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Chemical Engineering (MEng) at Dalhousie University

Dalhousie University, Canada

Programme overview

Professionally oriented, course-based Master of Engineering in Halifax, full-time or part-time, requiring a graduate seminar and a project. Areas include environmental control, plastics and polymers, pulp and paper, process control, petrochemicals, energy, biotechnology, food processing, composite materials, corrosion and microelectronics manufacturing.

Faculty: Engineering  |  Department: Department of Process Engineering and Applied Science  |  Duration: 16 months or longer  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

What you will study

Graduate coursework, a graduate seminar and a project drawing on knowledge and experience in the field, with research opportunities across the department and campus research centres.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Faculty of Graduate Studies master's minimum: four-year bachelor's degree from a university of recognized standing with a minimum GPA of 3.0 (B average) in the last 60 credit hours. English language (Faculty of Graduate Studies minimums for applicants whose first language is not English): TOEFL iBT 92 (4.5 on the 1-6 scale for tests from 21 January 2026), IELTS Academic 7, PTE Academic 65 with no skill below 54, CAEL 70 with no band below 60, MET 64 with no skill below 53, or Dalhousie English for Academic Purposes Level 2 with A-.

Requirements published at faculty level.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the courses you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Graduate intakes: September, January and May.

General Faculty of Graduate Studies deadlines: September admission June 1 (Canadian applicants) and April 1 (non-Canadian); January admission October 31 (Canadian) and August 31 (non-Canadian); May admission February 28 (Canadian) and December 31 (non-Canadian). Program deadlines may differ. The application fee is $115, payable online with the application.

Apply through the official page: https://apply.dal.ca/apply/

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