Mechanical Engineering LUT University

Overview

The Bachelor's Programme in Mechanical Engineering from  LUT University  give a comprehensive overview of modern product design and production techniques. This programme will teach how to utilise digital and virtual environments in design by considering the principles of the entire product life cycle and circular economy. It will also provide a basis to understand business, marketing, and customer needs in product development.

These studies provide skills to design and manufacture a variety of consumer goods as well as machinery and equipment needed in different industries.

Mechanical engineering is for you if you are inventive, creative, and passionate about developing solutions that promote sustainable development and respect for natural resources.

Career prospects

There is a great demand in the labour market for mechanical engineering experts.

Mechanical engineering degree opens the door to a wide range of tasks: you can work in the metal or automotive industries, for example, but also in industries related to food, healthcare, energy production, transport or climate change mitigation.

You can work in management and expert positions, as a design or production engineer, or in the development of consumer goods, machinery, equipment and their parts. With a Master's degree in mechanical engineering one can also research and develop manufacturing methods and apply them to production.

Work may also involve training, research and marketing tasks, for example in industrial projects or in one's own company. Master's graduates in mechanical engineering have gone on to become:

• heads of virtual design firms
• design managers of international energy companies
• production managers of pulp and paper plants
• mechanical engineers
• quality control managers in the metal industry