Master of Business Administration / Master of Engineering Combined Degrees Program (Civil and Environmental Engineering)

The Faculty of Business and the Faculty of Engineering offer a program of joint study which enables students to earn both the MBA and MEng degrees after two calendar years of full-time study. Only students with an undergraduate degree in engineering are admissible to this program. For application information, entrance requirements and other details, refer to The MBA/MEng Combined Program of the University Calendar.

Program Requirements

Coursework

The MBA/MEng combined degrees program requires:

20 first-year 1.5-unit MBA courses
ORG A 641
three second-year 3-unit elective MBA courses
seven 3-unit graduate engineering courses, as approved by the Department
one engineering project, equivalent to two 3-unit courses and having a significant business related component. The project will be co-supervised by a professor from the Faculty of Business and a professor from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Ethics Requirement

Engineering students must complete FGSR ethics requirements based on their programs.

Professional Development Requirement

Engineering students are required to:

complete FGSR’s professional development requirement, which includes an individualized career plan document called an Individual Development Plan (IDP) and eight hours of professional development activities inspired by their career plan;
complete professional development requirements specific to the Faculty of Engineering:
1. students doing their first graduate degree in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Alberta are required to complete an ENGG Grad PD 01 module; or,
2. students doing their subsequent graduate degree in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Alberta who have completed in a previous graduate degree ENGG 600 and/or ENGG Grad PD 01 are required to complete four hours of professional development in the areas of communication, networking, EDI, university teaching, and career development. These hours must be included in the student’s IDP and approved by their supervisor/advisor and the department graduate coordinator.

Length of Program

Students will normally take the 20 first-year MBA courses in their first two semesters. The program can be completed in two calendar years if students are enrolled on a full-time basis. The duration of the total program must not exceed six consecutive calendar years.