Build and maintain moving technology.
Mechanical Engineering
What is Mechanical Engineering?
Mechanical Engineering is the designing, building and maintaining of anything that moves — from microscale sensors, jet plane engines, robots, and biomedical devices, to spacecraft, wind turbine, heavy industrial machinery and other power generation equipment.
Mechanical engineers get to work in this broad discipline that puts them at an advantage in the machinery field, while they handle systems and devices, or when focusing on concepts like force, motion, energy, and materials.
What you will learn
You will study the movement and interaction of solid objects, fluids, heat and electricity, and learn how to calculate and control the forces that stimulate the changes. You will also study some electrical engineering subjects that include the generation of circuits and electricity to upskill yourself with electrical devices.
Ultimately, you will obtain hands-on skills needed to push the boundaries in machine-based technology.
Career options
You can work in any of the areas suggested for the Flexible majors, plus find opportunities within:
- Aerospace companies
- Automotive companies
- Biomedical and health companies
- Chemical industry
- Defence agencies
- Electronics industry
- Marine industry
- Materials and metals industry
- Pharmaceutical industry
- Rail industry
- Robotics industry
- Utility industry
You are also likely to work closely with electrical, mechatronic and ICT engineers, and will find opportunities in many of the areas suggested for those majors.
