Curriculum start year 2022/2023 and before

Please note: The curriculum of the Bachelor Mechanical Engineering will change from the academic year 2023-2024 with the implementation of the Bachelor College 2.0 (After Redesign, AR) . This means the current curriculum will be phased out in the upcoming years.  

On June 20 2023 we gave a presentation about the (possible) impact this transistion can have on current students.

The curriculum for the Bachelor's program in Mechanical Engineering encompasses three academic years. The first year is called the propaedeutic phase. The size of an academic year is 60 credits. Each study point represents 28 study hours that are divided into contact hours and self-study hours.

The program of the first year consists of 12 courses in total. In addition to lectures with self-study and examinations, you also get Design Based Learning (DBL). During DBL, students work on a case in project groups. Just like the first year, the second year of the program consists of 12 courses. The third and final year of the program consists of 10 courses and is concluded with a Bachelor Final project.

The curriculum for academic year 2022-2023 was as follows

*) In the first academic year you can choose 2 courses yourself. For this there is a wide range of courses from different faculties. The Department of Mechanical Engineering offers in the first year the following subjects as elective:

• Q2: 4GA10 - Design of a launching mechanism  
• Q4: 4GA50 - Solar Heat System

Every study generation of the Mechanical Engineering Bachelor's program (often) has its own Curriculum, these are the subjects that you have to pass for an undergraduate degree. A generation is the year in which the student started the study program.

• Curriculum gen 2023 (English) (After Redesign)
• Curriculum gen 2022 (English)
• Curriculum gen 2021 (English)
• Curriculum gen 2020 (English)
• Curriculum gen 2019 (English)
• Curriculum gen 2018 (Dutch)
• Curriculum gen 2017  (Dutch)
• Curriculum gen 2016  (Dutch)
• Curriculum gen 2015 (Dutch)

The Bachelor’s program of Mechanical Engineering is part of the TU/e Bachelor College which is being adjusted.  All students starting their TU/e bachelor’s program September 1, 2023 or later, will follow the new curriculum. If you started your bachelor’s program before September 1, 2023, you will continue your program according to the curriculum of the year you started your studies

If you are or will be delayed in your studies, transitional arrangements will usually apply. Below you can see which transitional arrangement currently appling to courses no longer offered.

New transition arrangements:

Major courses:

¹4CBLB00 will be offered starting Q1 2024-2025, no replacement course in 2023-2024.
²A passing grade for 4CC30 or 4DC10 can be transfered to 4CC40 and will count for a 50% partial grade of the final exam of 4CC40. The final grade for 4CC40 is the average of the transferd grade and the new exam partial grade,with no minimum grade requirement for the exam partial grade.
for 2023-2024 students who need to complete both 4CC30 and 4DC10 will register for 4CC40. If a student transfers a sufficient grade from 4CC30 or 4DC10 they wil register for the other missing old course, 4DC10 or 4CC30.

Basic courses:

The transition arrangements for the first year basic courses can be found here.: 

3NBB0 Applied natural sciences, 
2IAB0 Data analytics for engineers and 
0SAB0 USE base

N.B. 2WBB0 Calculus is part of the new bachelor ME curriculum and does not need a transition arrangement.

Old transition arrangements:

Students are required to complete the curriculum (program of examinations) of the year they started their studies. If a course from your current curriculum (before 2022-2023) is no longer offered and is not mentioned below please contact your academic advisor to discuss your options.
 

¹2023-2024 is the final year exams these basic courses are offered. details about the exams can be found here.

Want to know more? Contact CSA ME at 040 - 247 4400 or via the contact form below.