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BRIEF PROFILE
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENT OF
MECHANICAL
ENGINEERING

The department was established in
1958 and is one of the oldest
departments in the University of
Malaya. Many graduates from this
Department have moved on to
become successful individuals
who have contributed to the
growth of the nation.

MED currently offers two
undergraduate courses, Bachelor
of Materials Engineering, both of
which require a minimum of four
years to complete. The Bachelor of
Materials Engineering course has
commenced in the academic
BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING (MECHANICAL) session of 1996/1997.

The proggramme at the University of Malaya is a 4 years prpgramme. This course is In order to ensure that MED
offered at the Kuala Lumpur campus by the department of Mechanical engineering, continually strives to produce
Faculty of Engineering. The goal is to produce graduates that are highly trained in the successful engineers who are able
basics of mechanical engineering and prepared to meet the challenges of advanced to excel on the global stage, MED
academic life and industrial employment in the mechanical engneering sector. The employs a series of continuous
objective is achieved by imparting cutting-edge know;edge and skills to the students quality improvement measures. Its
through courses and laboratory worls, individual and team projects, industrial training academic and support staff are
and research project supervised by academic staff in the department. It is a also supported in their careers
Mechanical Engineering degree with the opportunity to select various elective subjects through a series of training
in the final year of the programme, such as Computational Fluid Dynamics, Energy and courses. There are stringent intake
Environment, Air Conditioning, Acoustics, Advanced Heat and Mass Transfer, Turbo requirements for the academic
Machinery and Prime Movers, Tribology, Precision Engineering, etc. staff, whose numbers are on the
increase, In order to comply with
In addition, the students are required to take some faculty courses and university the EAC criteria of an ideal staff to
courses throughout their study (e.g. Basic Materials Science, Basic Engineering student ratio of 1:15. Besides its
Calculuc, Algebra, Ordinary Differential Equation, Vector Analysis, Law and Engineer, emphasis on teaching, academic
Moral and Ethics in Engineering Profession, Economy, Financial, Engineer, Information staffs also form expert research
Proficiency, English, Thinking & Communication Skills , Islamic Civillation and Asian groups in line with our university
Civillation, Ethnic Relationship, Basic of Entrepreneurship and co-curriculum). status as the research university.
Assessed by a combination of exams, tests, laboratory works, projects, presentations
and industrial training, graduates acquire the professional skills for a career in industry
or research organization.