Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
The ME in Mechanical Engineering is a two-year professional engineering graduate degree. Graduates of the programme will be eligible for the title of Chartered Engineer (CEng). This programme is aimed at graduate Mechanical Engineers seeking to obtain a masters degree in Mechanical Engineering. You will gain advanced theoretical, conceptual and practical knowledge in the application of Mechanical Engineering. Emphasis is placed on the skills required to generate new knowledge through research. This is achieved through independent and project-based learning while working with UCD academics and researchers on contemporary research projects. This programme is delivered by a highly research-intensive School holding 151-200 in the QS World Subject Rankings and Top 6 in Ireland/UK Employer’s and Research rankings and awarded €9.56 million in research funding between 2014-19.
The programme comprises core and optional taught modules, a research project and a professional work experience. Advanced modules are available in core subject areas of Mechanical Engineering such as thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, continuum mechanics, fracture mechanics, solid mechanics, dynamics and control. Optional modules are available in materials engineering, nanomaterials, ceramics, metals processing, energy system and climate change and composites and polymers.
Who should apply?
Full Time option suitable for:
Domestic(EEA) applicants: Yes
International (Non EEA) applicants currently residing outside of the EEA Region. Yes
Subjects taught
Stage 1 - Core
Engineering Thermodynamics III MEEN40010
Mechanics of Fluids II MEEN40020
Manufacturing Engineering II MEEN40030
Computational Continuum Mechanics IMEEN40050
Stage 1 - Option
Heat Transfer MEEN20050
Fracture Mechanics MEEN40060
Technical Ceramics MEEN40080
Energy Systems and Climate Change MEEN40090
Advanced Polymer Engineering MEEN40110
Computational Continuum Mechanics II MEEN40150
Materials Thermodynamics and Kinetics MEEN40160
Mechanics of Solids III MEEN40170
Mechanics of Fluids III MEEN40190
Energy in Transport MEEN40210
Professional Engineering (Management) MEEN40430
Technical Communication MEEN40670
ME Mech Prof. Work Exp. (Shor) MEEN40710
ME Mech Prof. Work Exp. (Long) MEEN40720
Technical Comms (Online) MEEN40820
Advanced Metals Processing MEEN41150
Quantitative Methods for Engineers STAT40690
Stage 2 - Core
Research Skills and Techniques MEEN40560
ME Mechanical Thesis MEEN40700
Stage 2 - Option
Numerical Algorithms ACM40290
Process Control CHEN40560
Control Theory EEEN40010
Heat Transfer MEEN20050
Engineering Thermodynamics III MEEN40010
Mechanics of Fluids II MEEN40020
Manufacturing Engineering II MEEN40030
Materials Science and Engineering III MEEN40040
Computational Continuum Mechanics I MEEN40050
Fracture Mechanics MEEN40060
Advanced Metals/Materials Processing MEEN40070
Technical Ceramics MEEN40080
Energy Systems and Climate Change
Advanced Polymer Engineering MEEN40110
Computational Continuum Mechanics II MEEN40150
Mechanics of Solids III MEEN40170
Mechanics of Fluids III MEEN40190
Energy in Transport MEEN40210
Professional Engineering (Management) MEEN40430
Technical Communication MEEN40670
Technical Comms (Online) MEEN40820
Advanced Vibrations MEEN41040
Quantitative Methods for Engineers STAT40690
Entry requirements
- An honours undergraduate degree (NFQ level 8) with a minimum upper second class honours or international equivalence in a Mechanical Engineering programme.
- Applicants whose first language is not English must also demonstrate English language proficiency of IELTS 6.5 (no band less than 6.0 in each element), or equivalent.
- Students meeting the programme’s academic entry requirements but not the English language requirements, may enter the programme upon successful completion of UCD’s Pre-Sessional or International Pre-Master’s Pathway programmes. Please see the following link for further information http://www.ucd.ie/alc/programmes/pathways/
These are the minimum entry requirements – additional criteria may be requested for some programmes.
Application dates
How to apply?
The following entry routes are available:
ME Mechanical Engineering FT (T165)
Duration
2 Years Attend Full Time
Deadline Rolling*
* Courses will remain open until such time as all places have been filled, therefore early application is advised.
Credits
120
Duration
2 years full time.
Fees
ME Mechanical Engineering (T165) Full Time
EU Year 1 - € 8085
EU Year 2 - € 8085 aa
nonEU Year 1 - € 25600
nonEU Year 2 - € 25600 aa
aaSecond Year Fee applies to Students in 2nd Year in 2020 and who were a 1st Year Student on the programme in 2019/20
***Fees are subject to change
Please note that UCD offers a number of graduate scholarships for full-time, self-funding international students, holding an offer of a place on a UCD graduate degree programme. For further information please see http://www.ucd.ie/global/study-at-ucd/scholarshipsfinances/scholarships/.
The College of Engineering & Architecture also offer scholarships for non-EU students, for more information see: www.ucd.ie/eacollege/study/noneuscholarships.
Enrolment dates
Next Intake: 2024/2025 September.
Post Course Info
Career & Graduate Study Opportunity
In the year immediately after graduation, this programme boasts a 95% success rate for graduates seeking employment or progression to research education. Mechanical engineers are at the centre of every area of technology.
Graduates from this programme will be eligible to become fully qualified professional engineers, capable of working anywhere in the world at an advanced technical level or as a professional engineering manager. In the recent past, UCD ME Mechanical Engineering graduates have progressed to careers in industries such as: aerospace industry (e.g. European Space Agency), automobile industry (e.g. Ferrari, Jaguar Land Rover, Ford, Denso), biomedical industry (e.g. Medtronic, Boston Scientific, Stryker), oil and gas (Cameron) and materials and manufacturing (Henkel, Kingspan).