Mechanical Engineering (Course 2)

Program Overview

Mechanical engineering is concerned with the responsible development of products, processes and power, at scales from molecules to large and complex systems: the world of mass, motion, forces and energy. It is one of the broadest of the engineering professions. How competitive: for fall 2025, MIT admitted 4.6% of its 29,281 first-year applicants; it publishes no separate figure for international applicants. It sets no IB minimum and requires no particular subjects: it reads your school record with your IB results, predicted grades included, and requires the SAT or ACT. You apply to MIT, not to this major: every first-year student starts undeclared and chooses a major at the end of the first year.