To choose Mechanical Engineering means to play a key professional role in the development, operation and manufacturing of new machines, devices, and mechanical processes. These engineers will apply their creative imagination and their professional competence in a wide range of situations in the industry world. They will have to have a good knowledge of the scientific and technological principals which are specific for this area, so that they can solve real problems that will often demand important decision-taking. Mechanical engineers will have to face a globalised market, not only with their technical abilities, but also with management and organizational skills that allow them to develop their job effectively and efficiently, with special emphasis on improving productivity of the industrial processes involved.

The Higher Technical School of Industrial Engineering offers the possibility for the student to specialize in industrial constructions, manufacturing processes and design of industrial machines. Agreements with companies and mobility agreements with other European universities allow the students to complete their education with training periods in companies or exchange programs. The analysis of job advertisements for the newly graduated in this field of industrial engineering shows excellent career prospects.

Students who obtain this degree title will acquire the abilities needed to design and develop projects in the field of Mechanical Engineering which involve the construction, refurbishment, repairing, maintenance, demolition, manufacturing, installing, assembling, and exploiting of structures, mechanical equipment, energy facilities, industrial plants and facilities, and manufacturing processes, in accordance with the applicable law of professional functions (Law 12/1986).