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About Mechanical and Automotive Engineering
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If you are interested in the planning, design and development of machinery, solving problems and improving the machines we use in our every day life, Mechanical Engineering is the program for you. If you are interested in these activities applied to cars and trucks then Automotive Engineering is the program for you.
About the discipline
An increasing demand for more environmentally friendly, compact, and safer machines is driving a vibrant and active industry in Australia and overseas.
Mechanical and Automotive Engineering staff in the School of Aerospace, Aviation, Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering are developing fresh ideas in advanced matters such as computational fluid dynamics, vehicle aerodynamics, solar pond technologies, computational stress analysis, vibrations and control and applying them to the solution of real world problems.
As a student of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering you will learn how to design, analyse and improve products; apply knowledge of materials; solve technical problems; and, with a focus on sustainability, build vehicles and engines of the future
The school maintains an impressive reputation for producing quality products and designs, while maintaining a work-relevant education curriculum. Some of the schools successes include:
- Leaders in design, production and performance standards in racing car technology for the Formula SAE competition
- Innovators in virtual engineering technologies by developing the car of the future, using virtual 3D technology
- Harnessing solar thermal energy in the solar pond and using it to turn seawater and saline groundwater into fresh water.
Program pathways
All programs offered at the school are designed to facilitate easy entry and exit from one program to another.
Credit collected in the associate degree or advanced diploma courses, enables you to move into undergraduate programs and then onto postgraduate programs.
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Course content and timetables
For information on program or course content visit the School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering programs and courses section.
Further information
For further information visit the RMIT Future Students website, or contact the School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering on phone: 613 9925 6022.