If you are innovative, like engineering and problem solving, the Bachelor of Science in Wood Products Processing is ideal for you.

This award-winning program is a fusion of science, engineering and business.  Students gain a comprehensive understanding of wood science, business and advanced manufacturing operations. They also develop essential transferable skills such as problem solving, communication, leadership and teamwork.  Students can choose to complement their science degree with a Minor in Commerce.  Co-op is another exciting option that integrates career-related experience into their academic studies. 

The program was developed in direct response to the demand for university graduates qualified to become the leaders of tomorrow in the wood products sector.  The extensive facilities of the Centre for Advanced Wood Processing—Canada’s national centre of excellence for wood products—support the delivery of this unique program by UBC’s Department of Wood Science.

Proud Winner of the Yves Landry Foundation Award for the Most Innovative Manufacturing Technology Program at the University Level and the Alfred Scow Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Student Experience and Learning Environment at the University of British Columbia.

INNOVATIVE PROJECTS 
B.Sc. Wood Products Processing students, in conjunction with the Centre for Advanced Wood Processing, have opportunties to get involved with innovative projects.  A couple recent examples include:

Far Coast Furniture
Students from UBC's B.Sc. Wood Products Processing program and Emily Carr University's Industrial Design program worked together to design sets of outdoor furniture that will be used at the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic venues in Vancouver and Whistler.  Students worked in the Centre for Advanced Wood Processing's manufacturing lab throughout the summer to build and finish the furniture.

For more details, including photos and video of the project, see http://www.farcoast.com/#blue-pine

Podium Project for the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games
A team at UBC’s Centre for Advanced Wood Processing played a central role in creating the 23 distinctive wooden medal ceremony podia and 84 medal trays that will soon be seen on the world stage. The CAWP team included technical staff and current and past students. The team utilized the state-of-the-art MasterCAM computer-aided-design software and SCM computer-numerical-control processing centres in the CAWP manufacturing lab to program and cut the more-than-250 unique parts required for each of the podia. Click here for more information about this and other projects at CAWP. 

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