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Faculty of Engineering
UNB Fredericton

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Undergraduate program

We make the world move

Mechanical engineers are everywhere. We ensure that products work as they should, planes fly, energy generation is safe and secure, transportation performs, and people in need of prosthetics get the innovation specific to their needs.

This is the kind of work you could do as a mechanical engineer:

  • improve manufacturing processes
  • create smart systems
  • test various materials
  • explore the small with nanoparticle design
  • decarbonize the world with renewable energy
  • launch into the unknown with aerospace work
  • design tools for ocean mapping

Look ahead to solve tomorrow's problems today with mechanical engineering.

Course descriptions

Program specializations

Biomedical engineers take all the principles and problem-solving techniques from engineering and apply them to biology and medicine. Design and produce medical devices like pacemakers and artificial hips, or prosthetics to help military vets and others. Focus on advances that improve human health and health care.

This specialization is open to all ME students with departmental approval. While this can help you prepare for a career in medicine, you should consult with the Faculty of Science about other required courses needed to apply to medical school if that is your career path.

Biomedical engineering is an exciting and expanding field of work that no longer stops at human health. Other species sometimes need medical devices or prosthetics. You improve the quality of life for many with biomedical engineering.

This specialization increases the time for your degree to a total of four and a half years.

Course curriculum


Mechatronics integrates mechanical, electronic and computer engineering to design smart products and intelligent manufacturing systems. A mechatronics engineer can work across disciplines and speak the language of both mechanical and electrical engineering. This means you can creatively solve problems for robotics, control systems and electro-mechanical systems.

With the Mechatronics specialization you could:

  • design robotic and intelligent equipment
  • develop products and build prototypes
  • design and develop projects all the way from the small to the large, from ATMs to manufacturing plants
  • design new automatic systems
  • manage electrical and mechanical systems 

Mechatronics is a high-tech field with expanding job opportunities across many different sectors.

This specialization increases the time for your degree to a total of four and a half years.

Course curriculum


Enhance your engineering skills


Launching you into a world of possibilities

Innovate in any sector you dream of, chart your path to improve the environment, design safer transit systems, accelerate medical technologies, or help industry envision their dreams with virtual reality modeling.

As a mechanical engineer you will use your sharp mind, tools and training to solve almost any problem. You could design, manufacture and operate:

  • lasers and precision machinery
  • biomedical devices
  • vehicles on the ground or in the air
  • robotics and mechatronics
  • technology for predictive maintenance and reliability
  • manufacturing systems
  • modeling systems and software
  • heat exchanger systems
  • refrigeration systems
  • technology for power generation