Computer Engineering
Admission requirements
- Have completed all your first-year course requirements, and be registered in your mandatory second-year fall and winter courses
- Be a Canadian citizen, a permanent resident or an international student (authorization or diplomat)
- Be registered full-time in the bachelor of applied science program in computer engineering
- Have a minimum CGPA of 6
- Obtain a minimum mark of D+ in ENG 1112
CO-OP programs have limited enrolment. Meeting the admission criteria does not guarantee you a place. Admission is based on your CGPA. We admit those with the highest CGPA first.
Work/Study sequences
Sequence 1 - by default, all students follow this sequence
| Year of Study | Fall | Winter | Summer |
| 1 | Study | Study | - |
| 2 | Study | Study | Work 1 |
| 3 | Study | Work 2 | Study |
| 4 | Work 3 | Study | Work 4 |
| 5 | Study | - | - |
Sequence 2 - available to students hired for 12-month terms with the same company
| Year of Study | Fall | Winter | Summer |
| 1 | Study | Study | - |
| 2 | Study | Study | Work 1 |
| 3 | Study | Work 2 | Work 3 |
| 4 | Work 4 | Study | - |
| 5 | Study | Study | - |
Sequence 3 - available to students hired for 8-month terms with the same company
| Year of Study | Fall | Winter | Summer |
| 1 | Study | Study | - |
| 2 | Study | Study | Work 1 |
| 3 | Study | Work 2 | Study |
| 4 | Work 3 | Work 4 | - |
| 5 | Study | Study | - |
CO-OP fees
As a CO-OP student, you also pay CO-OP fees (announced every year by the Registrar) for the session before your first work term and then for every work term, up to and including your last one.
Some of our employers include
- Allen Vanguard
- CIENA Corporation
- CMC Electronics Inc.
- Canada Border Services Agency
- Canadian Radio-Television & Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
- Communication Research Centre Canada
- IBM Canada Ltd.
- Microsemi
- Mitel Networks Corporation
- National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces
- Nokia
- Public Services and Procurement Canada
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Examples of tasks at work
[Example tasks Intro]
- Assembly programming
- Debugging hardware components
- Design of CPUs and CPU controls
- Firmware development
- Network design and implementation
- Software design, debugging and programming
Student salaries
Work term reports guidelines
You must submit your work term report through the CO-OP Navigator. The “Work Term Report” link can be found next to your work term, under the “My Evaluations” tab. The system will allow you to change or submit your report right up until the deadline for submission, and professors will be able to submit their comments and attach a corrected copy of your report online as well.
You must include a cover letter or letter of transmittal along with your CO-OP work-term report in one PDF file.
For confidential Work-Term Reports, please make sure to submit your cover letter or letter of transmittal through the CO-OP Navigator by the deadline for submission.
Academic coordinators
- Professor: Miodrag Bolic
- Academic Assistant: Mélanie Sarrazin