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Home / 2017 / October / 30 / UBC’s School of Engineering hosts community open house

UBC’s School of Engineering hosts community open house

October 30, 2017

Explore the labs, talk with professors, discover the opportunities 

What: School of Engineering Community Open House
Who: UBC Okanagan’s School of Engineering
When: Saturday, November 4, from 9:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m.
Where: UBC’s Okanagan campus, EME (Engineering, Management, Education) Building

The public is invited to learn about the many educational programs and opportunities available within the School of Engineering by visiting the school’s second annual Community Open House Saturday.

Professors will be on hand to talk about faculty research and industry collaborations, while students will offer lab tours and insights to what they are learning.  Current students will also share details about their co-op, travel and employment experiences and club opportunities.

Visitors can learn about undergraduate programs, research activities and student events within the three program disciplines offered at UBC Okanagan (Civil, Electrical and Mechanical). The school has also organized an opportunity for high school students to meet and talk one-on-one with female engineering undergraduate students and faculty members that afternoon.

For a full list of presentations and lab tours visit: engineering.ok.ubc.ca/openhouse

This free event is open to the public, however, pre-registration is appreciated. RSVP via eventbrite.ca

 

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UBC’s Okanagan campus is an innovative hub for research and learning founded in partnership with local Indigenous peoples, the Syilx Okanagan Nation, in whose traditional, ancestral and unceded territory the campus resides. The most established and influential global rankings all consistently place UBC in the top five per cent of universities in the world, and among the top three Canadian universities.

The Okanagan campus combines a globally recognized UBC education with a tight-knit and entrepreneurial community that welcomes students and faculty from around the world in British Columbia’s stunning Okanagan Valley. For more visit ok.ubc.ca.

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