The majority of Co-op jobs are located in the Montreal area, Quebec, Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia and other provinces and territories, as well as the U.S., Europe, Australia and Asia. Students will likely require visas to work in foreign countries.
About 20% of the graduating class goes on to graduate school.
AVERAGE SALARY AFTER GRADUATION
This is dependent on many factors including: industry, experience, location, role, size of the organization, among others. Median annual wages in the industries employing the largest numbers of materials engineers in May 2010 were as follows:
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Federal government |
$110,590 |
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Aerospace product and manufacturing听 |
$91,920 |
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Navigational, measuring, electromedical and control instruments manufacturing |
$87,660 |
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Semiconductor and other electronic Component manufacturing |
$86,380 |
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Architectural, engineering and related services |
$75,470 |
For more information please consult the following sources:
- EngineersCanada.ca
- CACEE (cacee.com) Campus Recruitment and Benchmark Survey (2011)
- RIQ Enquete sur la r茅mun茅ration directe des ing茅nieurs salari茅s du Qu茅bec (2012)
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