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Software engineering

Made for you if you dream of creating the program that will help machines and humans understand each other.
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Did you know

  • $135,261

    Average salary

    (Genium360, Remuneration of engineering professionals in Quebec – Investigation report 2025-2026)

  • 4 years

    Duration of the bachelor’s degree in software engineering

  • 345 million people

    That’s how many people use Office software worldwide.

  • The first computer program was written by a woman.

    Long before modern computers, Ada Lovelace envisioned what a computer program could accomplish. She is considered the conceptual founder of software engineering.

  • Excellent job prospects

    In software engineering, demand far exceeds the number of graduates.

  • Software is everywhere—hidden in plain sight

    Cars, hospitals, banks, airplanes: there’s code behind almost everything.

What you will actually do

As a software engineer, you’ll design and develop systems and software that meet organizations’ real-world needs.

  • Determine the functions required for software to meet specific needs.
  • Write specifications and create software prototypes.
  • Develop and implement tailored software solutions.
  • Plan and coordinate the development, installation, integration, and certification of automated systems and software.
  • Develop maintenance procedures and user guides for operating systems and application software.

Source: REPÈRES, the official school and career information website (in French)

Where do you see yourself?

Software engineers work in fields as varied as video games, aerospace, and banking.

  • IT services companies
  • Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturers
  • Video game industry
  • Telecommunications industry
  • Web and multimedia industry
  • Mobile industry (applications)
  • Banking sector
  • Automation sector
  • Aerospace sector

Where to study

Universities offering the program

Polytechnique Montréal

Université Laval

École de technologie supérieure

Université Concordia

Université McGill

WHEN QUEBEC SOFTWARE ENGINEERING TAKES OVER THE WORLD

Assassin’s Creed, one of the best-selling video games of all time, was created in Montreal.

Ubisoft Montréal is behind one of the most iconic video game franchises on the planet—proof that local software engineering has global influence, and that Montreal truly is a world capital of video games.

200 million

Copies of Assassin’s Creed sold

SOFTWARE TO PROTECT OUR DATA

Fragmenting information to better protect it

Engineers are working on transinfonetworking: instead of storing all data in one place, it is fragmented and distributed across multiple servers. The result? Stronger protection of citizens’ privacy in the event of a cyberattack.

Read the article about the transinfonetworking company

Play Mission Génie to discover the type of engineering that suits you!

An interactive game to explore the different types of engineering and find the one that best matches your interests and talents.