Program Overview

Program Overview

The Mechanical Engineering program is based on the long tradition of professors and researchers from the Faculty of Civil and Industrial Engineering, which belongs to the Council of Teaching Area of Mechanical Engineering (CADIMe). This program is characterized by a wide range of skills typical of the mechanical engineer's field of operation, ensuring multiple career opportunities in the industrial sector and beyond.

Program Structure

The program is divided into three years, with activities organized in semesters that include periods of frontal teaching and examination sessions. The educational path includes teachings and additional training activities for a total of 180 CFU (University Training Credits).

Program Breakdown

• 35% of the program (distributed in the first and second year) covers subjects from mathematical, chemical, and physical sciences to provide the basis for engineering studies.
• 40% of the program (distributed over the three years) focuses on subjects related to industrial engineering, aiming to provide technical knowledge and methodological approaches fundamental to mechanical engineering.
• 20% of the program (with half being optional or elective) consists of teachings for the in-depth study of technical-scientific areas useful to the mechanical engineer (such as materials science, applied electronics, numerical calculation, and statistical sciences), placed between the second and third year of the educational path.
• The remaining 5% covers training activities to develop transversal skills (also known as soft skills) useful for the maturation of students and their effective insertion into the workforce. These activities include participation in laboratories and internships, autonomous work for the development of the final thesis, and the opportunity to participate in Formula Student and Moto-Student teams.

Career Opportunities

The completion of the degree in this program allows students to either proceed successfully towards master's courses in the area of industrial engineering, particularly by completing the path with a master's degree in mechanical engineering, or to enter the workforce as technical support in the field of design, production, and operation in industrial contexts, or in the free profession after passing the qualification exam in the industrial engineering section (L9).

Quality Assurance and Monitoring

The CADIMe guides students in choosing their educational path, which is developed to form competencies according to EUR-ACE standards, a certification achieved and subsequently confirmed starting from 2016. Through the Quality Assurance Management group and the Observatory for Teaching, the progress of all activities and services of the study course is monitored. Specific initiatives include work done together with the Faculty for the promotion of Orientation and Tutoring initiatives at the beginning and during the course, the activation of internships in companies, opportunities for Erasmus+ calls to spend study periods abroad, and Excellence Paths for the enhancement of deserving students.