Mechanical Engineering for Sustainability University of Bologna

Overview

Course Details

The main objective of the Mechanical Engineering for Sustainability program at University of Bologna is to train Mechanical Engineers who are able to face new technological challenges with particular attention to the sustainability of industrial products and processes. 

A qualifying aspect of the course, which includes 3 guided choices, is the strong characterization of the teaching of methods of analysis, synthesis and problem solving, oriented towards the systematic application in the industrial sector of the paradigms of environmental, economic and social sustainability and aimed at the best use of the most advanced techniques of virtualization and digitization.

Overall, students of the Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering for Sustainability become familiar with:

• advanced tools for products and components modelling;
• advanced mechanical design methods;
• advanced metalworking technologies;
• the most widely used advanced mathematical methods in Engineering;
• the principles of electromechanical energy conversion and the characteristics of main electrical machines;
• traditional and innovative energy systems;
• theoretical principles, functional diagrams, component selection criteria for mechanical systems and industrial logistics;
• the principles of functional design and modelling of mechanisms, and vibration analysis;
• the application of sustainability paradigms in the field of industrial automation;
• the sustainable use of resources for mobility, energy conversion and transport, and the sustainable design of industrial plants;

• design methods and production technologies for the development of sustainable products

Career

The professional figure of the mechanical engineer finds employment both in Italy and abroad, thanks to the provision of teaching in English, mainly in manufacturing or service companies, in public administrations and also in the freelance professions.

Some of the main employment opportunities are:

• mechanical industries;
• automation and robotics industries;
• electromechanical industries;
• manufacturing industries in general;