Architectural Engineering

    Architectural Engineering

    Duration4 year(s)
    Tuition Fee
    CAD 25,017 / per year
    Next IntakeMay 1, 2026

    Architectural Engineering

    About

    Calling all creative problem solvers! As an Architectural Engineering student, you’ll learn how to forge impressive design, collaboration, and communication skills with strong analytical capabilities and technical applications needed for building design and operation.

    You’ll learn how to discuss the aesthetic design of building projects with architects while ensuring all systems are functional, secure, and safe: lighting, heat, plumbing, structural systems, ventilation, and more.

    Only a handful of schools across North America offer this in-demand engineering program that addresses the need for engineers skilled in the whole scope of a building's life cycle. You’ll explore the science of building design by combining the latest in engineering and architectural concepts.

    Learn how to assess, repair, and refurbish existing buildings to give them a smaller carbon footprint. There’s an emphasis on green building technology and sustainability for new builds too.

    While covering the science and engineering that goes into good building design, you’ll learn how to communicate with precision and clarity – whether written, graphic, or orally – and speak the language of engineers and architects.

    Plus, get a ton of project groupwork under your belt from day one. You’ll take a studio design course each term throughout your degree and in third year, you’ll study at our world-class School of Architecture in Cambridge, Ontario. It will deepen your understanding of aesthetics, culture, and other design elements.

    With your big picture knowledge and stellar communication skills, you’ll be on the fast track to leadership in the construction industry.

    Disciplines

    Faculty of Engineering

    Requirements

    Entry Requirements

    Admissions requirements

    Ontario students: six Grade 12 U and/or M courses including

    • Advanced Functions (minimum final grade of 70% is required)
    • Calculus and Vectors (minimum final grade of 70% is required)
    • Chemistry (minimum final grade of 70% is required)
    • Physics (minimum final grade of 70% is required)
    • English (ENG4U) (minimum final grade of 70% is required)

    Admission averages: Individual selection from the mid- to high 80s

    There are supplementary information forms, including the Admission Information Form, which are required for admission. We'll email you detailed instructions once we receive your application. An online video interview is required for Faculty of Engineering scholarships and is strongly recommended for admission.

    Not studying in Ontario? Search our admission requirements.

    How to apply

    Apply directly to this program on your application.

    English Requirements

    • PTEMin 63
    • IELTSMin 6.5
    • TOEFLMin 90

    Career

    What can you do with a degree in architectural engineering?

    You’ll be particularly well-suited to work in building design consulting firms of all sizes that house specialists relating to building design, e.g., interior designers, architects, structural, mechanical, and electrical engineers. However, you could also work for government public works departments, school boards and hospital authorities, private building infrastructure owners (e.g., airport authorities), building construction firms, developers, and more.

    Sample job titles

    • Building systems engineer
    • Structural engineer
    • Construction project manager
    • Facade engineer
    • Sustainability consultant
    • Building Information Modeling (BIM) specialist
    • Building inspector
    • Urban planner
    • Lighting engineer
    • Acoustical engineer

    Possible professional designation

    Learn about the future of careers in engineering.

    Fee Information

    Tuition Fee
    25,017 / per year

    Architectural Engineering

    University of Waterloo

    University of Waterloo

    Canada

    Canada, Waterloo