At Université Laval in Québec, Canada, BA/BS in Water Engineering is offered as a bachelor's degree in Hydrology & Water Management programme. The programme runs for 4 years. It carries 120.0 credits. Tuition for international students is CAD 27,095 per year (CAD 3,118 per year for local students).
At a glance
Degree:Bachelor's Degree
Field:Hydrology & Water Management
Duration: 4 years
Credits: 120.0
Local tuition: CAD 3,118 / year
International tuition: CAD 27,095 / year
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
This bachelor's program (B.Ing.) in water engineering focuses on protecting the environment and ensuring sustainable water management. Students learn to plan, design, and supervise the construction and operation of infrastructure for water treatment, distribution, and collection, addressing hydraulic structure design, pollution mitigation, and integrated water-resource management across related engineering disciplines. The program runs four years full-time for 120 credits, with up to 60 credits eligible for recognition of prior learning. A mandatory paid internship of 12 to 15 weeks is required, and up to three additional optional paid internships are available. Team-based integrative projects sponsored by industry give students experience with real design problems, such as designing a drinking-water production chain or a stormwater management system. Some courses are delivered online, with hybrid and comodal formats also offered. The program suits students with an interest in environmental science and problem-solving who have strong communication skills and adaptability. Graduates work as water engineers, hydraulics engineers, or environmental analysts in consulting firms, municipalities, and government agencies, in a field the program describes as facing growing demand as water management challenges increase.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Quebec applicants qualify directly with a DEC in Natural Sciences, Sciences Letters and Arts, Computer Science and Mathematics, or the International Baccalaureate in Pure and Applied Sciences; holders of another DEC must complete biology, chemistry (one or two courses depending on background), a three-course mathematics sequence and two physics courses, with compensatory Université Laval courses available within a two-session window. Applicants from outside Quebec need a 13-year pre-university diploma, or a 12-year diploma plus one year of higher education, with a satisfactory science background; the Faculty of Science and Engineering publishes fuller international selection criteria separately. Non-francophone applicants must demonstrate French proficiency through the Test de français (TCF tout public) or may follow the Cheminement en immersion française, which integrates required French courses into the program. No minimum admission average is published for this program.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Domestic (Quebec and other-Canadian) applicants to Universite Laval apply per trimester: for Automne (Fall) 2027 entry, online applications open August 15, 2026, non-quota bachelor's applications are due March 1, 2027 (late until August 15, 2027) and non-quota graduate applications are due February 1, 2027; Hiver (Winter) 2027 applications are due November 1, 2026 (late until December 1, 2026). Quota programs -- MD, first-cycle PharmD, and bachelor's degrees in occupational therapy, physiotherapy, sexology and biomedical sciences -- close November 1, 2026 for Automne 2027, for all applicants. International applicants face firmer, earlier cutoffs (February 1, 2027 for Automne; July 1, 2026 for Hiver 2027; December 1, 2026 for Ete 2027) given 4-to-6-month immigration processing; a late international application is deferred to a later term rather than accepted for the term requested. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
