Part of Canada's largest engineering school, the Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering department at the University of Waterloo is home to 2,400 undergraduates, 400 graduate students, faculty and staff.
Our programs are designed to produce skilled problem solvers, leaders and innovators able to create mechanical systems and electro-mechanical designs that impact industries and improve the world.
- First Canadian university with a full undergraduate Mechatronics Engineering program.
- First in the country to offer interdisciplinary research and collaborative programs in nanotechnology engineering.
Research
Research in Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering at Waterloo has a global impact. Waterloo is Canada's largest university for automotive research.
Department Seminars
Learn more about Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering past and current seminars and events. Information on Departmental, PhD and MASc events.
Career Opportunities
Check out our available faculty positions and consider working at the most sought-after engineering school in the country. Read more about department-specific opportunities.
News
MME student team takes the Concept $5k pitch prize
Student team featuring members from Waterloo Mechatronics and Mechanical Engineering took home $5,000 each from the recent Concept $5k pitch competition for Fall 2021. Concept is an experiential entrepreneurship and pre-incubator program at the University of Waterloo. It is provided by Velocity, an incubator for early stage, pre-send startup companies.
MME faculty and staff awarded teaching and performance awards
Congratulations to Jim Baleshta, Allyson Giannikouris, Jian Zhou, and Eugene Li on becoming the recipients of the Pearl Sullivan Outstanding Staff Teaching Award and the honorees of the Faculty’s outstanding teaching excellence and staff awards.
MME students win $25,000 prize for green energy system
Congratulations to Peter Cornelisse and Lucas Godkin, both fourth-year mechanical engineering students, for receiving $25,000 as the winners of the NU National Student Award for Outstanding Social Entrepreneurship.