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MEng in Health, Safety and Environmental Engineering

About the Program

The Master of Engineering in Health, Safety and Environmental Engineering (MEng HSEG) program is designed for educational preparation of two types of professionals:

  • Engineering graduates who are currently working as engineers in industry and who intend to stay in that type of job, but who want to embed HSE in their engineering functions. These graduates will have diverse capabilities in the various aspects of HSE and will use this knowledge to manage risk as they devise optimal engineering and operational solutions within the constraints of regulatory mandates and best practices.
  • Engineering graduates who wish to assume varying levels of HSE responsibilities in one or more aspects of a company’s HSE department/program. These graduates will have sufficient background to assume the role of a general HSE engineering practitioner/manager while possessing additional capabilities in any one of the offered HSE areas of concentrations.

Program Educational Objectives

The objectives of the MEng in Health, Safety and Environmental Engineering program are to produce graduates who:

  1. Apply their scientific knowledge and engineering skills to develop innovative solutions to HSEG problems in occupational setting;
  2. Advance professionally and are recognized as leaders in the HSEG field;
  3. Communicate effectively regarding HSEG issues to management, employees and other stakeholders; and
  4. Demonstrate knowledge of their ethical and professional responsibilities, as well as applicable standards and regulations.

Learning Outcomes

MEng in Health, Safety and Environmental Engineering graduates will have the ability to:

  1. Anticipate, recognize, and evaluate hazardous conditions and work practices in business and industry;
  2. Develop/implement engineering and administrative control strategies for identified hazardous conditions and work practices in business and industry;
  3. Communicate effectively in written and oral forms at the level of professionals in HSEG positions;
  4. Conduct themselves in a professional and ethical manner;
  5. Function as members of teams working towards achieving solutions to defined problems; and
  6. Demonstrate research skills relevant to the disciplines within HSEG.