Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical engineering deals with the design of machines (e.g power-producing machines, such as electric generators, internal combustion engines, and steam and gas turbines; machines inside buildings, such as elevators and escalators and material-handling systems, such as conveyor systems and automated transfer stations), structures, materials, mechanical and thermal-fluid systems(e.g refrigeration and air-conditioning systems), and dynamic processes involving these systems. Mechanical engineers use computers extensively to create and analyze designs, perform simulations and test machine /system functionality and interactivity with other connected parts or subsystems.

Mechanical engineers play key roles in a wide range of industries including automotive, aerospace, biotechnology, computers, electronics, biomechanical and biomedical engineering, micro-electromechanical systems, energy and manufacturing.

Mechanical engineering discipline allows students a variety of career options beyond the industries listed above. In fact, training in mechanical engineering empowers students with creative thinking skills to design a product or a system, that is, analytical tools to achieve design goals, the ability to overcome all constraints, and the teamwork required to design, produce, and market a system or a product. These valuable skills find application in launching other careers in other fields, such as medicine, law, consulting, management, banking, and finance.

Mechanical engineers typically do the following:

  • Design or redesign mechanical and thermal devices or subsystems.
  • Develop and test prototypes of devices, products, systems and subsystems  they design.
  • Oversee the manufacturing process for a product, equipment or  device.
  • Analyze problems to find out how mechanical and thermal devices might help in solving a particular problem in the society or industry.
  • Diagnose faulty operation in an equipment, machine  or system and  recommend remedies.
  • Analyze the  results from a test and redesign the product or system as needed.

Entry Requirements

Applicants must satisfy any of the following requirements as required by the University Senate;

  1. Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) applicants
    • Entry requirements are at least a mean grade of C+ and a minimum of C+ in Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics and English/Kiswahili.
  2. Kenya Advanced Certificate of Education (KACE) applicants:
    • Two principal passes in mathematics and physics; and
    • At least a total score of nine (9) points at the KACE or equivalent; and,
    • At least a credit pass in Chemistry at the KACE or its equivalent.

Duration: 5 YEARS

Location: Main Campus

Mode of study: Full Time