Advanced manufacturing has ushered in new methods in the production of goods and services using computer-controlled and micro-electronics-based equipment, including CAD design, robots and automated storage systems. Increased innovation and technological adoption now involves new manufacturing processes that encompass innovative technologies such as 3D printing and machine learning.

Assets

• A.C.E. at Ontario Tech University (one of the world's most sophisticated climatic wind tunnels that can test product life cycling and performance under the most intense and extreme weather conditions)

• Durham College School of Skilled Trades & Apprenticeship (S.T.A.)
• General Motors Canadian Technical Centre
• Integrated Manufacturing Centre at Durham College
• O.P.G. Engineering Building at Ontario Tech University
  
  

Key Companies

• A.G.S. Automotive Systems Oshawa
• Canfab Packaging Inc.
• Cleeve Technology International
• Draka E.H.C.
• General Motors of Canada

Manufacturing Sector Degree/Diploma Programs Offered in Oshawa

• Applied and Industrial Mathematics (B.Sc.)
• Automotive Engineering (B.Eng., M.ASc., M.Eng., PhD)
• Electrical and Computer Engineering (M.ASc., M.Eng., PhD)
• Electrical Engineering (B.Eng.)
• Electrical Engineering Technician, two-year Ontario college diploma
• Engineering Management (M.Eng.M, Graduate Diploma)
• Manufacturing Engineering (B.Eng.)
• Mechanical Engineering (B.Eng., M.ASc., M.Eng., PhD)
• Mechanical Engineering Technician, two-year Ontario college diploma
• Mechanical Engineering Technology, three-year Ontario college advanced diploma
• Mechanical Technician - Millwright, two-year Ontario college diploma 
• Software Engineering (B.Eng.)

• Did You Know? 

• Oshawa is one of the top 3 mid-sized advanced manufacturing clusters in North America, defined as high location quotient communities with total cluster employment under 50,000.
• Source: Waterloo EDC (2023 Report)