Engineering Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Engineering Physics and Biomedical Engineering Co-Op (B.Eng.BME)

Admission to Level II iBioMed Programs

Admission to either the B.H.Sc. (Honours) Health, Engineering Science and Entrepreneurship (HESE) program or one of the B.Eng.BME Biomedical Engineering (BME) programs requires successful completion of all non-elective iBioMed I courses with a minimum Grade Point Average (GPA) of 4.0. 

Notes

Unless otherwise stated with effective dating, the calendar text for this program applies only to students entering level 2 in the 2026-27 academic year. Students entering earlier should instead refer to the calendar from the year they entered level 2 of the program.

1. Approved Technical Electives for a total of at least 20 units:

• Students must take at least 10 units of Approved Technical Electives from ENGPHYS or NUCENG courses.
• Students must take at least 6 units of Approved Technical Electives from the Approved iBioMed technical elective course offerings
• Remaining units: Students may take any approved Engineering or Science technical elective (including ENGPHYS or NUCENG)

2. Students interested in some elective combinations (e.g., Nuclear Engineering from Note 3 below) may need to take important elective courses early (e.g., NUCENG 3D04  in Level IV) - in these cases, they should delay taking ENGPHYS 3E04  until Level V.
3. Approved Technical Electives are available in a list on the Engineering Physics website. Subject to Chair approval, students may replace Engineering Physics technical electives with approved Science or Engineering courses. Also subject to Chair approval, courses not appearing on the technical elective list may qualify as acceptable technical electives. Students are free to choose their technical electives according to their own interests, but may consider subsets of the following course recommendations for a program of study. Further detail on program specializations and course recommendations is available on the Engineering Physics website. Students are responsible for ensuring that they fulfill the prerequisites for each course. Note that courses in departments other than Engineering Physics may be subject to enrollment limitations. 

• Nanotech Device Engineering: ENGPHYS 4MD3 , 4Z04 , MATLS 4H03  
• Photonics/Optical Engineering: ENGPHYS 3PD4 , 4S04 , 4Z04 , ELECENG 3FK4  and 4EM4   
• Solar Photovoltaic Engineering: ENGPHYS 3ES3 , 4MD3 , 4X03 , 4Z04 , MATLS 4Q03  
• Nuclear Engineering: ENGPHYS 3ES3 , 3O04 , NUCENG 3D04  and optionally any of NUCENG 4D04 , 4FC3 , 4NE3 , 4P03 , 4PP3 , 4RP4 , 4TH4 , MATLS 3M03 , 4ME3 , MECHENG 4O04 , 4S03 , 4U03 , and 4V03 .
• Biomedical Engineering: ENGPHYS 4B03 , 4I03 , 4S04 , 4Z04 , MECHENG 4N03  
• Quantum Computing and Metrology: ENGPHYS 4QC3 , 4QM3 , and optionally any of MATH 2R03 , 3C03 , 3D03 , 3QC3 , PHYSICS 3MM3 , 3QI3 , 4F03 , DATASCI 2G03 , 3ML3 , COMPENG 2SH4 , 2SI3  
• Space Systems Engineering: ENGPHYS 3O04 , 3SP3 , 4X03 ,  NUCENG 3D04 , 4RP4 , MECHENG 4AA3 , 4Q03 , ELECENG 3TR4 , and optionally MATH 3C03 , PHYSICS 3A03 , 3C03 , 3QI3 , ASTRON 2E03 , 3X03 , 3Y03 , ELECENG 4TK4 , ENGPHYS 4QC3 , 4QM3 , MATLS 3M03 , MECHENG 4J03  
• Interdisciplinary Engineering Physics: ENGPHYS 3ES3 , 3O04 , 3PD4 , 4B03 , 4I03 , 4QC3 , 4X03 , NUCENG 3D04 , 4PP3  

4. As well as completing the academic requirements as specified in this Calendar, students in a Co-op program must complete IBEHS 1EE0 . IBEHS 2EC0  will be added to the academic record for each four month work term.
5. Students enrolled in the Integrated Biomedical Engineering & Health Sciences (iBioMed) program may take up to 8 units of research project or independent study courses. A full listing can be found on the iBioMed website.
6. Students enrolled in a B.Eng.BME program wishing to enrol in a research project or independent study course will require a faculty member supervisor or co-supervisor with an appointment at McMaster University.

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