Program Overview

Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering

The Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering is a comprehensive program that provides students with a broad foundation in mechanical engineering principles. Mechanical engineering is the broadest of all engineering disciplines, and the role of the mechanical engineer is expanding well beyond the traditional automotive and manufacturing industries.

Program Overview

Our alumni are in high demand by first-class employers around the country. While pursuing your mechanical engineering degree, you will gain hands-on experience through design courses, laboratory instruction, and research opportunities. You will also have the opportunity to join many top-ranked design teams, like Miner Racing and the Human Powered Vehicle team.

Curriculum

As an incoming student, you'll work toward completing common freshman-year courses while acquiring information to help you determine a major and career. During the first two or three semesters on campus, you will take a set of courses that are required by all engineering departments. After successfully completing the common freshman-year academic requirements, you'll formally apply for admission to the mechanical and aerospace engineering department. Admission is nearly automatic if you've completed these requirements.

Foundational Engineering

As an incoming student, you'll work toward completing common freshman-year courses while acquiring information to help you determine a major and career. During the first two or three semesters on campus, you will take a set of courses that are required by all engineering departments. After successfully completing the common freshman-year academic requirements, you'll formally apply for admission to the mechanical and aerospace engineering department. Admission is nearly automatic if you've completed these requirements and the MAE admission requirements.

Department Admissions Requirements

The following guidelines are used in evaluating applications for admission to the ME and AE degree programs:

1. Not currently on probation or deficiency status.
2. A cumulative GPA ≥ 2.5. The cumulative GPA includes both S&T and transfer courses. It includes any GPA adjustment from the grade replacement policy.
3. UM cumulative GPA ≥ 2.5. The UM cumulative GPA includes courses taken at any of the University of Missouri campuses. It includes all grades for any repeated courses, with no GPA adjustment from the repeat course GPA adjustment policy.
4. A cumulative Math and Science GPA ≥ 2.25. The cumulative Math and Science GPA includes all courses listed below that have been completed at the time of application to the ME or AE program. It includes all grades for any repeated courses, with no GPA adjustment from the repeat course GPA adjustment policy.

• Math 1214 or 1211
• Math 1215
• Phys 1135
• Chem 1310 or Chem 1305
• Math 2222
• Math 3304
• Phys 2135
• ME/AE 2360
• ME 2519
• AE 2861
• CE 2200
• CE 2210
• EE 2800

Grad Track Pathway Program

The Grad Track Pathway offers early provisional admission to the master's degree program to exceptional undergraduate students and is designed for these students to earn coursework credit towards their master's degree while completing their bachelor's degree in the same discipline.

Undergraduate Emphasis Areas

While earning your bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, you can acquire a specialized set of courses with an emphasis in:

• Energy Conversion
• Manufacturing Processes
• Mechanical Design and Analysis
• Systems Integration

Career Opportunities

With a mechanical engineering degree, you are creating the opportunity to work in virtually any industry. Mechanical engineers are involved in the creation of almost anything human-made! There are limitless possibilities for exciting careers in impactful fields, including:

• Renewable energy
• Transportation
• Aerospace
• Defense
• Manufacturing
• Bioengineering

Starting Salary

The average salary for S&T students in the last year was $63,430.