About this program
The Bachelor of Engineering in Mechatronics provides students with a thorough grounding in mathematics, basic sciences, engineering sciences, engineering modelling and engineering design together with the abilities to enable application in fields of emerging knowledge.
Mechatronic engineering is a combination of precision mechanical engineering, electronics and computer systems.
What characterise a typical Mechatronic system is the close integration of the mechanical components, electrical sensors, mechanical and electrical actuators and computer controllers into products and systems useful to society.
Mechatronic engineers must have insight in each of these disciplines in order to combine all these elements in an optimal way,
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Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) opened on 1 January 2005, the result of the merging of the PE Technikon the University of Port Elizabeth (UPE) and the Port Elizabeth campus of Vista University (Vista PE). The PE Technikon has its...