檙e pleased to have this expanded opportunity available for our Civil Engineering Technology students,鈥 said Glenn Vollebregt, President and CEO at St. Lawrence College. 鈥淲e know that our students are well prepared to enter the workforce with the required skills and education when they graduate, and this preparedness also serves them well if they chose to pursue more education and credentials.鈥
鈥淲e鈥檝e created a pathway that recognizes students鈥 accomplishments in the classroom and in the field to allow them to move efficiently into university studies in our Civil and Mining departments,鈥 Dr. Frank explains. 鈥淥nce their bridging courses are complete, these students will be full-fledged members of the Queen鈥檚 Engineering community, fully integrated into their respective programs. That means access to all our campus services and resources, including a nationally leading full-time internship program.鈥
Pathway development is supported by the Ontario Council on Articulation and Transfer ().
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