Chemical Engineering
Admission requirements
- Be registered full-time in the BASc in Chemical Engineering program
- Have a minimum cumulative grade point average (CGPA) of 6 in courses taken at the University of Ottawa
- Have completed all your first-year course requirements, and be registered in your mandatory second-year fall and winter courses
- Obtain a minimum mark of D+ in ENG 1112
CO-OP programs have limited enrolment. Meeting the admission criteria does not guarantee you a place. Admission is based on your CGPA. We admit those with the highest CGPA first.
Work/Study sequences
Sequence 1 - all students follow this sequence
| Year of Study | Fall | Winter | Summer |
| 1 | Study | Study | - |
| 2 | Study | Study | Work 1 |
| 3 | Study | Work 2 | Study |
| 4 | Work 3 | Study | Work 4 |
| 5 | Study | - | - |
Sequence 2 - available to students hired for 12-month terms with the same company
| Year of Study | Fall | Winter | Summer |
| 1 | Study | Study | - |
| 2 | Study | Study | Work 1 |
| 3 | Study | Work 2 | Work 3 |
| 4 | Work 4 | Study | - |
| 5 | Study | Study | - |
Sequence 3 - available to students hired for 8-month terms with the same company
| Year of Study | Fall | Winter | Summer |
| 1 | Study | Study | - |
| 2 | Study | Study | Work 1 |
| 3 | Study | Work 2 | Study |
| 4 | Work 3 | Work 4 | - |
| 5 | Study | Study | - |
CO-OP fees
As a CO-OP student, you also pay CO-OP fees (announced every year by the Registrar) for the session before your first work term and then for every work term, up to and including your last one.
Some of our employers include
- BASF
- Environment and Climate Change Canada
- Evonik Oil Additives Canada Inc.
- Health Canada
- Husky Energy Inc.
- Imperial Oil Ltd.
- Ingredion Canada Corporation
- National Research Council Canada
- Natural Resources Canada
- Suncor Energy Inc.
- University of Ottawa
Examples of tasks at work
- Classifying and analyzing data
- Design and implementation of design and monitoring software
- Designing heat pumps and exchangers
- Designing simple equipment
- Energy problems
- Fluid flow
- General laboratory work
- Heat and energy exchange reports
- Heat exchange problems
- Monitoring processes
- Pilot-project laboratory operations
- Process analysis
- Programming in FORTRAN
- Research projects
- Transport phenomena
Work term reports guidelines
You must submit your work term report through the CO-OP Navigator. The “Work Term Report” link can be found next to your work term, under the “My Evaluations” tab. The system will allow you to change or submit your report right up until the deadline for submission, and professors will be able to submit their comments and attach a corrected copy of your report online as well.
You must include a cover letter or letter of transmittal along with your CO-OP work-term report in one PDF file.
Academic coordinators
- Professor: Jean-Philippe St-Pierre
- Academic Assistant: Mélanie Sarrazin