Integrated Engineering

The trend in modern industry, both in the products manufactured and in the plants that make the products, is toward ever greater diversity and sophistication. Today’s manufacturing plants are, or are becoming, almost completely automated and instrumented; complex synthetic materials are replacing the simple steels used in yesterday’s product; and stringent environmental laws are forcing plants to treat their solid, liquid and gaseous wastes. The upshot is that engineers would frequently be better served by a broader, more multidisciplinary training, and the Integrated Engineering program has therefore been designed to meet the demand for engineers who are well prepared for working in this environment.

Their broad background makes graduates of the Integrated Engineering program especially suited to operations and management in general manufacturing and processing. These positions require people with a sound background in engineering and who are versatile and able to deal with a wide range of problems, often involving knowledge from several disciplines. Also, management frequently involves coordination and organization of the work of specialists in a variety of disciplines, a task for which the Integrated Engineering program would be an ideal preparation. Finally, just as specialist careers are open to graduates of the generalist degree programs in medicine and in law, an initial training in integrated engineering does not close the door on a specialist career, after appropriate training and experience in industry.

Program available at:

• Western

Description obtained from the Western website.