Mechanical Engineering (MSME)

Take Mechanical Systems and Products From Idea Through Implementation

The MS in Mechanical Engineering program at UCF is designed to advance your knowledge and skills in the areas of mechanical systems and thermofluids. Choose from a wide variety of courses that provide you with state-of-the-art research opportunities working with faculty mentions who are active in various sponsored research funded by local and national industry, as well as many federal agencies. Plus, the fully online mechanical engineering program offers you the flexibility and convenience needed to balance work, school and life.

Here, you get superior academics enriched by research experiences with a number of possible exposures ranking from traditional mechanical engineering research in energy and power generation systems, mechanical systems, design and controls to innovative work in nanotechnology, miniaturization, bioengineering and interdisciplinary research. From innovative curriculum to research facilities, the mechanical engineering program provides you with an opportunity to learn and train across multiple disciplines.

UCF mechanical engineering graduates gain knowledge and expertise in mechanical engineering-specific challenges, as well as understand engineered systems for many applications. Plus, with close contact to key personnel from local industry, you have a solid avenue for future employment opportunities to start or advance your career.

Mechanical Engineering “ Guidance Control and Dynamics
This track is designed to prepare you for a career as an engineer in the aerospace industry. The curriculum includes courses related to guidance control and dynamics with applications in aerospace engineering.

Mechanical Engineering “ Mechanical Systems
This track focuses on topics such as the mechanics of materials, computational methods and engineering design. On this track, you deep-dive into mathematical models, the mechanics of materials, dynamics and continuum mechanics.

Mechanical Engineering “ Thermofluids
This track includes topics such as fluid mechanics, thermodynamics and turbomachinery. You concentrate on heat transfer, fluid mechanics, classical thermodynamics and mathematical models.

Mechanical Engineering “ Accelerated BS to MSME
The accelerated BS to MSME track allows highly qualified undergraduate majors in mechanical engineering to begin taking graduate-level courses that will count toward a master™s degree while completing a baccalaureate degree program. Complete your bachelor™s and master™s degree in five years while enrolled in full-time course work.

• A bachelor’s degree from an accredited U.S. institution recognized by UCF or its equivalent from a foreign institution AND a GPA of 3.0 or more (on a 4.0 maximum) in all work attempted while registered as an undergraduate student OR while registered as an upper-division undergraduate student (normally based on the last sixty attempted semester hours); OR, a graduate degree or professional degree or equivalent from a regionally accredited U.S. institution or its equivalent from a foreign institution in a field related to the discipline of the program to which the student is applying.
• Students applying to doctoral programs should refer to the graduate catalog requirements for their program.
• Students applying to doctoral programs must also submit three letters of recommendation, a resume or curriculum vitae, and a written essay.
• International students must demonstrate their proficiency in the English language. International students, except those who are from countries where English is the only official language, those who have earned a degree from a regionally accredited U.S. college or university, or those who have earned a degree from a country where English is the only official language or from a university at which English is the only official language of instruction, are required to submit a score on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or IELTS before they can be admitted to the university. A computer-based TOEFL score of 220 or 80 on the internet-based TOEFL (or equivalent score on the paper-based test) or 6.5 on the IELTS is required unless otherwise specified by the program.
• International students applying to master’s or doctoral programs that do not require a GRE (or GMAT), except those that have earned or will earn a Masters or Doctoral degree from an accredited U.S. institution recognized by UCF, must submit a course-by-course evaluation of their official transcripts from a credential evaluation service recommended by UCF. This course-by-course evaluation must show a GPA that is equivalent to a 3.0 from an earned degree that is equivalent to a U.S. bachelor’s degree.
• UCF now accepts scanned copies of official transcripts as part of your application materials. You will have the ability to upload these materials during the application process. After you have been offered admission to a graduate program and prior to the beginning of the semester term, you will be required to submit your official transcripts. When obtaining official transcripts, be sure to request that the transcripts show the degrees you have earned.

• those who are from countries where English is the only official language;
• those who have earned a degree from a regionally accredited U.S. college or university;
• those who have earned a degree from a country where English is the only official language;
• those who have earned a degree from a university at which English is the only official language of instruction; or
• those who have successfully completed UCF English Language Institute Level 8 or higher with a grade of “B” or better at UCF Global.