Mechatronics blends mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and computer science to design, build, and operate smart machines. You’ll find mechatronic systems in industrial machines, domestic appliances, robots, and unmanned aerial vehicles.
At Curtin, you’ll build a solid foundation in mechanics, electronics, and computer systems, with a practical focus through project-based learning. From your second year, you’ll engage in hands-on projects, culminating in a major design or research project in your final year.
As a Mechatronic Engineer, you’ll work at the intersection of mechanical devices and electronic control systems. With rapid advances in automation, such as self-driving vehicles and industrial robotics, your expertise will be in high demand.
Expanding fields like transportation, agriculture, healthcare, biotechnology, mining, energy, and aerospace will offer exciting career opportunities. You’ll apply your skills through projects involving mobile robots, pneumatic automation, and machine control systems.
Why Mechatronic Engineering?
- You’ll develop skills across mechanical, electrical, and computer systems engineering to create and operate smart machines.
- You’ll be involved in practical project-based learning which starts from the second year, with a major design or research project in the final year.
- With the rise of automation, including self-driving vehicles and robotics, your expertise will be in high demand.
- Career opportunities span industries like transportation, agriculture, healthcare, biotechnology, mining, energy, and aerospace.
- You’ll apply your knowledge through practical projects, including work on mobile robots, pneumatic automation, and machine control systems.
Entry requirements
Minimum English language entry requirements
| Qualification | Score |
| International English Language Testing System (IELTS) | Overall 6.5 (no individual band below 6.0) |
| Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) | 79 (band minimum W-21, L-13, R-13, S-18) |
| SPM 1119 English | C |
| GCE ‘A’ Level | E |
| GCE ‘O’ Level | C |
Cut-off scores
| Qualification | Score |
| GCE-A Level/STPM (best of 3 subjects) | 8 |
| UEC (best of 5 selected subjects) | 22 |
| HKDSE | 19 |
| IB | 28 |
| Ontario Gr | 70 |
| ATAR (WACE/SACE/HSC/VCE/AUSMAT/SAM/MUFY) | 80 |
| WAUFP (CPS) | 59 |
| India/Pakistan | 76% |
| Sri Lanka | 9 |
Cut-off scores key:
GCE : General Certificate of Education
STPM : Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia
IB : International Baccalaureate
ATAR : Australian Tertiary Admission Rank – applicable to all Australian matriculation
HKDSE : Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education
India : Includes All India Senior School Certificate awarded by The Central Board of Secondary School Education (CBSE), Indian School Certificate (ISC) awarded by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE), Higher School Certificate (HSC) awarded by one of the State Secondary School Boards. Certificates awarded by the CBSE and the CISCE are generally considered to represent a higher level of achievement than state certificates.
Sri Lanka : GCE ‘A’ level issued by the Department of Examinations
Score Conversion for Advanced level/GCE/GCSE:
Grades awarded from 2010 onwards: A*=6, A=5, B=4, C=3, D=2, E=1
Grades awarded up to 2009: A=5, B=4, C=3, D=2, E=1
AS Levels equal half of that of an Advanced Level, e.g. 3 points for an A*, 2.5 points for an A (prior to 2010)
Subject Grades Conversion for STPM : A=5, A- =4, B+ =4, B=3, B- =2, C+ = 2, C=1
Note: scores for individual prerequisites may be taken into consideration for assessment purposes.
Course Prerequisites
Mathematics (including calculus) and physics or chemistry
Professional recognition
Malaysian Qualification Agency (MQA)
• Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM)
• Engineers Australia (EA)
• Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE, UK)
• Washington Accord
Credit for previous study
Diploma applications will be treated on case to case basis.
Career opportunities
Careers:
- Mechatronic engineer
- Mechanical engineer
- Automation engineer
- Computer systems engineer
- Data scientist.
Industries:
- Aerospace
- Agritechnology
- Autonomous vehicle
- Biosensors and security
- Biotechnology and biomechanics
- Manufacturing
- Mining and resources
- Oil and gas
- Renewable energy
- Robotics
- Subsea engineering.
Course structure
| Year 1 |
|---|
| Bachelor of Engineering Pre-Major
View Engineering First Year course structure here |
| Year 2 Semester 1 |
|---|
| Microcontroller Project |
| Machine Dynamics |
| Electrical Circuits |
| Foundations of Digital Design |
| Year 2 Semester 2 |
|---|
| Data Structures and Algorithms |
| Signals and Systems |
| Mechatronics Design Project |
| Ethics and Sustainability in Engineering |
| Year 3 Semester 1 |
|---|
| Robot Manipulation Project |
| Computer Aided Drawing and Engineering Modelling |
| Intelligent Agents |
| Specialisation |
| Year 3 Semester 2 |
|---|
| Introduction to Autonomous Robots |
| Embedded Systems Engineering |
| Exposure to Professional Engineering Practice |
| Specialisation |
| Year 4 Semester 1 |
|---|
| Machine Learning |
| Dynamic Modelling and Control |
| Mechatronic Engineering Research Project 1 |
| Specialisation |
| Year 4 Semester 2 |
|---|
| Mechatronics Automation Project |
| Professional Engineering Management and Practice |
| Mechatronic Engineering Research Project 2A |
| Specialisation |
Specialisation
| Engineering Design for Manufacturing | |
| Unit name | Study period |
|---|---|
| Computer Aided Drawing and Engineering Modelling OR Fundamentals of Mechanical Design | Year 3 Semester 1 |
| Manufacturing Processes | Year 3 Semester 2 |
| Competitive Manufacturing Processes | Year 4 Semester 1 |
| Design for Manufacturing | Year 4 Semester 2 |
| Mechanical Systems | |
| Unit name | Study period |
| Fluid Mechanics | Year 3 Semester 1 |
| Fundamentals of Thermodynamics | Year 3 Semester 2 |
| Electromechanical Energy Systems | Year 4 Semester 1 |
| Applied Fluid Mechanics | Year 4 Semester 2 |
| Mechanical Dynamics and Vibration | |
| Unit name | Study period |
| Machine Dynamics | Year 3 Semester 1 |
| Fundamentals of Mechanical Design | Year 3 Semester 2 |
| Linear Systems and Vibrations | Year 4 Semester 1 |
| Automatic Control Systems OR Engineering Noise Control | Year 4 Semester 2 |
