University of Cyprus aims to establish itself as a Pioneer Research Institution achieving International Scientific Recognition in European Higher Education, offering Competitive Programmes and to become a Centre of Excellence in the wider Euro - Mediterranean Region.
The programme is designed to produce highly qualifiedgraduates with a strong background in the fundamentals ofthe field, societal sensitivity and the independence ofthought required for a successful career in Mechanical andManufacturing Engineering. The curriculum follows adeductive approach to learning, which stems from the factthat all physical phenomena important to Mechanical andManufacturing Engineers are governed by a set of simplephysical laws. To meet an actual need posed by society, asuccessful mechanical engineer is expected to use theselaws in order to describe the problem of interest and thenuse his/her experience to devise a solution. The solution ismost often obtained through a combination of analytical,computational, and experimental means. Therefore, thecurriculum educates students in basic physics, whilereinforcing their mathematical skills and their ability to usecomputations and experimentation to obtain solutions atthe stage of design.An important goal of the Department’s educational systemis to produce creative and entrepreneurial students, whowill be willing to further develop their ideas into commercial products.