About this program
The Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in Johannesburg, South Africa is an education course providing an in-depth knowledge of mechanical engineering.
Wits' 4-year, full-time Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering works under the philosophy a problem-solving strategy called the engineering method is made up of engineering knowledge combined with laboratory and research components, and is used to design new machines, products, systems, and devices. General subjects covered in the first 2 years of this education program include:
- electrical engineering
- engineering thermodynamics
- numerical methods
- physics
- statistical methods
- applied computing
- applied mechanics
- fluid mechanics
- mathematics
Students in their 3rd year of this Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering study specific subjects of mechanical engineering including Thermal Systems, Fluid Dynamics, Mechanics of Machines, and Mechatronics. Open-ended projects - some industry-related, some research - are completed in both the 3rd and 4th years of study.
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Bachelors of Science in Engineering
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Wits University is taking the lead in reimagining trendy Braamfontein to further our contribution in delivering high level scarce skills for the global knowledge economy. Our location in Johannesburg, the economic and industrial heartland of the African continent, places us...
