Guiding Principles

Our world is facing unparalleled social and economic challenges that require new approaches to problem solving. McGill Engineering is contributing to this global effort by developing creative, sustainable solutions in the areas of engineering and design. These are our Guiding Principles:

  • Collaboration & Networking: Barriers between disciplines are counterproductive. Interdisciplinary partnerships enable individuals and groups to draw on each other’s strengths and to work more effectively on the multifaceted project teams that have become indispensable in solving complex engineering and design problems.
     
  • New Approaches: Technical knowledge refined over generations must be combined with the social, ethical and environmental considerations that impact so heavily on the decisions that Engineers, Architects and Urban Planners are asked to take.
     
  • Sustainability: Actions are based on concepts and thinking that stand the test of time. Decisions should only be taken if they are provably good decisions over the long term.
     
  • Personal Development: Learning is more than lectures and lab work. A culture of service and citizenship is essential because exposure to new experiences and diverse groups significantly enhances personal growth for students, professors and staff alike.
     
  • Environmental Scanning: Alumni are uniquely placed to identify new trends and new opportunities that can help the Faculty of Engineering better serve the professions it serves. Ever closer ties between our Faculty and its 24,000 Engineering, Architecture and Urban Planning graduates will create new opportunities and nurture essential support.
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