Master in Mechanical Engineering
Aveiro, Portugal
Master degree
DURATION
2 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
TUITION FEES
STUDY FORMAT
Key Summary
About: Master in Mechanical Engineering at Universidade de Aveiro trains engineering skills around a project core and offers flexible tracks for specialized study. It integrates transversal skills, builds a foundation and lets students personalize training toward design, materials, thermofluids, automation and robotics. The programme serves an international community in Aveiro, Portugal and emphasizes research-led teaching and practical projects.
Career Outcomes: Graduates access national and international job markets and find career opportunities in engineering design, automation and robotics, product development, automotive and aerospace, research and teaching and software development. They can pursue roles in R&D, project management, quality assurance and consultancy.
Master in Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering is the most comprehensive of all engineering fields, developing skills that encompass a wide variety of scientific areas. This master’s degree has an innovative configuration, in which the access to a wide variety of possibilities for personalized training orbits around a project core, as an integrator of knowledge of and competences in Mechanical Engineering. The curricular structure of the Master’s in Mechanical Engineering at Universidade de Aveiro bets on a transversal integration of engineering skills and a clearly practical learning in flexible training paths. Students will find a degree that is close to society and to its needs, centered on building skills and ensuring a solid core foundation, and at the same time specialized according to the interests of each future Engineer.
Year 1
1st Semester
- Product Development Project
- Thermal Systems Project
2nd Semester
- Machines and Structures Project
- Automation Systems Project
Year 2
1st Semester
- Dissertation / Project / Internship Research Proposal
- Seminars in Mechanical Engineering
2nd Semester
Dissertation / Project / Internship
Several scholarship options are available. Please visit the university website for more information.
The Master’s in Mechanical Engineering involves a complete and extended training that integrates several scientific areas. Our future engineers will not have difficulties in entering the job market, either nationally or internationally. They can perform functions in the most varied sectors, industrial and not only, for example: engineering design; mold industry; automation, robotics and industrial IT; product development; maintenance and manufacturing technologies; design of structures and equipment; automotive, aeronautics and aerospace industry; industrial management; teaching and research; thermal and fluids; software programming and development; just to mention some of the areas of intervention of Mechanical Engineering in the job market. Our students are thus prepared to adapt to any challenge and to guarantee a skilled and knowledgeable performance in a world in constant change.