Engineering sets the stage for anything. Engineering at Alberta is a place that uncovers the unknown. Where ideas take the stage and possibility runs the show. We train people to embrace curiousity, providing state-of-the-art facilities, award-winning faculty and support that enhances exploration. Our reputation is built by the professors, students, and alumni who have played instrumental roles in some of the most important engineering discoveries of our time. Sonar development in WW1 | Laser treatment that promises to manage a leading cause of blindness | Extracting bitumen from oil sands | Cryopreservation of human tissue for transplant | Food packaging that identifies the presence of dangerous pathogens. Today, the Faculty of Engineering ranks in size among the top five per cent of more than 400 engineering schools in North America, with about 4,400 undergraduate students, 1,600 graduate students and over 200 professors.