Mechanical Engineering

In a region with a strong industrial bent and in close synergy with the production context, the degree course in mechanical engineering has always provided a strong technical and scientific foundation that enables graduates to concretely contribute to the country’s industrial and technological development.

You will become a mechanical engineer, a professional with a solid, basic technical background in the knowledge areas belonging to industrial engineering, equipped with specific skills in the mechanical field. We prioritise core knowledge and methodological aspects, instilling you with a propensity for continuously updating your knowledge and skills that will mean you are able to adapt yourself to the various requirements expressed by industry.

You will develop the ability to operate independently, but also to work effectively in working groups, and to interact with experts from other disciplines on an equal footing, possessing the technical language and knowledge of fundamental concepts. You will also develop the ability to approach future technological challenges with an active, constructive attitude.

What you will learn?

The training path may be divided into three areas that are strongly interconnected:

CORE SCIENTIFIC TRAINING: in the first year, students receive a foundation in the core subjects (mathematics, chemistry, physics, computer science, together with technical drawing), which are necessary to approach the more specific subjects in subsequent years.

CORE ENGINEERING TRAINING: in the second year, the more specifically engineering subjects are introduced with contributions from various disciplines (electrical engineering and electric machines, materials, technical physics, applied, structural, and fluid mechanics, experimentation and measurements); the year concludes with core scientific training (mathematics and physics).

SPECIFIC MECHANICAL ENGINEERING TRAINING: the third year is dedicated to subjects more specific to mechanical engineering (machine design, thermal machines, production technologies, industrial systems), as well as finishing studies in core engineering subjects.

Your study plan concludes with two elective subjects and with the final assessment, which may also relate to an internship undertaken at a company.

How you will learn it?

The degree programme offers two pathways, one in Italian and the other in English, with the same subjects: it is, therefore, possible to pass from one to the other without deficits in your training.

You will learn through lectures, classroom and laboratory exercises, including activities conducted independently or organised in work groups. The lessons may also be streamed, or the recordings from the previous year may be downloaded.

You will be able to participate in the design and creation of prototypes with student teams, including in order to compete in international university competitions.

If you would like, you will be able to undertake an internship in a company.

It is possible to undertake part of the coursework overseas, thanks to two international projects (*).

Politong with China: the Italian-Chinese campus is the fruit of an agreement between the Politecnico di Torino, the Politecnico di Milano, and Tongji University of Shanghai. You will have the chance to follow (in English) the third year together with Chinese students at the Tongji University, combining your studies with coursework in Chinese language and culture.

If, after your degree, you decide to attend an additional semester at Tongji University, participating in laboratory and research activities, you will also be awarded the Chinese level-one degree (Bachelor of Science).

SEC with the USA: the agreement signed with a network of universities from the south-eastern United States allows you to spend the first semester of the third year in the USA. US students come, instead, to the Politecnico di Torino in the second semester.

(*) Access to these initiatives involves a selection process given the limited number of available places.

What you can do next

After the degree you will have two alternatives:

continue your studies with a Master’s degree at the Politecnico di Torino or elsewhere (in Italy or abroad);

enter the employment world.

Graduates in mechanical engineering have a vast range of opportunities, mainly in the industries that design, produce, and maintain components and systems, in plant engineering companies, in service and consultancy firms, and in public bodies.

Your professional profile will allow you to handle:

process design and revision, for the choice and revision of design and production processes and methods, for the production and maintenance of equipment;

production, for the management of production systems and methods, the assessment of processes’ productivity, the quality of products;

design and maintenance of industrial plants, for the design of technical services, layout, and internal logistics of plants and departments;

technical-commercial service, for the purchase of materials, mechanical components and systems, assisting companies’ commercial services.