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What is Mechanical Engineering?

Mechanical Engineering is the most basic part needed in industries and it is especially important to a developing country like Korea since it will increase the productivity and enhance the strength to compete. The importance of mechanical engineering ranges from parts made in the small factory to that produced in the large manufacturing plant. In this respect, increasing numbers of mechanical engineers have advanced to management positions and some have even become top executive officers. The mechanical engineering major is divided into two groups: heat & fluid and material & production. Heat & fluid area specify heat and fluid movement including related propulsion and power, energy transformation. Material & production specify material properties, structure stability, design, production and control constituting mechanical system. Research fields related to mechanical engineering are automobile, aircraft, space shuttle, turbo machinery field, structure analysis, and material analysis system. Material & production includes ceramic material, applied dynamics, material strength, precision engineering, mechanical dynamics, automatic control, and CAD/CAE.

Mechanical Engineering at Kyung Hee

The Mechanical Engineering major in the College of Advanced Technology was originally established as the Department of Mechanical Engineering in 1967 with 25 students within the College of Engineering. Master's and doctorate courses were open in 1972 and 1973. The department office was moved from Seoul to Suwon in 1990 under the University Development and Expansion Plan. The department received the most excellent award in the nationwide department evaluation contest in 1993. Acknowledged fields were educational facility, research publication and academic performance of the leading university. Practical training laboratories in the area including machining process, applied dynamics, fluid mechanics, heat & thermodynamics engineering and instrumentation/control are well established. In the graduate level, 15 laboratories are focused on the research subjects readily applicable to industrial products. Many cooperative projects between the department and the industry provide many experiences needed by the students.

Degree Requirements

1) complete a minimum of 136 credit units
2) complete 13 units of General studies
3) for professional degree complete 28 units of Required courses and 32 units of Major electives
4) for double degree complete 9 units of Required courses and 39 units of Major electives
5) acquire the CRS(Competence Requirement System) certification of English and Computer literacy

What Do You Study?

General Physics And Laboratory 1, General Physics And Laboratory 2, General Chemistry, General Biology, Material Engineering, Fundamental Engineering Design, Calculus 1, Calculus 2

Engineering Mathematics 1, Engineering Mathematics 2, Basic Programming, Mechanical Mechanism, Engineering Thermodynamics, Applied Engineering Thermodynamic, Fluid Mechanics, Mechanics of Materials, Applied Mechanics Of Materials, Computer Graphics and Engineering Design, Manufacturing Processes and practice, Machine Element Design, Dynamics, Machinery Measurement, Basic Electric Circuits

Experimental Statistics, Numerical Analysis, Mechanical Engineering Project1, Experiments in Mechanical Engineering, Heat Transfer, Refrigeration & Air-conditioning, Applied Fluid Mechanics, Computational Thermo-fluid Dynamics, Finite Element Methods, Behavior of Materials, Manufacturing Processes and practice, Mechanical Materials, Machine Element Design, Machine Design, Mechanical Vibration, System Modeling, Mechatronics, Automatic Controls

Graduation Thesis, Mechanical Engineering Project2, Internshipin Mechanical Engineering, Internshipin Mechanical Engineering, Thermal Energy Systems, Fluid Flow System, Computer Aided Manufacturing, Modeling and Design of Machine System, Robotics, Biomechanical Engineering

Careers and Graduate Destinations

Graduates of mechanical engineering advance to various research laboratories and industries as field engineers. After finishing the more advanced graduate level major courses, several research and academic positions are available in the related institutes. After passing the national technical examination, some graduates work in the government. Based on the knowledge achieved in the major courses, business can be opened using venture capital and some are preparing to open either an Internet or information & communication related business. National technical certificates can be acquired in the areas including general machinery engineer, construction machinery engineer, refrigeration & ventilation engineer, fire extinguisher facility engineer, information processing engineer, etc.