Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical engineers help to improve our world. We face unprecedented challenges, from understanding climate change, to managing global mobility, to finding sustainable growth pathways for the burgeoning population in the developing world. Mechanical Engineering in UCD provides you with the education, skills and knowledge you’ll need to understand the challenges, and help to develop the new solutions we need. Working in areas ranging from energy to aerospace, biomedicine or manufacturing, mechanical engineers are changing our world for the better. They create new solutions, integrate disparate technologies, increase energy efficiency, reduce our consumption of natural resources and minimise our impact on the local and global environment. If you want to help forge a path to a brighter future, Mechanical Engineering at UCD is the place for you.

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First Year

Engineering students follow a common first year. Modules include: Calculus • Chemistry • Creativity in Design • Electrical/ Electronic Engineering • Energy Engineering Engineering Computing • Linear Algebra Mathematics • Mechanics • Physics

Second to Fifth Year

Core modules for Mechanical Engineering students may include: Advanced Metals Processing • Mechanical Engineering Design • Mechanics of Fluids • Materials Science & Engineering • Heat Transfer • Electrical & Electronic Circuits • Manufacturing Engineering • Mechanics of Solids • Professional Engineering • Engineering Thermodynamics • Applied Dynamics • Measurement & Instrumentation • Statistics & Probability • Electrical Machines • Modelling and Simulation • Data Analytics for Engineers

A student’s week includes attending lectures and tutorials, as well as participating in laboratory-based workshops, group projects and undertaking independent study.

A combination of end-of-trimester written examinations and continuous assessment is used. In your final year, you will also submit a report on your research project.

Progression Requirements

At the end of year 3, students can choose either to pursue a 4-year BE or 5-year ME degree pathway, subject to meeting GPA requirements.

Professional Work Experience

Professional Work Experience (PWE) is incorporated into the 4th year of the integrated ME Mechanical Engineering programme. Six-to-eight-month internships (the majority of which are paid) have included the following employers: AbbVie, Accenture, Advanced Surgical Concepts, Ethos Engineering, Fingleton White, Irish Distillers, Jacobs Engineering, Jaguar Land Rover and Jabil Healthcare, Logitech and OHB Germany.

Students have the opportunity in their third year to spend either one or two trimesters studying abroad in a partner University. There are options to study in countries such as Australia, Canada, China, Germany, New Zealand, Singapore, UK, USA.

Opportunities are extraordinarily diverse, making graduates highly resilient to changing economic circumstances. Recent graduates are currently employed in the energy, biomedical, aeronautical, aerospace, automotive, manufacturing and IT sectors.

You can also pursue graduate study internationally or as a part of UCD’s accredited Masters degree, e.g. ME in Biomedical Engineering, ME in Computer & Electronic Engineering, ME in Electrical Power Engineering, ME in Engineering with Business, ME in Energy Systems Engineering. Those with a strong interest in research also have the opportunity to pursue a PhD.

• Mature Entry Route
• DARE Entry Route
• HEAR Entry Route
• University Access

UCD Engineering and Architecture College Office

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By joining the UCD College of Engineering and Architecture, you will be part of a vibrant community of students and faculty who are committed to creating a more sustainable and equitable future. The mission of the College of Engineering and Architecture is to affect a just transition to a more sustainable and equitable future through our education of professionals in engineering, architecture, planning and policy, and our research in technology, design, and policy.  The College, in our engineers and architects, brings together the technical expertise to deliver and create infrastructure and technologies that can create a more sustainable future and, uniquely, the College, in our planners and environmental policy researchers, also brings together the research and professions required to create the policies and the regulatory environment that supports technological and infrastructure development, and that can also scrutinise and investigate the behavioural changes affected by our technologies.

The programmes at UCD are designed to equip students with the best education in their chosen field, while at the same time embedding the UN’s sustainable development goals (SDG’s) in their education where most relevant.

Engineering: 

The college offers a wide range of engineering disciplines, ensuring that our students are educated in the fundamental principles of engineering, while also embedding sustainable practices and principles. The goal is to educate engineering professionals who can play an active role in developing innovative, engineering-based solutions to the challenges of sustainability and equity.

• Clean Water and Sanitation (SDG 6)
• Affordable and Clean Energy (SDG 7)
• Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure (SDG 9)
• Climate Action (SDG 13)