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Mechanical Engineering
Machines, engines, thermodynamics and manufacturing: designing things that move.
Who it suits
RIC
- Builder: hands-on, tools, machines, outdoors
- Thinker: analysing, researching, figuring out why
- Organiser: structure, data, precision
Students here tend to be a bit more organised than average.
Builds on
Physics ●●●Mathematics ●●●
Typically offers
High salary · Job security · Working with technology
Where it leads
Mechanical engineer · Design engineer · Manufacturing engineer · R&D engineer
51 programmes tracked
🇨🇭 Switzerland 51
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