POLYTECHNIQUE MONTRÉAL:
150 YEARS OF ENGINEERING FOR THE BENEFIT OF SOCIETY

Founded in 1873, Polytechnique Montréal is one of Canada’s top engineering teaching and research institutions and first in Québec for the scope of its research activities. Polytechnique has one of the highest concentrations of engineering professors/researchers in Canada, as well as the largest volume of industry-partnered research. It trains the next generation of leading engineers, who benefit from first-rate infrastructure and research equipment.

WINNING COLLABORATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS

• With recognized industry leaders
  Airbus, Bell Helicopter Textron Canada, Bombardier, CAE Inc., Pratt & Whitney Canada, Safran Group
• With international-calibre equipment manufacturers, integrators and MROs 
  Esterline CMC Electronics, General Electric Canada, Liebherr-Aerospace Canada, MDA Satellite Systems, Thales Canada
• With innovative consortiums and funding organizations dedicated to advancing aerospace and transportation industry competitiveness 
  CRIAQ, CRSNG, InnovÉÉ, Mitacs, PRIMA
• With local and international companies
   

POLYTECHNIQUE BY THE NUMBERS

• Close to 10,000 students in the fall of 2023 (29% of whom are women and 29% of international students)
• 2,400 graduate students
• More than 120 programs
• 2,320 diplomas awarded in the 2022–23 academic year
• 59,491 graduates since 1873
• 300 faculty members (including 19% women)
• Over 1,500 employees
• Overall annual budget of $225 million

RESEARCH

• $107,5 million research budget in 2021
• 31 Industrial Research Chairs (including 10 NSERC Chairs)
• 22 Canada Research Chairs
• 1 Canada Excellence Research Chair
• 105 technologies in commercialization
• 158 patents held
• 22 active spinoff compagnies
• More than 220 industrial partners each year

AEROSPACE AND TRANSPORTATION

• Over 115 professors and researchers (including several affiliated with interuniversity research centres)
• 16 research chairs (aerospace, transportation, materials and processes, LCA…)
• More than 38 research units with available aerospace and transportation infrastructures
• Collaborative R&D projects (funded by organizations such as CRIAQ, InnovÉÉ, Mitacs, NSERC, PRIMA…) with aerospace and transportation companies (Airbus, Bell Helicopter, Bombardier, CAE Inc.,Textron Canada, Pratt & Whitney Canada, Safran Group, local and international SMEs…)

WINNING SYNERGY

Education programs and research projects in symbiosis with industry

• Innovative laboratories and learning/research environment
• Strategic research partnerships
• Training and research projects focused on aerospace and transportation industry needs
• Complementary, long-term interuniversity collaborations

AEROSPACE AND TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH CHAIRS

Canada Research Chairs

• Modelling and Control of Unsteady Aircraft Aerodynamics — Éric Laurendeau
• Nanoscale and Quantum Semiconductors — Oussama Moutanabbir
• Design and Optimization of Non-Regular Mechanical Systems — Alain Batailly
• Fatigue Damage of Advanced Metallic Materials — Myriam Brochu
• Mobility of People — Catherine Morency
• Canada Research Chair in New Frontiers in Space Communications — Gunes Karabulut Kurt

Canada Industrial, Institutional and Excellence Research Chairs

• Multisectoral Alliance institutional Research Chair in Coatings and Surface Engineering — Ludvik Martinu
• Research Chair on the Evaluation and Implementation of Sustainability in Transportation— Catherine Morency
• Canada Excellence Research Chair in Data Science for Real-Time Decision-Making — Andrea Lodi
• Safran Industrial Research Chair on Additive Manufacturing of Organic Matrix Composites — Daniel Therriault
• Safran Industrial Research Chair on Multifunctional Passive Acoustic Treatments for Turbofan Composite Structures — Annie Ross
• NSERC ∕ CRIAQ ∕ Bombardier Industrial Research Chair on Aerothermodynamic Interdisciplinary Analysis and Design Methods for Transport Aircraft — Éric Laurendeau
• Philanthropic Chair in Materials Engineering and Additive Manufacturing — Étienne Martin
• Chair in Transportation Transformation — Martin Trépanier, Catherine Morency, Normand Mousseau
• Chair on the Detection, Analysis and Automated Management of Internal Breaches and Anomalies — Frédéric Cuppens
• CIFAR Chair in Artificial Intelligence — Sarath Chandar
• CIFAR Chair on Software Quality Assurance for Machine Learning Applications — Foutse Khomh
• CIFAR Chair in Artificial Intelligence — Christopher J. Pal

