Mechanical Engineering

Study mode:On campus Study type:Full-time Languages: English
Foreign:$ 13.2 k / Year(s) Deadline: Sep 1, 2025
StudyQA ranking:2239 Duration:2 years

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In our Mechanical Engineering Department, students gain comprehensive knowledge on the fundamental basics of mechanics and mechanical design methodologies. Having its basis in systems engineering, various disciplines of mechanical engineering can be sub-categorized into thermal engineering, fluid engineering, energy and power engineering, dynamics and control, production and design engineering, solid mechanics and structural mechanics, materials and fracture mechanics, opto-electro mechanics, bio mechanics, and micro and nano-mechanics. 

Core course

  • Special Lecture on Leadership
  • Science Writing in English
  • Introduction to Computer Application
  • Probability and Statistics
  • Introduction to Materials and Engineering
  • Engineering Economy and Cost Analysis
  • Introduction to Instruments
  • Entrepreneurship and Business Strategies

Elective major course

  • Mathematical Methods in Mechanical Engineering
  • Introduction to Finite Element Method
  • Measurement Instrumentation
  • Design and Production of Ocean Systems
  • Engineering Mechanics in Ocean Systems
  • Advanced Fluid Mechanics
  • Advanced Thermodynamics
  • Advanced Heat Transfer
  • Advanced Combustion
  • Multiphase FlowⅠ
  • Cryogenic Engineering
  • Viscous Flow
  • Water Wave Mechanics
  • Introduction to Fluid-Structure Interactions
  • Ocean Hydrodynamic
  • Turbomachinery
  • Introduction to Nanotech Processing
  • Advanced Mechanics of Solids
  • Numerical Stress Analysis
  • Advanced analysis of solids and structures
  • Fracture Mechanics
  • Fatigue Fracture and Strength
  • Finite Elements Analysis of Structures
  • Mechanics of Plastic Deformation
  • Optional design of Composite Structures
  • Advanced Ocean Systems Design
  • Offshore Plant Design
  • Stochastic Theory of Structure System
  • Reliability and Risk Analysis for Offshore Plants
  • Floating Structures
  • Optimal Design
  • Optimal Design of Ocean Composite Structures
  • Theory of Hydrodynamic Lubrication
  • Naval Ship Shock Analysis and Design
  • Knowledge - Based Design System
  • Knowledge-Based Design System for Ocean System
  • Reliability in Microsystems Packaging
  • Advanced Dynamics
  • Linear Vibration
  • Introduction to Acoustics
  • Robot Dynamics
  • Future energy-utilization engineering
  • Vibration of Offshore Structures
  • Underwater Acoustics
  • Dynamics of Offshore Structures
  • Dynamics and Control of Ocean Vehicles
  • Linear System Control
  • Digital System Control
  • Microprocessor Application
  • Artificial Neural Network : Theory and Application
  • Artificial Neural Network:Theory and Applications to Ocean Systems
  • Ocean VR Simulation
  • Advanced Manufacturing Systems
  • Marine Production Systems Engineering
  • Joining Engineering
  • Introduction to Microfabrication Technology
  • MEMS Design and Experimental Microfabrication
  • Mechanics and Control of Human Movement
  • Biomechanical modeling and Simulation of tissue behavior
  • Optomechatronics
  • Fuel Cell System Design and Numerical Analysis
  • Applied Optics
  • Ocean Systems Innovation
  • Random Data : Analysis and Processing
  • Laser : Principles and Applications
  • Harbor Engineering
  • Ocean Systems Engineering
  • Ocean Systems Management
  • Shipbuilding and Offshore Plants Management System
  • Introduction to renewable ocean energy
  • Human and Energy
  • Ocean Feature-Based Modeling
  • Metrology
  • Boundary Element Method
  • Creative Knowledge Creation Process and Application
  • Computational Linear Algebra
  • Convective Heat Transfer
  • Transport Phenomena
  • Computational Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer
  • Automobile Technology and Environment
  • Ocean Wave Mechanics
  • Turbulence
  • Floating Body Dynamics
  • Rotating Flow
  • Simulation of ships and ocean systems hydrodynamics
  • Deepsea Petroleum Production Engineering
  • Hydro-elasticity
  • Theory of Viscoelasticity
  • Mechanical Behavior of Polymeric and Composite Materials
  • Smart Materials and Adaptive Structures
  • Plastic Analysis and Design of Structures
  • Design of Ocean Composite Structures
  • Axiomatic Design of Composite Structure
  • Medical Biomechanics
  • Theory of Mechanisms
  • Tribology
  • STEP for Electronic Commerce
  • Rotor Dynamics
  • Ocean Robotics : Techniques and Application
  • Mechanical Signature and System Analysis
  • Noise Control
  • Robotics Engineering
  • Ocean Dynamic Positioning System
  • Engineering System Identification
  • Optimal Control
  • Design of Precision Actuation System
  • Construction of Offshore Structures
  • Product Lifecycle Management System for Ocean System
  • Human Robot Interaction: Haptics
  • Mechanobiology
  • Wave Propagation
  • Radiation Heat Transfer
  • Experimental methods in High Temperature Thermal Engineering
  • Multiphase FlowⅡ
  • Ocean Fluid Mechanics Modeling
  • Computational Turbulence Modeling
  • Stratified Flow
  • Computational Turbulence Modeling
  • Nonlinear Computational Mechanics of Solid
  • Reliability in Strength Design
  • Analytical Fracture Mechanics
  • Design of Light Sandwich Structures
  • Advanced Optimal Design
  • Structure-borne Sound
  • Nonlinear System Control
  • Analysis and Design of Metal Forming Processes
  • Molecular Dynamics and Nanomechanics
  • Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
  • Special Topics in Ocean Systems Engineering
  • Special Topics and Design Laboratory of Ocean Systems Engineering
  • Special Topics in Thermal & Fluid Engineering
  • Special Topics in Design Engineering
  • Special Topics in Dynamics and Control
  • Special Topics in Production Engineering

Research

  • M.S. Thesis
  • Seminar (M.S)
  • Seminar of Career Planning for Ocean Engineering

Requirements

  • Application Form
  • Statement of Financial Resources
  • Letters of Recommendation
  • Degree/Diploma
  • Transcripts
  • English Proficiency Test Reports (EPT)
    TOEFL (PBT 560, CBT 220, IBT 83), IELTS 6.5, TEPS 599, TOEIC 720 or higher
  • Curriculum Vitae
  • List of Honors and Awards
  • Employment Certificate
  • School Profile/Credit Rating System
  • The application fee is KRW 80,000 or USD 80. Payment can be made by credit card or bank transfer after writing application form online. Please note that application fee is non-refundable and you cannot modify application form once you pay the application fee.

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  • ✔️ Certificate upon completion

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Scholarships

  • KAIST International Student Scholarship
  • Korean Government Scholarship (KGSP)
  • Russian Government Scholarship – Global Education Program (GEP)
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Deadline: Dec 1, 2025 StudyQA ranking: 5283