Engineering (Mechanical) (Honours) Adelaide University

Overview

The Engineering (Mechanical) (Honours) course from Adelaide University provides solid grounding in the core knowledge, principles, technical and professional skills essential to mechanical engineering.

You’ll study core courses covering the building blocks of mechanical design: solid mechanics, fluid mechanics, dynamics, vibration, control and thermodynamics.

Our wide range of electives give you the freedom to explore a little bit of everything. Or you can focus on the areas of mechanical engineering that most interest you – whether that’s advanced materials and mechanics, humanitarian engineering, or net-zero transitions.

But it’s not all theory.

You’ll also have multiple opportunities throughout your studies to jump on the tools and put your learning into practice. Design-and-build projects, practical workshops and up to 450 hours of industry placement provide plenty of chances to hone your technical and professional skillset.

All of these experiences come together to ensure you’ll graduate with the knowledge, technical and professional skills needed to thrive in your career as a qualified mechanical engineer.

Career opportunities:

Mechanical engineering is a very broad field with many different areas and sub-fields. Experts in mechanically powered systems, mechanical engineers can work at any stage of the system lifecycle. From conception to design and development, production, operation, maintenance, right through to phase-out – mechanical engineers are there at every step.

You could develop water treatment and desalination plants, ensuring a steady supply of clean water to regions facing water scarcity. Maybe you’ll help design affordable orthopaedic implants that can be customised for each patient. Perhaps you’ll test consumer products to ensure they are well-made, safe, and fit for purpose.

Whatever your area of interest, there’s a career path for you. You could work in a wide range of sectors including:

• Aerospace and defence

• Automotive

• Biomedical technology

• Construction and infrastructure

• Consulting and engineering services

• Consumer products and electronics

• Manufacturing

• Medical device manufacturing

• Renewable energy and smart grid technologies

• Thermal and energy control in buildings

• Robotics and automation

• Transportation and logistics.