International initiatives

The field of engineering is driving economic development, spurring innovation and offering solutions to some of the world's biggest challenges. The remarkable contributions U of T Engineering's talented researchers and students to both education and research continue to elevate our international standing. Our Faculty is ranked as the top engineering school in Canada by a significant margin in all international rankings, and we place 12th on the 2013 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU). This reputation, in turn, enables us to attract some of the brightest faculty and students to our ranks. Our collaborative and interdisciplinary research agenda has a direct impact on society and quality of life across the globe. One example is the multidisciplinary research on Ambulance Emergency Response Optimization (AERO), carried out by the Centre for Global Engineering (CGEN), which received funding from Grand Challenges Canada for its research to reduce ambulance response times in the developing world's bustling major cities. U of T Engineering is dedicated to educating global engineers and enriching our student experience. We are the world-leading participant in Brazil's Science without Borders (SwB) program, hosting more SwB engineering students than any other school. We also created a cross-cultural capstone course that allows undergraduate students from our mechanical and industrial engineering programs to work on client-based projects in collaboration, both in person and virtually, with counterparts at Peking University in China. The tremendous opportunities for our students to collaborate across fields and geographic boundaries serve to prepare the next generation of engineers to be global leaders.