About the Faculty
Mission and Goals
Vision
The Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science is and will continue to be a dynamic, recognized centre of innovation and creativity dedicated to entrepreneurial leadership in lifelong learning, research and development enthusiastically working in partnership with the local and global communities.
Mission
To provide an excellent "systems approach" to engineering education for our students. Each program has a unique implementation of the systems theme, founded on the common underlying goal to produce engineering graduates with not only a strong base of technical knowledge but also with the breadth of complementary skills that successful professional engineers should have in the workplace.
On the technical level, systems engineering concentrates on the design of the whole, as distinct from the parts. Thus, in addition to being specialists in the various components of technology, systems engineers understand how these components are interrelated and interconnected. This holistic approach enables them to create the engineering design and analytical frameworks necessary to produce a total working system. The breadth of complementary skills includes a focus on economic, social, environmental, administrative and professional awareness. These interdisciplinary skills emphasize the interrelationships of people, workplaces, and the broad implications of engineering technology for society at large and for the surrounding technical and natural environment. When combined with the Co-operative work-study format, this "systems approach" provides engineering graduates with a high level of maturity and adaptability.
Research and development conducted by the Faculty should be characterized by excellence, by relevance to industrial as well as social issues at the national and international levels, and by concern for the life preparation of our students involved.
What is Systems Engineering?
This is a very broad-based approach that accounts for the practice of engineering within the broader scope of knowledge and skills needed to solve most engineering problems encountered in the modern world. Engineers frequently work with other types of engineers and experts from other disciplines. Students are exposed to the necessary information and skills from other areas of engineering as well as other disciplines to be able to communicate and work closely in multi-disciplinary teams.
About the U of R
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