Material- and production-oriented mechanical engineering

Mechanical Engineering is an engineering study programme where students learn skills in the field of research and development, component design and optimization, and automation of machines and plants. Knowledge is also acquired in the fields of metallic materials, plastic materials and machinery design. The graduates are engineers with a holistic view, who are familiar with modern information and communication technologies and who are able to apply their methodological knowledge in real on-the-job situations.

Programme description

Undergraduate Studies:

Semester 1 -4: introduction to and focus on natural sciences and engineering subjects
Semester 5 to 7: students receive profound training in all relevant fields of mechanical engineering

Graduate Studies:

The master's programme features five different focus areas: general mechanical engineering, development and design, production engineering, mechatronics or heavy machinery.
In the field of heavy machinery, students may also focus on the engineering of plants for metallurgical enterprises, on conveyance or the production of cruide oil and natural gas.
Modelling and simulation in the field of product and process development as well as lightweight construction are further areas important in modern mechanical engineering.
From an idea to the actual product - the master's programme provides an end-to-end coverage, opening up a wide field of career opportunities.

Equipment

Well equipped labs and workshops facilitate the practical testing of developed methods ans fundamentals. This includes among others computer-aided test facilities for the testing of life span, image processing and robots, CAD-systems.

Typical fields of activity

Research and development, production, logistics, marketing, construction and calculation.

Typical industrial branches

Industrial plant construction, vehicle and aeronautic industry, metallurgical industry and companies, plastic processing, exploitation and processing such as petroleum industry, consulting engineers, scientific fields at universities and research institutions under consideration of fatigue strength and light-weight construction aspects by the use of leading edge development tools such as stress simulation and computer-aided life span prediction.

Infobox

Possible degrees: BSc, Dipl.-Ing. (MSc), Dr.mont. (PhD)
Duration: 7 semesters for the bachelor's programme, 3 semesters for the master's programme (+ internship), 6 semesters for the doctoral programme
Focus: general mechanical engineering, development and design, production engineering, mechatronics, heavy machinery
E-Mail: umformtechnik@unileoben.ac.at
Phone: +43 (0)3842/402-5601