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One of a kind

The UBC MEL is the only full-time master’s-level engineering program in Canada combining sector specialization with business and leadership.

Best of both

Maclean’s ranks UBC Engineering #2 in Canada and the UBC Sauder’s Robert H. Lee Graduate School #1. When you recruit a UBC MEL graduate, you know you are hiring the best of both.

Save time & Cost

Hiring an engineer recruiter or recruitment agency can be expensive. We can connect you to quality candidates for free, and save you time and money.

Hire your next engineering leader.

Too often, organizations find technical people do not have the business knowledge to fully contribute to strategic decision-making or project management, and their business people do not have the technical and domain knowledge to lead teams and deliver results. That’s where the UBC Master of Engineering Leadership (MEL) comes in. The UBC MEL is a hybrid master’s degree designed to provide the best of both worlds: a degree for practicing professionals to update their technical skills while gaining foundational business knowledge and leadership skills.

Uniquely multi-disciplinary.

Currently, there is no other full-time graduate program in Canada that offers this unprecedented blend of industry specialization and globally-ranked, master’s-level business training. Engineers from the program combine their industry experience with learnings from the degree to expertly help you lead teams, bridge communication gaps and direct complex projects that require detailed sector-specific engineering knowledge. We’re educating your next leader. What are you waiting for?

Engineering recruitment made easy.

When you recruit an engineer from the UBC MEL program, you’ll have access to a cohort of experienced engineering talent who can help you bridge the gap between engineering and leadership. Practicing professionals who undertake the program must have a minimum of three years of professional experience. Over the one-year degree program, they take technical courses through UBC Faculty of Applied Science to acquire leading-edge knowledge in their field, and business classes through the UBC Sauder’s Robert H. Lee Graduate School to gain foundational knowledge in the most relevant aspects of business and management.

Recruit engineering leaders in these specialties:

 
The UBC MEL degree is designed for engineers and other technical professionals who want to deepen their skills in advanced materials manufacturing, clean energy engineering, dependable software systems, high-performance buildings, integrated water management, naval architecture and marine engineering or urban systems.
 

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Advanced Materials Manufacturing
Trained by a globally recognized field in the school of advanced materials manufacturing, AMM graduates are skilled professionals for aerospace, automotive, and other high tech manufacturing industries.

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Clean Energy Engineering
Energy managers with deep technical understanding ready to help government activities and corporations effectively lead energy engineering teams and projects by bridging communication gaps.

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Dependable Software Systems
Sector specialists with a wide angle view on what it means to be "dependable" who are experienced in developing new processes and systems to implement positive changes.

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High Performance Buildings
Sustainable civil engineers with a blend of architecture, regulatory, technical, and business knowledge to help you push forward your next major green or high performance project.

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Integrated Water Management
Highly qualified water management experts specializing in new and advanced water treatments and management, sophisticated monitoring tools, natural systems, and novel biotechnologies.

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Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
Creative naval architects and marine engineers who can think “outside the box” and also execute on schedule and within budget.

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Sustainable Process Engineering
Multidisciplinary technical experts with knowledge that can fulfill the sustainability quotient of your organization’s processes, products and operations.

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Urban Systems
Engineers with specializations in community and urban planning disciplines who can work effectively in multi-functional teams.

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Alumni Profiles

 

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ADVANCED

MATERIALS

MANUFACTURING

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CLEAN

ENERGY

ENGINEERING

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DEPENDABLE

SOFTWARE

SYSTEMS

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HIGH

PERFORMANCE

BUILDINGS

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INTEGRATED

WATER

MANAGEMENT

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NAVAL

ARCHITECTURE

AND

MARINE

ENGINEERING

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SUSTAINABLE

PROCESS

ENGINEERING

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URBAN

SYSTEMS

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How to Hire

We’ve made it easy for you to find the ideal MEL grad for your position:

 

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Complete our online form and send us your job posting. We’ll ensure it’s circulated to both current students and recent alumni.

 

Email Us

Not sure where to begin? No worries. Simply email us at hire.mel@ubc.ca and we’ll get in touch.

Learn more about this innovative professional master’s degree and how our graduates can support your company.

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Advanced
Materials
Manufacturing

Develop new technical and business skills and accelerate your career in this rapidly moving field.
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Clean
Energy
Engineering

Develop the technical, business and leadership skills needed to generate sustainable energy solutions.
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Dependable
Software
Systems

Gain the technical, business and project management skills to design and maintain reliable software systems.
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High
Performance
Buildings

Take your career to new heights through an interdisciplinary approach to building design.
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Integrated
Water
Management

Apply your technical and leadership skills in developing sustainable water management solutions.
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Architecture
and
Marine
Engineering

Combine the engineering and physics of ship design with business and leadership training.
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Process
Engineering

Translate innovations in green chemistry and sustainable manufacturing into entrepreneurial ventures.
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Systems

Gain the high-level technical knowledge and urban planning perspective to design and manage urban infrastructure systems and create more resilient cities.
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