The Mechanical Engineering plan provides a versatile, comprehensive coverage of areas involving the conception and design of machinery and mechanical plant, the supervision of its construction, operation and maintenance, the planning and supervision of large engineering projects, and general engineering management. Due to its wide range, a number of options are provided as Technical Elective courses in the final year. These are preferentially linked to provide a direction appropriate to the needs of Australian industry and to the specific interests of students, although some flexibility is available if required. Typical fields which may be encompassed by the program include building services, computer-aided design, power generation, energy and environmental systems, gas and liquid handling, bio-mechanics, materials handling, control systems and transport. An emphasis is placed on the application of engineering science, development and management in these fields.

Plus choose 2 electives from the Year 1 Elective List

Suggested Year 1 electives for this program are:

Professional Electives

12 units of credit of Professional Elective courses are required. They may be selected from the professional elective list of courses of the School or from Years 3 and 4 courses from other plans run by the School. Prerequisite and corequisite requirements must be satisfied.

Professional electives are shown on the Mechanical Engineering website.

Approval is required for the selection of any course from outside the School.

Not all of the Professional Electives will always be on offer. Students are advised in May and November which professional electives will be offered in the following semester.