LABORATORIES AND RESEARCH UNITS

• Advanced Composite and Fibre Structures Laboratory (ACFSLAB)
• Advanced Research Centre in Microwaves and Space Electronics (POLY-GRAMES)
• Centre for Applied Research on Polymers and Composites (CREPEC)
• Centre for Characterization and Microscopy of Materials (CM)2
• Centre interdisciplinaire de recherche en opérationnalisation du développement durable (CIRODD)
• Digital Manufacturing and Metrology (DMM) Research Laboratory
• Functional Coating and Surface Engineering Laboratory (LARFIS)
• Institut d’Innovation et de Conception en Aérospatiale de Polytechnique (IICAP)
• International Reference Centre for the Life Cycle of Products, Processes and Services (CIRAIG)
• Interuniversity Research Centre on Enterprise Networks, Logistics and Transportation (CIRRELT)
• Laboratory for Acoustics and Vibration Analysis (LAVA)
• Laboratory for Multi-Scale Mechanics (LM2)
• Laboratory in Electrical Energy (LEE)
• Laboratory of Assembly and Encapsulation of Electronic Microsystems (LASEM)
• Laboratory of New Materials for Energy and Electrochemistry
• Liquid Composite Moulding Technological Network (RTMFLOT Software Package)
• LORLAB (methods of design, optimization and performance of wireless and wireline networks)
• MADITUC Group Laboratory for Urban Transport Planning
• Magnetic Laboratory
• Material Surface Analysis Laboratory (LASM)
• Mechanical and Aerospace Consultation Centre (CCMECA)
• Mechanical Components Analysis Group (GACM)
• Microelectronics and Microsystems Research Group (GR2M)
• Microfabrication Laboratory (LMF)
• Mobile Robotics and Autonomous Systems Laboratory
• Neurotechnology Laboratory (POLYSTIM)
• Product Development and Manufacturing Research Group (GRDFP)
• Regroupement québécois sur les matériaux de pointe (RQMP)
• Regroupement stratégique en microsystèmes du Québec (ReSMiQ)
• Research unit in space resources and infrastructure engineering (Astrolith)
• Robotics Laboratory
• Thin-Film Physics and Technology Research Group (GCM)
• Virtual Manufacturing Research Laboratory (LRFV)

EDUCATION

Polytechnique was the first university in Québec to offer a bachelor’s program in aerospace engineering. Furthermore, the institution provides a variety of programs that grant access to the aerospace field.

• Aerospace engineering programs (undergraduate and graduate), specializations in aerospace
• Personalized orientations at the bachelor's level, notably: Embedded Systems in Aerospace (electrical engineering), Embedded Computing (computer engineering), Aerospace, and Aerospace Products and Systems (mechanical engineering). For more information : polymtl.ca/futur/en/es/programs
• Cumulative bachelor’s degree and certificate in cybersecurity
• Microprograms in mobility, transportation and urban planning, and in composite and polymer materials
• In-firm internships: More than 250 internships annually in 35 companies in the aerospace industry in Canada and abroad. Polytechnique’s Internships and Jobs Service supports and guides students, preparing them for their future careers as engineering.

ADMISSION

Prospective students
514 340-4928 | futur@polymtl.ca
polymtl.ca/futur
Online Application: admission.polymtl.ca

INTERNSHIPS AND JOBS SERVICES

Marie-Josée Dionne
Director
514 340-4711, ext. 4299
marie-josee.dionne@polymtl.ca
polymtl.ca/stages-et-emplois

RESEARCH

Augustin Brais
Director, Bureau des partenariats et des infrastructures de recherche
514 340-3275
augustin.brais@polymtl.ca

Nury Ardila
R&D and Partnerships Development Advisor, Bureau des partenariats et des infrastructures de recherche
514-340-4722
nury.ardila@polymtl.ca

polymtl.ca/recherche

QUÉBEC, A GLOBAL AEROSPACE HUB

• Over 37,200 workers
• 70% of Canadian aerospace R&D
• Top rank in terms of Quebec exports (in 2022)
• Over $18 billion in annual sales
• More than 200 major companies in this sector established in the province, including:
  • Airbus
  • Bell Helicopter
  • Bombardier Aerospace
  • CAE
  • Esterline CMC Electronics
  • General Electric
  • Héroux-Devtek
  • L3 MAS
  • Lockheed Martin
  • MDA
  • Safran Landing Systems
  • Pratt & Whitney Canada
  • Rolls-Royce
  • Sonaca Montréal
  • Stelia Aerospace Canada
  • Thales

STANDOUT STUDENTS

Whether they’re designing satellites, rockets or cargo planes, Polytechnique students shine at international competitions year after year.
 

ORONOS Since 2012, Oronos has distinguished itself every year at the Experimental Sounding Rocket Association’s Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition (IREC), a renowned contest held in the Utah desert that attracts the world’s best university teams. In addition to setting several accuracy records, Oronos Polytechnique took home first place in the 2014 Advanced Category and first place in the Basic Category in 2012 and 2013. Videos recorded by the team are spectacular. Sure-fire thrills!

AVION CARGO With the Avion Cargo group, engineering takes flight! Their mission: design and build, according to very strict regulations, a remote-controlled aircraft and have it make a complete flight, including takeoff, in-flight turn, and landing, while lifting the heaviest possible payload. The team puts in consistently strong showings in the Society of Automotive Engineers’ annual Aero Design competition.

POLYORBITE Some 30 students are part of the newly created PolyOrbite technical society. The disciplines represented in the group include computer, software, mechanical, aerospace and electrical engineering, as well as engineering physics. One of the society’s objectives is to enter the Canadian Satellite Design Challenge, a competition that extends over two years, during which the teams must design and build a small satellite known as a “cubesat.”