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MBA/MS in Mechanical Engineering

Faculty and students in the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering share an interest in innovation, creativity and advanced professional study. Mechanical engineering is perhaps the broadest and most versatile of the engineering disciplines, as reflected in this sampling of current departmental activities:

• Using nano-engineering to develop thermoelectric energy converters
• Designing miniature robots for extraterrestrial exploration
• Creating needle-free drug injectors
• Designing low-cost radio-frequency identification chips
• Fabricating 3-D nanostructures out of 2-D substrates

The Leaders for Global Operations Connection

The Mechanical Engineering Department (Course 2) is more closely associated with manufacturing and operations than any other engineering department. It has historically focused on these areas of study, and has developed many courses of special interest to LGO students.

Through the support of LGO industry partners who wish to invest in future leaders from mechanical engineering, LGO students enrolled in the Department of Mechanical Engineering will receive a generous fellowship. For the most current information on the LGO fellowship, visit our program costs page.

Popular mechanical engineering courses among LGO students include:

• 2.61 - Internal Combustion Engines
• 2.62(J) - Fundamentals of Advanced Energy Conversion
• 2.782 - Design of Medical Devices and Implants
• 2.739 - Product Design and Development
• 2.810 - Manufacturing Processes and Systems
• 2.83 - Energy, Materials and Manufacturing
• 2.830 - Control of Manufacturing Processes
• 2.852 - Manufacturing Systems Analysis
• 2.875 - Mechanical Assemblies: Their Design, Manufacture, and Role in Product Development

Mechanical Engineering Tracks

LGO students in this program must choose one of four tracks:

Manufacturing

A comprehensive product realization curriculum from processes and control to factory systems, supply chains and product design. Courses for this track include:

• LGO summer courses
• Two classes in Manufacturing Physics:
• 2.140 - Analysis and Design of Feedback Systems
• 2.810 - Manufacturing Processes and Systems
• 2.83 - Energy, Materials and Manufacturing
• 2.830J/6.780J - Control of Manufacturing Processes
• *2.875J/ESD.875J - Mechanical Assemblies: Their Design, Manufacture, and Role in Product Development
• The required Design Elective, one of the following options:
• 2.739J/15.783J/ESD.32J - Product Design and Development
• 2.744J/ESD.64J - Product Design
• 2.75 - Precision Machine Design
• *2.875J/ESD.875J - Mechanical Assemblies: Their Design, Manufacture, and Role in Product Development
• Other design elective with approval
• Other Subjects for a total of 72 units:
• 3rd Physics class from School of Engineering
• 2.852 - Manufacturing Systems Analysis
• ESD.267J/1.273J/15.762J - Supply Chain Planning
  -plus-
  ESD.268J/1.274J/15.763J - Manufacturing System and Supply Chain Design

* 2.875J/ESD.875J - Mechanical Assemblies: Their Design, Manufacture, and Role in Product Development can be used as either Design or Manufacturing Subject for ME but not for both.

Energy and environmental sustainability

Understand energy generation and utilization (especially in manufacturing) from a fundamental technology viewpoint, and manufacturing sustainability from a material and energy resource perspective. Courses for this track include:

• LGO summer courses
• The required Design Elective, one of the following options:
• 2.739J/15.783J/ESD.32J - Product Design and Development
• 2.744J/ESD.64J - Product Design
• 2.810 - Manufacturing Processes and Systems
  -or-
• 2.875J/ESD.875J - Mechanical Assemblies: Their Design, Manufacture, and Role in Product Development
• Other design elective with approval
• Two from the following:
• 2.42 - General Thermodynamics
• 2.500 - Desalination and Water Purification
• 2.62J/3.64J/10.392J/22.40J - Fundamentals of Advanced Energy Conversion
• 2.625J/2.005J/3.046J/10.40J - Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage: Fundamentals, Materials and Applications
• 2.626 - Fundamentals of Photovoltaics
• 2.83 - Energy, Materials and Manufacturing
• One engineering elective (in or outside of ME - as approved), assuring 72 units total and 3 ME courses.

Biomechanics

Develop an understanding of both cellular and organ level problems, and related instrumentation technologies and medical device design. Courses for this track include:

• LGO summer courses
• Two classes in Biomechanical Physics from this list:
• 2.673J/6.122J/20.309J/MAS.402 - Instrumentation and Measurement for Biological Systems
• 2.715J/20.487J - Optical Microscopy and Spectroscopy for Biology and Medicine
• 2.772J/20.110J - Thermodynamics of Biomolecular Systems
• 2.785J/3.97J/20.411J/HST.523J - Cell-Matrix Mechanics
• 2.79J/3.96J/20.441J/HST.522J - Biomaterials: Tissue Interactions
• 2.791J/2.794J/6.021J/20.370J - Cellular Biophysics
• 2.792J/6.022J/20.371J/HST.542J - Quantitative Systems Physiology
• 2.795J/6.561J/10.539J/20.430J/HST.544J - Fields, Forces and Flows in Biological Systems
• 2.798J/3.971J/6.524J/10.537J/20.410J - Molecular, Cellular, and Tissue Biomechanics
• 20.201 - Mechanics of Drug Actions
• 20.215 - Epidemiology, Population, Genetics and Cell Biology of Human Cancers
• 20.453J - Biomedical Information Technology
• The required Design Elective, one of the following options:
• 2.739J/15.783J/ESD.32J - Product Design and Development
• 2.782J/3.961J/20.451J/HST.524 - Design of Medical Devices and Implants
• 2.810 - Manufacturing Processes and Systems
• 2.875J/ESD.875J – Mechanical Assemblies: Their Design, Manufacture, and Role in Product Development
• Other design elective with approval
• At least one other course, of at least 12 units, from Mechanical Engineering or ESD Course listings. Some recommended courses include:
• 20.486J - Case Studies and Strategies in Drug Discovery and Development
• 20.200 - Biological Engineering Seminar
• 2.715 - Optical Microscopy and Spectroscopy for Biology and Medicine

Ocean Engineering Systems Management

A broad curriculum from naval architecture, ship design and propulsion systems to manufacturing and supply chains. Courses for this track include:

• LGO Summer Courses
• 2.701 Principles of Naval Architecture
• Two classes in propulsion and/or manufacturing from:
• 2.611 Marine Power and Propulsion
• 2.810 Manufacturing Processes and Systems
• 2.830 Control of Manufacturing Processes
• 2.875 Mechanical Assemblies
• ESD.267J/1.273J/15.762J - Supply Chain Planning
  -plus-
  ESD.268J/1.274J/15.763J - Manufacturing System and Supply Chain Design
• The required Design Elective, one of the following options:
• 2.703 Principles of Naval Ship Design
• 2.739J/15.783J/ESD.32J - Product Design and Development
• 2.744J/ESD.64J - Product Design
• Other design elective with approval
• Other Mechanical Engineering subjects for total of 72 units.

Learn more about Ocean Engineering Systems Management track at LGO.

Learn more about the MIT Graduate Program in Mechanical Engineering.

Please note: If you are applying to LGO through the Department of Mechanical Engineering, contact Joan Kravit (joank@mit.edu) if you also want to be considered for the S.M. program in mechanical engineering if you are not admitted to LGO.

Graduates of the MIT LGO program receive two degrees in two years: either an MBA or a Master of Science in Management degree from MIT Sloan School of Management, and a Master of Science degree from one of seven participating departments in the School of Engineering.

The new Ocean Engineering Systems Management track aims to train leaders in the shipping industry.
Ocean Engineering Systems Management