Indigenous Student Experience

Find your path to an amazing career where your unique perspective can help address some of the most critical issues facing our communities and world.

Indigenous people have long used their ingenuity to develop innovative solutions to complex challenges – and engineering is a career where you can use your problem-solving skills to have a meaningful impact in diverse and important ways. As a UBC Engineering student, you’ll be part of a vibrant community with access to incredible extracurricular opportunities.

The World Needs Your Insight

The world needs your perspective and input to create solutions that serve and represent all within our society. As an engineer, you’ll integrate your talents and unique world view with technologies, Indigenous ways of knowing and new approaches to build a better future for yourself, your community and our planet. UBC is committed to Indigenous student success and providing a welcoming learning environment for all.

Learn more about:

Indigenizing the engineering curriculum

Member of the Metis Nation and Electrical Engineering Electrical Engineering professor Ian Foulds is leading efforts to Indigenize the engineering curriculum

How Applied Science faculty members are decolonizing their classes

Professors in the Faculty of Applied Science are integrating Indigenous knowledge and teaching methods into their classes

Alumni who are making a difference

Shaylene Dekock-Kruger (BASc ’20, Electrical) is an Electrical Designer at BC Hydro

Make an Impact

With an engineering degree, you can make a difference, and the value you can contribute to improving lives and addressing challenges is boundless. As an engineer, you can use your skills to generate clean energy, design longer-lasting infrastructure, develop technologies to ensure drinking water is safe and create solutions that reduce inequality, keep us healthy and improve our quality of life.

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Two students and a professor walking down a hallway

How engineering classes are bringing Indigenous perspectives and case studies into the classroom

Prof Madjid Mohseni toasting a glass of water with a community partner

How UBC researchers partner with First Nations communities to develop practical water treatment solutions

Engineering is a Career for the Future

10 of the top 15 highest-paying bachelor degrees are in engineering, making this an in demand and high-paying career option. The number of jobs in engineering continues to grow, giving you significant opportunities for professional and personal success.

Join Us

As a UBC Engineering student, you’ll join a diverse group of people who want to make a difference. There are so many opportunities to get involved – from joining a student design team and participating in an extracurricular club to working as a co-op student or conducting innovative research as an undergraduate. Throughout your journey, you’ll be supported by professors, staff and other students who are as eager as you are to make a difference – for the generations of today and tomorrow.

Engineering Design Teams

Co-op Work Experience

Research Awards

Explore the UBC Engineering Community

Check out our videos to learn about the community of Indigenous students at UBC Engineering.

Talk with a Student

Our UBC Engineering Ambassadors can answer your questions about UBC Engineering – including what it’s like to be an Indigenous engineering student. Chat with them in real-time, when they’re online, or send a message when they’re offline and they’ll reply later.

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