On April 3, 2006, the University of Ottawa Senate approved two new interdisciplinary programs at the master’s level in globalization and international development, and biomedical engineering.
A joint program between uOttawa and Carleton University will lead to a master’s in Applied Science in Biomedical Engineering. This multidisciplinary program will combine teaching and research from many academic units across both universities, as well as a number of prominent medical researchers and research units in the Ottawa area.
The program will apply engineering and science principles such as heat transfer, electromagnetic waves, electronics, fluid mechanics, mass transport, solid mechanics, engineering materials, signal processing and image analysis to solve basic problems in biotechnology and medicine.
“There is a strong demand for this sort of program. We already have ten registered students,” explains Gary Slater, dean of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies. “We plan on creating an even more elaborate program at the doctoral level.”
Although the degree is being offered in English only, the two required courses could be offered in French if numbers are sufficient.
The second program to be approved is a Masters of Arts in Globalization and International Development. This multidisciplinary program is offered jointly by the faculties of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, Arts, Law and Social Sciences.
Students will be able to choose from four thematic fields:
This graduate program will be unique in serving both anglophone and francophone students.
The two master's programs will welcome their first students in September 2006.
