Lassonde School of Engineering

Lassonde School of Engineering
Former names	School of Engineering
Established	2011 (2011)
Type	Professional Faculty
Academic affiliation	York University
Location	Toronto, Ontario, Canada 43°46′23″N 79°29′55″W / 43.77306°N 79.49861°W / 43.77306; -79.49861
Dean	Janusz A. Kozinski
Website	lassonde.yorku.ca//

The Lassonde School of Engineering is a professional engineering school of York University located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.^[1] It is a new kind of engineering school designed to create Renaissance Engineers™ – entrepreneurial engineers with a social conscience and a sense of global citizenship. Lassonde also incorporates crossover programming with York University’s Schulich School of Business and Osgoode Hall Law School to study law, business and entrepreneurship alongside the engineering program.^[2]

The Lassonde School of Engineering was established in November 2011 with funding from founding donor Pierre Lassonde, the Government of Ontario and York University.^[3] Former students in Engineering, Computer Science and Earth & Atmospheric Science programs from the Faculty of Science and Engineering formally joined the Lassonde School of Engineering on May 1, 2013.^[4]

The Founding Dean of the Lassonde School of Engineering is Janusz A. Kozinski.^[5]

Undergraduate Programs

Engineering

• B.Eng - Civil Engineering
• B.Eng - Computer Engineering
• B.Eng - Electrical Engineering
• B.Eng - Geomatics Engineering
• B.Eng - Mechanical Engineering
• B.Eng - Software Engineering
• B.Eng - Space Engineering

Computing

• BSc, BA, iBSc, iBA - Computer Science
• BSc, BA - Computer Security
• BA - Digital Media (offered jointly with the Faculty of Fine Arts)

Earth & Space Science

• BSc - Earth & Atmospheric Science
• BSc - Space Science

Graduate Programs

• MASc - Computer Engineering
• MSc - Computer Science
• MSc - Earth and Space Science

• PhD - Computer Science
• PhD - Earth and Space Science

References