Master's Programme in Mechanical Engineering
Lappeenranta, Finland
DURATION
2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
Request application deadline *
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 13,500 / per year **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* regular 16 December 2024–22 January 2025
** annual tuition for non-EU/EEA students
Introduction
Machines have enabled many imposing and magnificent ideas and have facilitated a multitude of challenging functions. Machine science and its traditional findings form the basis for other engineering sciences.
Machine science is characterized by a strong desire to think differently and effect change in the world.
The Master's program in Mechanical Engineering offers several unique multi-disciplinary specialization packages, such as digital engineering, industrial design, hybrid materials, and additive manufacturing, which support traditional mechanical engineering. You will be studying in well-equipped facilities, and many of your classes will take place in high-tech labs that enable computer modeling, 3D imaging, and virtual reality for conducting experiments.
The program provides you with great opportunities to build your own personal study plan by freely selecting two of eight available specialization packages and some elective courses.
You will build your own study plan from the following specializations:
- digital engineering
- robotics and mechatronics
- laser processing and additive manufacturing
- welding production and metallurgy
- steel structures
- composites and hybrid materials
- industrial design engineering
- sustainable manufacturing processes.
This program gives you unique knowledge, skills, and competencies in mechanical engineering and leadership and management skills required in industrial positions.
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Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Early Bird discount / First academic year
When required to pay a tuition fee, you are offered
- an Early Bird Discount of EUR 6 000
for the first academic year if confirming your place and paying the rest of the tuition fee of EUR 7 500 within 21 days from the date of having received your Certificate of Admission.
Early Bird discount is available in both Regular Admission and Early Admission.
LUT Scholarship / Second academic year
When required to pay a tuition fee, you are offered
- LUT Scholarship of EUR 6 000
for the second academic year if having completed a minimum of 60 ECTS credits of studies included in the personal study plan during the first academic year.
With LUT Scholarship the tuition fee is EUR 7 500 for the second academic year.
The required ECTS credits will be automatically checked for and they must be included on your Transcript of Records by the end of the first academic year i.e. by 31 July.
Curriculum
The Master's Program in Mechanical Engineering is a two-year program. It leads to the degree of Master of Science in Technology, M.Sc. (Tech.), which is 120 ECTS credits.
The program includes core, advanced specialization, and elective studies as well as a Master's thesis.
Core studies, 35 ECTS credits
Are composed of general and engineering studies. General studies include courses in research methods and leadership and management. Engineering studies focus on principles of manufacturing processes, reliability-based design, material selection, the simulation of mechatronic machines, and engineering in a digitized environment.
Advanced specialization studies, 49 ECTS credits
You will select two of the following course packages:
- composites and hybrid materials
- digital engineering
- industrial design engineering
- laser processing and additive manufacturing
- robotics and mechatronics
- steel structures
- sustainable manufacturing processes
- welding production and metallurgy.
The studies in composites and hybrid materials focus on areas such as composites, advanced metallic materials, ceramics, carbon-based materials, polymers and biopolymers, and minerals to be utilized in applications of mechanical engineering.
Digital engineering gives a thorough overview of simulator-driven design and manufacturing technologies. These technologies are used in every part of a product life cycle, enhancing the potential for new business models and increasing competitiveness.
The industrial design engineering specialization integrates design, technology, and material aspects. This package is for students who are interested in designing solutions for real-life problems. It prepares students to view problems from multiple perspectives, respond through innovative solutions, and take part actively in multidisciplinary projects.
By choosing laser processing and additive manufacturing, students will acquire a comprehensive understanding of laser processing and additive manufacturing and their features in different industrial applications. Students will also be able to design and analyze different aspects required in laser processing and additive manufacturing and know how to apply them to demanding applications and energy-efficient solutions.
Robotics and mechatronics give an overview of engineering tools and methods to design and implement autonomous manufacturing systems. The specialization demonstrates the design, selection, and implementation of modern motion control and robotic systems by utilizing modern digital tools to compose semi- or fully autonomous industrial production systems.
The steel structures package educates experts in the design, analysis, and fabrication of advanced steel structures for demanding applications and energy-efficient solutions.
Sustainable manufacturing processes give insights into a wide range of manufacturing technologies essential for transforming raw materials into final products. The competitiveness of companies is based on the capability, flexibility, and productivity of manufacturing, taking a design for manufacturing and assembly into consideration.
The welding production and metallurgy specialization package comprises digitized welding and welding production, advanced welding processes and equipment, the overall development and quality of welding products, and welding metallurgy and weldability. This package provides knowledge for working in different fields of the manufacturing industry related to modern welded applications and sustainable solutions.
Elective studies, 4-6 ECTS credits
You will study advanced mathematics and languages.
Master's thesis, 30 ECTS credits
An advanced research project during the program's fourth semester. The Master's thesis is a part of the advanced specialization studies and requires approximately six months of full-time work.
Program Outcome
As a graduate of this program, you will understand the applications of mechanical engineering in different specialization areas and know how to combine them to form multidisciplinary knowledge, skills, and competencies.
You will acquire:
- Competence to think through industrial research and development problems logically and solve them to contribute to critical and innovative thinking in different areas of mechanical engineering;
- Professional skills that enable you to understand the needs and special features in mechanical engineering design, IoT, automatized and robotized production and manufacture of products, material selection, modelling and reliability-based design, and business-oriented project work; you will learn to utilize fully digitized design, simulation and production environments for different areas of mechanical engineering including sustainability aspects;
- Multidisciplinary teamwork skills that enable you to participate and interact in task-orientated engineering groups in a productive manner and lead and manage design projects.
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Career Opportunities
The program offers graduates excellent career prospects in a broad field of mechanical engineering-related industries and provides an excellent foundation for those wishing to undertake doctoral studies.
The program aims to give to students both strong professional know-how in mechanical engineering and good leadership and management skills for industrial positions.
Graduates typically build careers as e.g.
- design managers
- production managers
- experts in a specific area of mechanical engineering
- researchers or scientists
- project managers.
Program Admission Requirements
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