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Degree & Application Information

In order to have a successful application, it is important to understand the application process in our department.

The responsibility rests with the applicant to ensure all documents required are submitted by our deadline. Please carefully review all responses.  Once an application is submitted, it is not possible to make changes unless you contact The School of Graduate and PostDoctoral Studies or The Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering.

Admission Criteria for each Degree

**Each applicant is only considered for the degree to which he/he applies to. It is an applicant's responsibility to apply to the correct degree (MEng/MESc/PhD), as we do not "switch" application consideration.

General Criteria

• 70% or B- (North American Equivalent) in order to be considered admissable for the Professional MEng Program.

• 78% or B+ (North American Equivalent) in order to be categorized as fundable for the MESc/PhD.
• Assessment is based on the last two years of full-time study, or the last twenty courses.
• Equivalency conversion to Western's scale is taken from various university grade conversion scales as per university regulation.
• Factors that may also be considered may include publication record, industrial experience, and merit.
• Note all students accepted into the MESc/PhD research program receive financial support that covers tuition fees and basic living expenses.

The responsibility rests with the applicant to ensure all documentation required is submitted prior to our posted deadlines.

Funding Support

Funding support is provided from a variety of sources for eligible students who meet funding criteria and can differ from student to student.  The variety of sources may include scholarships, graduate fellowships, part-time employment such as a graduate teaching assistantship.  Amounts represent approximate minimum funding (tuition amounts are estimated and may be adjusted) an awardee is expected to receive in each category.  Amounts posted may be subject to change.

Funds may sometimes be unevenly distributed each term, and a graduate student is expected to budget his/her finances.

Funding is contingent upon maintaining a minimum 78% cumulative average and satisfactory progress in research.

There is no guarantee of funding beyond the periods stated below. The graduate student should discuss this with the supervisor.  The "total from Western" includes funding from research grants.