COVID-19 Information

Undergraduate Students

Undergraduate Applicants

Note: The acceptance deadline for any offers of admission to first year, full-time, fall entry, on campus programs with a May 1 deadline has been extended to June 1.

Please visit this page on the Undergraduate Admissions website if you have any questions about changes to the application process related to COVID-19.

While March Break Open House has been cancelled, we are working to put all of the information you would be getting at the event online.

Undergraduate Students

• Exams: There will be no in-person, on-campus exams for the Winter 2020 term. All assessments including final exams will be done remotely. Please see this notice about exam accomodations from Queen's Accessibility Services (March 30).
• Instructors will provide guidance about course and capstone projects.
• Accreditation: Changes in academic programming in response to this crisis will not affect the accreditation of our engineering programs. Engineers Canada has recognized the circumstances of the COVID-19 situation, and have affirmed that programs have flexibility in the delivery of courses. In the event that classes and/or lab activities are cancelled, it is not an expectation that the programs will need to justify to future CEAB visiting teams the impact on Accreditation Units counts. See this statement from Engineers Canada (PDF)
• You have access to almost all software for courses, work, and special projects through our AppsAnywhere service that will allow you to work remotely. Our IT Team is available to help anyone access these platforms remotely.

Exchange Students

The Engineering’s Student Services team is working to support our students who are away on exchange.

Graduate Students & Researchers

Graduate programs have been moved to remote delivery; there will be no more in-person classes or labs for the duration of the winter term for graduate courses. There will be no in-person exams (with the exception of comprehensives/dissertation defences). See this statement from the Provost (updated March 17) regarding graduate classes.

The School of Graduate Studies has created this information page for graduate students and post-doctoral fellows.

Faculty & Staff

The following points elaborate on key messages from the Principal’s statement (March 16) with guidance for staff and faculty:

1. Social and non-essential gatherings should be cancelled.
2. Where possible, move essential meetings to an online format.
3. Avoid public spaces where social distancing of two metres or more is not possible.
4. Remote working: Managers are encouraged to have employees work from home, if their jobs permit, and be flexible in looking for ways to enable this activity. If there are questions about remote working capability, managers are asked to speak with Sarah Kauffman, Executive Director, Finance and Operations and Christa Camirand, Manager, Human Resources.

Please see the most recent information from Central Human Resources about reporting, absence from work, and resources. Also, please engage Kate Spoljaric or Christa Camirand if you have any questions about process, reporting, or isolation measures.

Additional resources for staff and faculty:

• The FEAS IT group has provided information on how to access campus and Engineering services when working from home.
• For instructors: To assist with contingency planning and maintain the continuity of teaching in responding to COVID-19, the Engineering Teaching and Learning team has provided this list of remote teaching options and can help you find ways to use them effectively.
• The Office of the VP (Vice-Principal (Finance and Administration) has published this page of updates for units in their portfolio.
• See the Faculty & Staff tab on the Queen's COVID-19 website for more information and resources.