The Department of Mechanical Engineering offers degree programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels, leading to the award of Bachelor of Engineering and Masters of Engineering degrees. These programs are based on the semester system. The BE program covers an intensive eight-semester duration of teaching and laboratory work
At the MS level, students follow three semesters of teaching, with an option to major in Manufacturing/Production Engineering, Dynamics and Control, Thermal Sciences and Mechanics/Design before embarking on their independent thesis work. Opportunities also exist for exceptional students to continue their graduate work towards a PhD program where individual research at internationally accepted levels is carried out under the supervision of faculty that is best qualified for providing the required guidance.
Under Graduate
At the Department of Mechanical Engineering, we are conscious of the fact that Mechanical Engineering, as a discipline, is the traditional bed-rock of engineering. It is thus all-encompassing, based on well-established laws of nature which are used through ingenuity to design and operate functional products. These products can be basic, such as pulleys and gears; conventional, such as engines and power-producing systems; or advanced, such as control and automation systems for vehicles and machinery.
In spite of being traditional, mechanical engineering has undergone quantum leaps in modernization due to rapid advances in electronics and computer technologies. Engineering design, for example, utilizes high-speed computing processes in design and manufacturing, as indeed does computer simulation of fluid flows for the design of super-sonic systems. The premium on mechanical engineering graduates has thus expanded from traditional areas to hi-tech areas. They must thus integrate technologies rather than remain isolated. This requires a multi-disciplinary outlook, which we have been careful to incorporate into our syllabus while maintaining the conventional structure.
Post Graduate
The postgraduate curriculum of Mechanical Engineering at College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, has been developed based on the guidelines and discussions with the faculty of international universities with whom the National of sciences and Technology (NUST) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
The curriculum, being proposed for the award of MS/PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering, has been planned to meet the following objectives.
- To meet the national requirements.
- Meet the requirements of the international universities.
- Have the requisite academic background in the state of the art technology for employment in the research and development.
- Have design and development training coupled with management and economic background to successfully pursue his career as young engineer or even as an entrepreneur at international level.