Community
One of the best things about MECH is that it feels like you’re part of this small community. In MECH 2, class sizes are smaller so everyone takes the same classes at the same time and it allows you to form strong relationships with so many peers. It also felt like there were special Profs just for us; since MECH 2 runs on a strange schedule they usually didn’t teach many other courses and had more time to dedicate to MECH 2 students. Without a doubt MECH 2 also has the best TA’s you’ll ever get, they are incredibly helpful and caring. And if the classes don’t bring you closer to your peers, the project course certainly will! You get the chance to learn a lot about yourself, how you work in a team, and the excitement of actually applying what you’ve learnt.
-Renee Bernard (MECH 2 student 2014-2015)
The Department encourages holistic education, and we have vibrant student communities through student design teams, groups and Club Mech, the Mechanical Engineering undergraduate student organization.
Club Mech
Get involved in your Undergraduate Student Club!
Club Mech is a departmental club to which all undergraduate students are automatically admitted. Club Mech has its own lounge in the CEME building, complete with a foosball table, ping pong table, couches and vending machines.
They also represent mechanical engineering undergraduate students to the department and to the Engineering Undergraduate Society (EUS), assist with organizing the Iron Ring ceremony for graduating students, and run professional development and social events throughout the school year.
On Social Media? Find Club MECH on Facebook and Instagram.
As part of the annual Engineering Week, mechanical engineering students come together to compete against other departments in events like chariot racing or FilmfEUSt, the annual engineering film festival. Watch Club MECH’s entry to the 2015 FilmfEUSt.
Engineering Student Teams and Groups
Apply your skills and broaden your connections
Extra-curricular groups allow students to apply the skills they learn in class, develop the teamwork and leadership skills important for their future careers, and build their university and professional community.
Student Design Teams
Design teams give students the chance to hone their technical and organizational skills by tackling exciting interdisciplinary design challenges, and compete with teams throughout North America and the world.
Teams consist of students from a variety of programs, working on a range of engineering challenges like lifting as much weight as possible with a remote controlled plane, creating an indestructible dune buggy, designing robots that can play soccer autonomously, or attempting to break speed records under 10m of water with only human power for propulsion.
Student Team Resources
In a group or design team and want to find support, apply for funding, or start something new? Find Applied Science’s comprehensive collection of resources and guides for the operation and establishment of student groups.
Engineering Student Group Resources
Professional Chapters and Affinity Groups
Get involved in professional organizations while still at school by joining a student chapter, work towards a cause that’s important to you, or connect with affinity group supports and community.
Student Chapters hold networking opportunities, organize speakers and workplace tours, and run professional development opportunities connecting you with the wider engineering community. MECH students may be interested in groups like the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Engineers without Borders (EWB) and the Society for Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering (SNAME).
E-IDEAS Affinity Groups work to cultivate an environment that recognizes and brings awareness to equity, diversity and inclusion and reflects the intersectionality of the UBC Engineering student body. Volunteer or connect with support from groups like UBC AISES, Gears and Queers, National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), and Women in Engineering (WiE).
Student Chapters and E-IDEAS Affinity Groups
Engineering Undergraduate Society (EUS)
Want to get involved in student government, connect with engineering students outside of mechanical engineering, or find more events and places to study or hang out? The Engineering Undergraduate Society represents all undergraduate engineering students to the Alma Mater Society (AMS) and puts on a range of professional development and social activities.
Engineering Undergraduate Society
Expand your Student Experience
The Applied Science Experiential Learning Hub has more information about Engineering student groups and can connect you with opportunities for mentorship, exchanges and studying abroad, professional development and more.
Applied Science Experiential Learning Hub
UBC’s AMS supports a wide range of clubs and student groups on campus. Follow your interests and meet new people from across the University.