The MEng Non-Thesis program at McGill University aims to provide a professional orientation graduate degree for candidates who have earned a civil engineering degree.  

The degree may be completed through coursework and a research seminar. 

Alternatively, a project, with a report of lesser scope than the research thesis of the MSc degree may be undertaken in addition to coursework and a research seminar. 

The project includes possibilities such as a technical review, a design project or a smaller scale research project (typically 10 credits maximum). 

The main features of this degree program are:

• Emphasis on expertise (specialty area) for professional practice
• 27 to 42 credits of coursework (minimum 8 credits at 600-level)
• 3 credit CIVE 664 MEng (Non-Thesis) Research Seminar
• 0 to 10 credits of Project report (examined in the department only)
• A maximum of 1/3 of coursework credits may be taken outside McGill (approval required from the Department)
• Transfer to MSc degree program thesis possible (approval required from the Department)
• Minimum residency  of 3 terms full-time
• Usual completion time 20-24 months if full-time
• Non-Thesis Master’s students should not expect to receive any funding from the Department or supervisor

• Academic/Official Transcripts
• Language Proficiency (If Applicable)
• Passport or Visa Documents
• Letters Of Reference
• Resume/Curriculum vitae (CV)

• A CGPA of 3.0/4.0 and a GPA 3.2/4.0 over the last two years of the program
• A bachelor's degree or its equivalent