
Program Overview
Mechanical engineers develop many varied products, ranging from tiny microsensors for medical technology and highly efficient energy plants to applications for automotive and aviation engineering. They use computers to design new machine tools or construct wheelchairs that can climb stairs. In the process engineering field, they control industrial, biotechnical or chemical processes. They also assume management tasks in companies, work as quality or risk assessment experts in the service industry, draw up production forecasts, and work in the field of strategic consultancy.
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Academic Requirements
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Mathematics: Analysis and Approaches or Mathematics: Applications and Interpretation
HL • Required: 4
Biology or Chemistry or Physics
HL • Required: 4
English A: Literature or English A: Language & Literature or French A: Literature or French A: Language & Literature or German A: Literature or German A: Language & Literature or Mandarin A: Literature or Mandarin A: Language & Literature or Spanish A: Literature or Spanish A: Language & Literature
HL • Required: 4