Mechanical engineering is the discipline that applies engineering, physics, engineering mathematics, and materials science principles to design, analyze, manufacture, and maintain mechanical systems. It is the oldest of the engineering disciplines.

Mechanical engineering degrees include B.Eng /B.S. at the undergraduate level, which is typically a three or four year course, and M.Eng /M.S. at the postgraduate level, which is a one or two year course.

Top Colleges 
Rank College/University Website Country
1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) www.mit.edu/ United States
2 Stanford University https://www.stanford.edu/ United States
3 University of Cambridge https://www.cam.ac.uk/ United Kingdom
4 Delft University of Technology https://www.tudelft.nl/en/ Netherlands
5 Harvard University https://www.harvard.edu/ United States
6 University of California, Berkeley (UCB) https://www.berkeley.edu/ United States
7 Politecnico di Milano https://www.polimi.it/en/ Italy
8 University of Michigan https://umich.edu/ United States
9 University of Oxford www.ox.ac.uk/ United Kingdom
10 Imperial College London https://www.imperial.ac.uk/ United Kingdom

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