COURSE: BTECH IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

This BTech degree is ideal for mechanical engineering technicians who want to take a step up in their careers by improving their qualifications. Students are expected to complete an engineering design project and take four theoretical modules. Two of these must be drawn from mechanics of machines, automatic control, strength of materials, stress analysis, fluid mechanics, turbo machines, thermodynamics, and refrigeration and air conditioning.

Type: undergraduate degree

Duration: 1 year part time

Compulsory Subjects

First year subjects:

• Engineering design project


• Mechanics of machines


• Strength of materials and stress analysis


• Fluid mechanics and turbo machines


• Thermodynamics and refrigeration and air-conditioning

Careers: mechanical engineering technologist, mechanical engineering practitioner.

Source: www.unisa.ac.za​