MEng Specializations

Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering

Completing a specialized graduate program at the Schulich School of Engineering will help you stand out in a competitive job market and will take your career to exciting new heights. Schulich graduates become inventors, entrepreneurs, and engineering leaders. We are proud to say that our graduates also enjoy some of the highest rates of employment, in both national and international settings.

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What courses will I take?

To complete this program, students take 10 courses.

Required courses:


Modelling and Identification Advanced Control

Chemical Engineering 617

Fundamentals of Transport Phenomena

Chemical Engineering 669

Principles of Environmental Engineering

Environmental Engineering 603

Ethics, Law, and the Engineering Profession

Engineering 687

Choose 3 courses from the following:


Engineering Safety

Engineering 517

Engineering Tools

Engineering 681

Sustainability Engineering

Engineering 682

Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Engineering 683

Choose 3 courses from the following:


Process Sensors and Data Acquisition

Chemical Engineering 565

Natural Gas Processing Technology

Chemical Engineering 609

Science and Technology of Catalysis

Chemical Engineering 671

Engineering Principles in Biotechnology

Chemical Engineering 673

Data Science and Machine Learning in Chemical Engineering

Chemical Engineering 675

What courses will I take?

To complete this program, students take 10 courses.

Required course:


Energy and Environment

Environmental Engineering 671

Choose at least 9 courses (of which 6 must be at the graduate level). Suggested courses are:


Bio-Inspired Design

Engineering 523

Engineering Tools

Engineering 681

Sustainability Engineering

Engineering 682

Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Engineering 683

Ethics, Law, and the Engineering Profession

Engineering 687

Principles of Environmental Engineering

Environmental Engineering 603 

OR

Environmental Chemistry and Microbiology

Environmental Engineering 605

Environmental Modelling

Environmental Engineering 635

Air Pollution Control Engineering

Environmental Engineering 641/Chemical Engineering 643

Contaminated Soil Remediation

Environmental Engineering 653

Hazardous Waste and Contaminated Sites Management

Environmental Engineering 665/Chemical Engineering 665

Life Cycle Assessment

Environmental Engineering 693

Water and Wastewater Pollution, Treatment and Control

Environmental Engineering 695

Air Pollution Mitigation for Environmental Engineers

Environmental Engineering 697

Experimental Design and Error Analysis

Chemical Engineering 701

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Click here to explore graduate courses.

What courses will I take?

To complete this program, students take 10 courses.

Required courses:


Engineering Tools

Engineering 681

Sustainability Engineering

Engineering 682

Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Engineering 683

Introduction to Project Management

Engineering 684

Choose 6 courses from the following:

At least one of Petroleum Engineering 625 or 627 must be included. Any variations in required courses will be with the approval of the Department.


Applied Reservoir Engineering

Petroleum Engineering 621

Subsurface Production Operations

Petroleum Engineering 622

Reservoir Analysis and Description

Petroleum Engineering 623

Enhanced Oil Recovery

Petroleum Engineering 624

Natural Gas Engineering

Petroleum Engineering 625

Economic Analysis of Petroleum Systems

Petroleum Engineering 626

Drilling Engineering

Petroleum Engineering 627