Bachelor in Measurement and Quality Management in Mechanical Engineering
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
The Measurement and Quality Management in Mechanical Engineering programme prepares you to master modern metrology, quality assurance, and measurement technologies used across today’s engineering industries. You’ll gain practical skills in selecting measurement methods, evaluating results, creating technical documentation, and operating within advanced quality-management systems. Graduates are equipped to solve real-world engineering challenges, work independently in labs or quality departments, and contribute to improving processes, safety, and product quality in mechanical engineering.
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 Measurement and Quality Management in Mechanical Engineering
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
A graduate of the study program Measurement and Quality Management in Mechanical Engineering 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, documentation of quality management systems, including procedures for ensuring the quality of measurements and tests, documentation defining the characteristics of measuring instruments and their suitability for the intended use;
c. define selection of measuring methods, measuring procedures, specific measuring instruments and measuring systems for the intended purpose of use, the suitability of the method of evaluation of measurements in the regulated and non-regulated area;
d. describe engineering production technologies with a focus on the processing of metallic and non-metallic materials, principles of construction of machines and equipment, quality management and quality assurance tools, measurement methods and measurement procedures, including evaluation of measured data, individual types of measuring instruments, their design, properties and use, procedures for calibration and verification of measuring instruments, requirements put on legally controlled measuring instruments and procedures for their verification, 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, areas of the regulatory basis of measurements, quality management systems and other documents defining the requirements for quality assurance of mechanical engineering production, technical solutions for measuring instruments and measuring systems, evaluation of measurements and tests in the regulated and non-regulated area.
Skillset
A graduate of the study program Measurement and Quality Management in Mechanical Engineering in the study field Mechanical Engineering can
a. prepare background documents to improve quality and processes in mechanical engineering, for development of standard operating procedures and instructions;
b. prepare reports and documentation related to the implementation and maintenance of a quality management system in mechanical engineering, related to the implementation and maintenance of a quality management system in the departments of technical control, calibration and testing laboratories, in the operations of authorized and registered persons, on management of measuring instruments in the organization; c. set quality control methods according to customer requirements;
d. select appropriate quality management system procedures to ensure the quality of products, goods and services, measurement methods, measurement procedures and technical means of measurement suitable for achieving the desired objective;
e. summarize and evaluate quality indicators of products, goods and services, the status of the identified risks and the adoption of measures, the effectiveness of corrective action, condition of measuring and testing equipment;
f. work up required documents of the quality management system, standard operating procedures and instructions for calibration and verification of measuring instruments, certificates, assessments and protocols on the results of inspections in mechanical engineering, documents on the results of calibration and verification of measuring instruments;
g. determine prescribed parameters of engineering products, legislative parameters of specified measuring instruments;
h. apply principles of safety and health protection at work, fire protection and hygiene at work and protection of the environment, general procedures and principles of quality management systems for a specific situation, case studies and model procedures for quality control of products, goods and services, sample procedures for measuring instruments calibration, regulations and recommendations for the verification of legally controlled measuring instruments.
Competencies
A graduate of the study program Measurement and Quality Management in Mechanical Engineering in the study field Mechanical Engineering has the ability
a. to independently solve professional tasks and coordinate sub-activities in the ensuring of the quality of engineering production, creation, implementation and maintenance of quality management systems, design, implementation and evaluation of measurements and tests in the regulated and non-regulated area, implementation of model procedures, examples, case and expert studies and other supporting materials to solve specific tasks;
b. to present one's own opinions and solutions of non-standard measurement tasks, in analyzing and eliminating deficiencies in the production process;
c. to work effectively in a team, collaborate and motivate people in the quality assurance of engineering production, implementation of measurements and tests in the regulated and non-regulated area;
d. to think analytically and practically and to approach creatively when dealing with new and non-standard situations in the selection of appropriate procedures, methods, solutions and means of quality assurance, when creating standard operating procedures and instructions for non-standard measurements in the regulated and non-regulated area;
e. to work independently, organize and plan work within the calibration and testing laboratory, technical inspection department or quality management department, in the creation and implementation of quality management system documentation, standard operating procedures and instructions, in carrying out the measurement and testing activities, calibration and verification of measuring instruments;
f. to recommend and defend one's own opinion and one's own decision in solving a problem in application of general principles of the quality management system to the specific situation in the organization, quality assurance of performed measurements and tests.
Employability of graduates
Since the accreditation of this study program, no students graduate from it. If considering students who study in bachelor study programs delivered in Slovak, around 99% of bachelor study programs graduates at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, STU in Bratislava, continue in the engineering degree of study.
Examples of professions the graduate is prepared for
A graduate of the study program Measurement and Quality Management in Mechanical Engineering in the study field Mechanical Engineering is prepared for study at the second level of university study, especially in the follow-up study programs Measurement and Testing resp. Production systems and quality management, which are provided at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering STU in Bratislava in the study field Mechanical Engineering. If a graduate of a bachelor 's study program decides to go into practice, he/she can be employed as a - specialist in quality management, quality control and related activities in industrial organizations, namely in mechanical engineering, - technical specialist in quality assurance departments in all areas of the national economy, in particular industry (automotive), the services sector, health and the environment, - specialist for metrology services providers in regulated and non-regulated area, - specialist in quality infrastructure institutions, including conformity assessment bodies and inspection bodies.