Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
Kaunas University of Technology
Key Information
Campus location
Kaunas, Lithuania
Languages
English, Lithuanian
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
4 years
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
EUR 3,727 / per year
Application deadline
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Earliest start date
Sep 2024
Introduction
Mechanical engineering is possibly the oldest branch of engineering science. If not for mechanical engineers, the industrial revolution would not have taken place, and we would probably still be producing everything using our own two hands. Mechanical engineers creatively solve future engineering problems by developing new and improving existing technologies used in medical, healthcare, sports and leisure, transporting, and other industries. It is an area of science on which the progress of global economic development and future industrial prospects depend.
Mechanical engineering is one of the broadest engineering disciplines and therefore provides some of the strongest interdisciplinary opportunities in the engineering profession. KTU’s Mechanical Engineering bachelor’s study program covers the analysis of different materials and technologies used in industry, the fundamentals of machine design, and product development. Its graduates will have the competencies and skills to develop equipment, components, and systems of mechanical nature while using contemporary CAD/CAE systems. These studies have a twin program option within the ECIU network.
In 2018, the KTU BSc Mechanical Engineering study program was awarded Investor’s Spotlight quality label, established by Investor’s Forum together with the agency Invest Lithuania. Investor’s Spotlight is awarded to those study programs which best meet the expectations of the business and industry.
According to their interests, the students of the BSc Mechanical Engineering study program may choose among the following alternatives:
- Expanding knowledge in the field of mechanical engineering;
- Development of competencies in practical engineering activities through one- or two-semester placements at engineering enterprises;
- International semester at partner European universities.
Top reasons to study at KTU
- The degree is run as a Twin Programme together with leading European universities under the ECIU. Mobile students receive ECIU certificates.
- Students may choose 2 semesters according to personal needs: to deepen theoretical knowledge, to gain practical experience at the company, or to benefit from academic mobility.
- Solidworks CSWA (Certified SOLIDWORKS Associate) qualification test and certificate along with the study program.
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Curriculum
Program structure
Engineering materials
- Technologies of structural materials
- Materials science and engineering
- Mechanics of materials
- Chemistry
Elements of mechanical systems and basics of engineering design
- Engineering graphics and fundamentals of CAD
- Strength of structural elements
- Basics of machinery mechanics and machine elements
Manufacturing technologies
- Manufacturing engineering
- Cutting processes and tools
- Fundamentals of enterprises management
- Human safety
- Sustainable human development
Product development
- Electrical and electronic circuits
- Applied thermodynamics and fluid mechanics
- Measurements and control
- Computer-aided analysis of structures
- Product development practice
Program Outcome
Student’s competences
- To apply facilities management systems in various companies (operating in the fields from production to designing);
- To control production processes and know possibilities of modern CAD (computer-aided design) systems;
- To analyze problematic areas of facilities management and adapt modern modeling software for an increase of efficiency of processes;
- To design and realize the processes of designing – product development using advanced competencies of engineering activities.
Student’s skills
- Able to design various machinery and equipment and organize their production, and design processing of parts using programmed machinery;
- Able to realize modern algorithms and algorithms based on computer modeling software for facilities management;
- Able to combine control skills of details and equipment computer modeling using AUTODESK INVENTOR and SOLIDWORKS in preparation of analyses and solving of optimization tasks.
Career Opportunities
You may become
Mechanical engineer designer
- Prepares product sketches, technical and working projects of various levels of difficulty;
- Supervises the projects in terms of their compliance with technical tasks, requirements of standards, safe work, and production technology;
- Performs technical calculations and prepares technical documentation. Uses CAD (computer-aided design AUTODESK INVENTOR and SOLIDWORKS) systems;
- Manages a group of technicians and drawers preparing those projects.
Technology engineer
- Organizes acquisition and introduction of normative technical production documents and standards;
- Prepares and finalizes usage rates for materials and raw materials, finalizes technological regulations and their amendments;
- Introduces new technological processes and production technologies, introduces the production of new products;
- Performs designing work for computerized machinery;
- Controls technological discipline and quality in the produced products;
- Develops and introduces new production methods.
Mining engineer
- Forecasts, organizes, and controls production activities;
- Guarantees efficient use of equipment, materials, and proper recruitment of employees;
- Assesses equipment’s capacity and efficiency, provides recommendations for machinery’s technical maintenance and replacement of equipment.
Quality control engineer
- Researches or tests materials or products for assessment of their quality;
- Determines if the products’ parameters comply with the standard or requirements of normative documents;
- Guarantees that products comply with their quality requirements established in the standards or other normative documents.