Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) (Honours)
Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) (Honours)
Your career as a mechanical engineer As a mechanical engineer your creativity and technical skills will be in high demand across many industries managing and maintaining existing technologies and developing new ones. Industry-relevant experience You will have a number of opportunities for industry interaction during your studies including work placements…
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
Your career as a mechanical engineer
As a mechanical engineer your creativity and technical skills will be in high demand across many industries managing and maintaining existing technologies and developing new ones.
Industry-relevant experience
You will have a number of opportunities for industry interaction during your studies including work placements and industry-based projects.
Our teachers are experienced practitioners and we collaborate closely with industry to ensure our mechanical engineering degree meets the needs of the workplace.
Mechanical engineering involves the planning, design and development of machinery, solving problems and improving the machines used in everyday life.
In the first two years of your mechanical engineering degree, you will learn the fundamentals of engineering sciences, mathematics, engineering design, and engineering professional practice.
As you progress, you’ll customise your degree by focusing your studies in the general field of mechanical engineering or other areas such as manufacturing, automotive, business, mathematics or computing.
You’ll have the opportunity to design creative solutions through inspiring and sustainable design-and-build projects, as well as taking part in the Engineers Without Borders Challenge – a humanitarian-focused course offered in all RMIT engineering degrees.
Your final-year project will combine and develop the skills and knowledge defined by Engineers Australia – the experience you need to commence your professional engineering career.
Degree specialisations:
Computer-aided engineering and design
Industrial aerodynamics and computational fluid dynamics
Energy conservation and renewable energy
Mechatronics, dynamics and control
How you will learn
You’ll apply detailed design and analysis to industry-based problems using specialised facilities and equipment from wind tunnels to machine shops, and fabrication and testing facilities.
You can also take your studies beyond the classroom with the opportunity to undertake up to 12 weeks’ industry work placement and projects that replicate real-world problems.
Career
As a mechanical engineer your creativity and technical skills will be in high demand across many industries managing and maintaining existing technologies and developing new ones.
There are many job opportunities for mechanical engineers. Examples include:
the design, manufacture and testing of motor vehicles
the design, specification and installation of large air conditioning systems
the design of materials handling systems in the packaging and mining industries
power generation and renewable power sources
construction and maintenance in the petrochemical industry
the design of trains and trams
computerised control in the pharmaceutical industry
the aeronautical industry
the implementation of new manufacturing methods in the electronics industry
the development of engineering computer software
research and development in industry and other technical institutions
technical sales in the marketing divisions of engineering companies
engineering management in large and small organisations, both in Australia and overseas.
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Since its establishment in 1887, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University (RMIT) has been meeting the needs of the community surrounding it. Originally a Working Men’s College, RMIT showed its flexibility during World War Two, training over 20,000 servicemen in communications to help with the war effort.Now, it is a true pioneer in international education, championing cross-border study opportunities with campuses in various countries. Granted formal university status in 1992, RMIT is ranked 21st in the world for universities that are less than 50 years old.RMIT is the largest higher education institution in Australia, currently with more than 82,000 students. With nearly 20% of those students coming from overseas, it is a university that truly welcomes diversity and is a melting pot of different cultures. RMIT has three campuses in Vietnam, a European hub in Barcelona, an office in Indonesia, and partners with 200+ institutions in 42 countries to provide study opportunities worldwide.
