Courses for your Nanotechnology Engineering degree

First-year courses

September to December

  • NE 100 – Introduction to Nanotechnology Engineering
  • NE 109 – Societal and Environmental Impacts of Nanotechnology
  • NE 111 – Introduction to Programming for Engineers
  • NE 112 – Linear Algebra for Nanotechnology Engineering
  • NE 121 – Chemical Principles
  • MATH 117 – Calculus 1 for Engineering

January to April

  • NE 110 – Introduction to Nanomaterials Health Risks
  • NE 113 – Introduction to Computational Methods
  • NE 140  – Linear Circuits 
  • NE 125 – Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering
  • NE 131 – Physics for Nanotechnology Engineering
  • MATH 119 – Calculus 2 for Engineering
 

This is a sample schedule. Courses are subject to change.

After first year

See the range of courses available in Nanotechnology Engineering. You can also view all the courses required for your degree.

Sample upper-year courses

NE 336 – Micro and Nanosystem Computer-aided Design
NE 345 – Photonic Materials and Devices
NE 408 – Nanosystems Design Project
NE 481 – Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology
NE 471 – Nano-electronics

 

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Overview of Waterloo's Nanotechnology Engineering program.