2014 Final Year Engineering Student Survey -

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2014 Final Year Engineering Student Survey - Atlantic Report Conducted by Ipsos Reid on behalf of Engineers Canada May 2014 Table of Contents Research Objectives 3 Methodology 4 Key Highlights 6 Executive Summary 7 Future Plans 11 Intention to Apply for Licensure 17 Licensing Knowledge 28 Knowledge of Association of Professional Engineers 34 Knowledge of Professional Engineers Act 37 Appetite for Career Assessment Tool 40 Demographics 45 Additional Analysis: Impact on Intention to Pursue Attendance at Workshop/Seminar 49 Knowledge of PEA 52 Knowledge of Licensing and Roles 55 Knowledge of Organizational Responsibility 58 2 Research Objectives The primary objective of this research is to understand the reasons why graduates of CEAB accredited engineering programs at Atlantic universities do or do not intend to apply for their licence. In order to achieve this objective, the research seeks to understand the following: The future career and/or education plans of final year engineering students; The percentage of final year engineering students who intend to pursue a career in Engineering and the percentage who intend to apply for their P.Eng licence; Final year engineering students’ level of knowledge of the Professional Engineers Act of their province. 3 Methodology The online survey was conducted between January 27 to March 14, 2014 with final year engineering students. All university Faculties of Engineering with CEAB accredited programs were invited to participate in the study and were asked to send the online survey to all final year engineering students registered in their Engineering program. The link to the online survey was sent to the universities and each school was requested to send the survey link to all qualified students on January 27, 2014. The survey was offered in both English and French. A total of 39 universities participated in the research and 2,046 students completed the survey. Within Atlantic provinces specifically, 4 schools participated and a total of n=154 students completed the survey. The margin of error for this study (n=154) is ± 8.0%, 19 times out of 20. 4 Methodology (cont’d) For certain questions, the base size was too low to include in reporting. These include: Q16, Q17 and Q18 (only n=3 responded to these questions) Q23 (only n=3 responded to this question) Please note: base sizes under n=30 are considered very small and should be interpreted with caution 5 Key Highlights Compared to last year, we have observed little statistically significant movement in terms of students’