UBC Applied Science Strategic Priority Area
We equip our students to thrive in this rapidly changing world – ensuring they have the knowledge and leadership skills to succeed and contribute.
Although we cannot be certain what the workforce will look like 10 years from now, we do know there will continue to be high demand for nurses, engineers, architects and planners.
Find out how our faculty and students are making a difference.
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A team of researchers from UBC has been awarded $520,000 in funding to develop new sensors that will better identify and classify the content of mineral core samples. The research team is co-led by Bern Klein at the Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering and David Jones at the Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute.
UBC’s Formula Electric Team, including engineering students, built an electric vehicle that was showcased at Fully Charged Live, a home energy and electric vehicle show.
Members of the UBC Rocket student engineering design team participated in the Launch Canada competition in Ontario where they tested their rockets.
Engineering professors Dr. Sheryl Staub-French, associate dean of equity, diversity, inclusion and Indigeneity, and Dr. Agnes d’Entremont, faculty advisor of Women in Engineering UBC, on increasing women enrolment in UBC Engineering.
