Introduction
What do a bionic arm and a Playstation Portable (PSP) have in common?
They are both products of mechatronic engineering. In fact, all machines are driven by mechatronics – your mobile phone, mp3 player and your household appliances.
You too can create the next smart gadget with the Diploma in Mechatronic Engineering (MTE) at Ngee Ann, the first Polytechnic to offer this course.
Integrate electronics, mechanics and software design and learn how to create a new generation of computer-controlled “intelligent” devices. Enjoy a broad-based education in your first semester, when you share a common curriculum with Mechanical Engineering, Electronic & Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering students.
Then, proceed along your chosen path, when you pick either a discipline-specific or a business related final-year option:
- Aerospace Applications
- Sports Engineering
- Automation & Robotics
- Micro Electromechanical Systems
- Business Management
- Marketing & Entrepreneurship
As the first Polytechnic to offer MTE diploma, Ngee Ann has established strong industry links and you can expect overseas industrial attachment opportunities in Australia, China, Germany and Finland.
Career Prospects
Apply your skills in every possible industry from medicine and surgery, agriculture and automobile, to sports, toys and entertainment.
With your ability to integrate electronics, mechanics and software design,you can adapt to a variety of fields. More and more microelectronics companies like Intel are investing money in advanced automated machines. There is thus a high demand for your mechatronics skills in an industry that is expanding aggressively worldwide.
Job opportunities abound in the area of process development, process automation, engineering and product design, R&D and product development, engineering tests, maintenance and operation of high-tech equipment and facilities.
Accreditation for Further Studies
You will be able to further your studies in local and overseas universities offering Mechanical, Mechatronic, Electrical/Electronic or Bioengineering degree programmes. You will enjoy one year’s exemption in taking up Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) courses in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering at the National University of Singapore or Nanyang Technological University. Alternatively you may want to pursue BEng courses in Mechatronic Engineering at the University of New South Wales in Australia or the University of Manchester in UK, and be granted advanced standing of up to two years.