The Mechatronic Engineering plan provides the student with the ability to acquire a hybrid range of skills based on mechanics, electronics and computing. Whilst there is a comprehensive coverage of mechanical engineering and design areas, the plan enables a deeper understanding of the principles supporting the conception, design, construction, maintenance, integration and repair of intelligent machines. Typical examples of these machines are robots, white goods, cameras, automated test equipment and transport vehicles.

Typical fields which may be encompassed by the program include building services, computer controlled plant, manufacturing, robotics and autonomous vehicles. 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 professional electives will always be on offer. Students are advised in May and November which professional electives will be offered in the following semester.