Bioresource Engineering (Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences)

If you're interested in the life sciences and engineering, Bioresource Engineering is the program for you. As world populations rise, so do our requirements for food, renewable energy and bio-materials. This growing demand increases the pressures on our environment. Bioresource Engineering integrates biological science and engineering design to solve these problems.

Bioresource Engineering is a professional engineering program accredited by Engineers Canada as satisfying the academic requirements for registration in the Order of Engineers of Quebec and other engineering licensing organizations in Canada and abroad. It is a diverse and flexible program, and you will be able to focus on one of the three following emphasis areas (streams):

• Bio-Environmental Engineering
• Bio-Process Engineering
• Bio-Production Engineering (includes the Professional Agrology Option*):

* Requirements for registration in the Order of Agrologists of Quebec (OAQ) can be satisfied by appropriate course selection.

Accepted international credentials

Applicants are reviewed on their high school transcript with particular emphasis on yearly averages and results in prerequisite subjects (prerequisite subjects must have been completed during the last two years of high school).

Bologna-signatory countries

As a practicing engineer, you can follow a career path in: 

• Bioproducts and bioenergy industry 
• Environmental consulting
• Agriculture and agri-food sector
• Water resource management
• Specialized machinery and new technologies
• International development agencies