Bachelor’s degree programme B3S

Branch: Mechanical Engineering

Guarantor: doc. Ing. Radek Knoflíček, Dr.

B-STI

Further information on website

www.fme.vutbr.cz/en/studium/uchazecumprogramy.html

Characteristics of the branch

Bachelor’s study programme “Mechanical Engineering” focuses on preparation of students for a higher (master’s) level of university study. It is intended especially for those applicants with completed Bachelor’s degree who want to continue in a follow-up master’s study programme and obtain the Master’s degree (Ing.) as soon as possible.

• The branch provides students with deep knowledge in the area of engineering sciences.
• Students may specialise their studies during the third year selecting some optional courses focused especially on construction, designing and engineering technology.
• In the third year of study students work on their bachelor theses in cooperation with the selected institute at the faculty.
• The graduates may continue their studies in the master’s study programme at this institute or in any master’s study programme provided by the faculty.

Goals of the study

The bachelor’s study programme “Mechanical Engineering” is intended as the most effective way to prepare students for the study in a follow-up master’s study programme. The graduates will have a wide professional basis enabling them to continue in some branch in a two-year follow-up master’s study programme specialised in mechanical engineering.

• The graduates may choose any branch within a two-year follow-up master’s study programme (today approximately 20 branches).
• Bachelor’s study graduates may immediately start their professional career; they may work as e.g. technicians in development, constructional, and technological institutes or enterprises, manufacturing plants, services and trade.

Entry requirements

Completed secondary-school education and successfully passed entrance examination (if not remitted by the dean).

Advanced courses

• The graduates may continue their studies in a two-year follow-up master’s study programme at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, at request and usually without entrance examinations.
• They may choose any branch within a two-year follow-up master’s study programme at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. Today they can choose from approximately 20 branches.
• Graduates may also continue their studies in any follow-up master’s study programme provided by other technical university.

Special offer

• The branch “Mechanical Engineering” provides students with wide general technical knowledge in the area of engineering. This general orientation may be an advantage for the students, because they are not focused on one field only. This will ensure better career prospects in the competitive labour market. Some prospective employers require technicians to have general education, while the specialized training will be provided in the given enterprise.
• The graduates may benefit from the wide and theoretical basis in the field in case of further study at different university in the Czech Republic or abroad.
• As another advantage of the general bachelor’s study programme “Mechanical Engineering” can be regarded the fact that the students can leave their options open with respect to the selection of the field of the master’s study. Most students leaving the secondary schools are not well familiarised with all possible fields in the area of engineering. They usually need to acquire particular experience to be able to choose the field of master’s study.

Branch: Machine and Equipment Construction

Guarantor: prof. Ing. Josef Štětina, Ph.D.

B-SSZ

Characteristics of the branch

In this course the students will obtain knowledge of both the theoretical foundations of machine construction (mechanics, physics, etc.), and the procedures ensuring their economic design, including the application of computer-aided design for machine construction. Towards the end of their study the students pursue their specialized stream in the course – either transport and manipulation technology (cars, transport and manipulation equipment) or production machine construction.

Goals of the study

Teach the student of this study branch to be able to design transport, handling and making machines and their structural groups and subgroups. The student extends used knowledge of designing and stress analysises at these groups of machines. The student of this study branch obtains the ability to organize activities of business and service companies that belong to study branch.
The graduate during study acquires the ability to assert by all companies that engage designing, production, business and service activities above all in area of transport, handling and making machines.

Entry requirements

Completed secondary-school education and successfully passed entrance examination (if not remitted by the dean).

Career prospects

Graduates can apply their knowledge both in designing machines and equipment from the general engineering field, including experimental work, and in their operation. They can hold the positions of designers, test laboratory staff and shop-floor operation staff.

Advanced courses

Students can continue after successful passing of this course in the two-year follow-up master’s study courses: N2335 “Automotive and Handling Machines Engineering” or N2303 “Construction of Production Machines and Other Device”

Study stays abroad, international cooperation

One of the conditions for accepting a student into an internship set by the universities abroad that the Transport Technology Institute has established contacts with is a completed bachelor programme. As a result, students in the bachelor programme are not eligible for interships abroad at the moment.

Study adviser:

doc. Ing. Miroslav Škopán, CSc., tel: (+420) 541 142 427, e-mail: skopan@fme.vutbr.cz