Bachelor in Applied Mechanics and Mechatronics
Bratislava, Slovakia
Bachelor's degree
DURATION
3 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2026
TUITION FEES
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Step into Applied Mechanics and Mechatronics and unlock a dynamic career that blends the best of mechanical, electronic, and information engineering. Forget boring gears—this field puts you at the heart of smart materials, advanced automation, powerful software tools, and intelligent sensor systems shaping today’s industries. If you’re excited by innovative technology and fascinated by how machines think and move, this is the perfect path for you.
Study plan
Time and content order of study programme courses for each individual study path (focus) are determinted by the recommended study plan:
- study programme Applied Mechanics and Mechatronics
The recommended study plan is set up in such a way that by partaking in it, a student is able to fulfill all conditions for a proper study completion within a standard length of study.
Based on the recommended study plan, a student creates his own study plan based on study regulations.
Conditions of proper study completion
In order to properly complete studies of a study programme, each student must:
- complete and pass all compulsory and required amount of compulsory optional courses of a study programme
- gain 180 credits,
- carry out a state examination.
Study programme courses
Information about study programme courses, conditions for passing and methods of evaluation is specified in course information sheets in AIS STU.
Common rules of organization and process of examination are regulated by the Examination Regulations (appendix of Study Regulations).
Final Theses
A compulsory part of studies is the writing and defence of a final thesis, through which a student proves that he is systematically and independently able to work on a level corresponding to I. level Bachelor thesis.
Topics, assignments and supervisors fo final these of a study programme are available in AIS STU.
Rules of thesis writing and defence are part of Art. 18 of Study Regulations.
Taking part in mobility or internship
Every STU student can take part in a mobility. In cooperation with a faculty coordinator, he can create a study plan for the relevant academic year in a manner that will fulfill conditions for that specific part of studies.
- Information about conditions of mobility attendance
- International programmes or scholarship schemes available for student mobilities
- Recognition of studies completed at a mobility
Ethically and honorably
By enrolling in studies, each student commits to abiding by the principles of the Code of Ethics for Students of STU, realizing their shared responsibility for gaining knowledge and forming their personality.
Breaches of ethics principles, including academic fraud and plagiarism is penalized in accrodance with STU Disciplinary rules.
Study of students with special needs
STU creates a universally accessible academic environment and conditions for students and applicants with special needs (i.e. with health or learning disabilities) without reducing requirements for their study performance, in accordance with equal treatment principles.
- Information for applicants with special needs
- Information for students with special needs
Graduate Profile
Knowledge
Theoretical and professional knowledge A graduate of the study program Applied Mechanics and Mechatronics in the study field Mechanical Engineering can:
a. define safety and operational regulations, procedures for ensuring health protection at work, technical and quality standards, in particular with a focus on mechanical engineering;
b. characterize technical documentation in mechanical engineering, basics of mechanics and strength of materials, principles of construction, documentation defining the technical assessment of structures;
c. define selection of measuring methods, measuring procedures, specific measuring instruments and measuring systems for the intended purpose of use, suitability of the method of evaluation of measurements in mechanics;
d. describe engineering production technologies with a focus on the processing of metallic and non-metallic materials, principles of construction of machines and equipment, measurement methods and procedures, including evaluation of measured data, describe methods of optimization in terms of strength procedures and means for testing engineering products;
e. apply general knowledge of natural science basis of the study field of mechanical engineering, design, construction and manufacture of machinery and equipment, numerical methods for solving problems in mechanical engineering.
Skillset
Cognitive and practical skills Graduate of the study program Applied Mechanics and Mechatronics in the study field Mechanical Engineering can
a. prepare background documents to optimize parts of machines and equipment in terms of static, kinematic, dynamic and strength aspects, for processing work procedures and instructions;
b. prepare reports and documentation related to the design, calculation, and optimization of structures, machine parts in terms of mechanical and mechatronic;
c. set methods of solving structural units in terms of mechanics according to customer requirements;
d. select suitable procedures for strength analysis of simple machines and structures, suitable static, kinematic and dynamic model of mechanical systems, suitable material properties for the design of machines and structures;
e. summarize and evaluate operating loads for design calculations, identified critical points of structures and stands and take measures, the effectiveness of corrective action;
f. work up required technical documentation with design calculations, experimental measurements in mechanics, necessary CAD models and numerical analysis for simple machines and constructions;
g. determine prescribed parameters for material models in mechanics, legislatively determined material parameters for technical calculations;
h. apply principles of safety and health protection at work, fire protection and occupational hygiene and environmental protection, mathematical operations necessary for mechanical and mechatronic systems, numerical methods for solving problems in mechanical engineering.
Competencies
Competences A graduate of the study program Applied Mechanics and Mechatronics in the study field Mechanical Engineering has the ability
a. to independently solve professional tasks and coordinate sub-activities in the ensuring the quality of engineering production, creation, implementation, and maintenance of systems in mechanics and mechatronics, design, implementation and evaluation of measurements and tests in mechanics, implementation of model procedures, examples, case and professional studies and other supporting materials for solving specific tasks, communicate with people perform design calculation, create technical documentation, use CAD systems;
b. to present one's own opinions and solutions argue the methods used in design calculations;
c. to work effectively in a team, collaborate and motivate people in the ensuring the quality of engineering production, innovative and creative thinking;
d. to think analytically and practically and to approach creatively when dealing with new and non-standard situations in ensuring the quality of engineering production, in innovative and creative thinking;
e. to work independently, organize and plan work in analyzing and solving problems, in creation and implementation, work procedures and instructions, in carrying out measurement and testing tasks in mechanics;
f. to recommend and defend one's own opinion and one's own decision in solving a problem in application of the general principles of the quality management system to the specific situation in the organization, from solving problems of mechanics and mechatronics with structural design and operation of simple machines and equipment, quality assurance of performed measurements and tests.
There is a specialized website www.uplatnenie.sk , where you can find data on the employment of graduates of individual study programs at all levels of study. For the study program Applied Mechanics and Mechatronics, the page states that 9% are employed and 91% continue their studies. It is likely that 91% of graduates who are pursuing an engineering degree of study at the Applied Mechanics and Mechatronics degree program. They are similar for other bachelor's degree study programs at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering STU in Bratislava. They show that 99% of graduates of bachelor's degree programs continued their further studies in 2019, and it can logically be assumed that they studied in subsequent study programs at the engineering degree of study.
Examples of professions the graduate is prepared for
The graduate of the study program Applied Mechanics and Mechatronics in the field of study Mechanical Engineering is prepared for study at the second level of university study, especially in the follow-up study programs Applied Mechanics and Mechatronics, which are provided at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering STU in Bratislava. If a graduate of a bachelor's study program decides to go into practice, he / she will apply - in various occupations as professional technicians in the development, research and operation of machinery and structures in various sectors. Examples of qualification standards that graduates of the bachelor's study program Applied Mechanics and Mechatronics meet, are given by the National Qualifications Framework.