PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — The Government of British Columbia announced recently it will fund the addition of hundreds of seats in undergraduate engineering programs in Prince George, B.C.
The University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) will receive $400,000 in startup funding in 2017-18 for new civil and environmental engineering degree programs, which will build to support a total of 280 spaces by 2022-23, with 70 graduates per year estimated by 2023.
The College of New Caledonia (CNC) will receive $250,000 in 2017-18 for a new civil-engineering technologist program, with support for 50 new spaces by 2021-22. The program is expected to produce 25 graduates per year by 2022.
“We know that when we train students in the North, they stay in the North, further enhancing our capacity as knowledge leaders, while helping spur tremendous economic activity and collaboration with other post-secondary institutions,” UNBC president Daniel Weeks said in a statement.
“Students, industry and communities across the North have been asking for, and working towards, a full engineering-degree program for a considerable time and we are finally able to provide it, which is reason for celebration in northern B.C. and around the province.”
“This program will play a crucial role in filling the talent gap for technologist jobs in the North,” CNC president Harry Reiser added.
The spaces are part of a provincial investment in 2,900 additional seats in technology programs at colleges, universities and institutes throughout B.C. Total funding for 2018 is $4.4 million and is estimated to increase to $42 million by 2023.
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