Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering
Polytechnic Institute of Tomar
Key Information
Campus location
Tomar, Portugal
Languages
Portuguese
Study format
On-Campus
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Pace
Full time, Part time
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Introduction
Objectives
The study program is made up of 6 semesters. The first four semesters are common to all students. The last two semesters include several optional course units that allow the students to select a specific training profile. They can choose advanced training courses in Project and Mechanical Production, Energy and Fluid Technologies as well as such areas as Automotive & Automation and Control & Robotics (tuition of these two courses depending on the number of students enrolled).
Professional Goals
Career prospects for the graduates from this program include performing middle- or upper management functions in companies engaged in industrial, commercial and service provision activities in such areas as:
- Metalworking;
- Transportation;
- Special installations (lifts, rolling stairs, electropneumatics, and hydraulics);
- Industrial management and maintenance;
- Project (industrial automation, compressed-air networks, electronics, mechanical construction, molding, product and equipment development, fluid network, heating/air-conditioning systems, electrical machines);
- Production planning and organization;
- Public works;
- Technical/commercial activities;
- Consultancy.
Program Outcome
Learning outcomes
Holders of the Mechanical Engineering degree should be able to:
- Design mechanical projects;
- Select and test materials;
- Design metallic structures;
- Understand the energy production process;
- Design fluid networks;
- Build, manufacture and assemble machines, types of equipment and facilities;
- Understand automated processes;
- Design internal combustion engines;
- Design molds;
- Design heat transfer and combustion systems;
- Manage industrial sectors and processes;
- Design AVAC systems;
- Understand thermal behavior of buildings;
- Design refrigeration systems;
- Draw up safety plans;
- Use machine tools.