Welcome to the Faculty of Engineering

The Faculty Office consists of the Dean’s Office, Senior Assistant Registrar’s Office, the Centre for Continuing Engineering Education (CCEE), the Computer Aided Learning (CAL) laboratory, three Faculty workshops namely; Mechanical, Electrical and Students Training Workshops.

The Faculty of Engineering offers six undergraduate degree programmes in Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Mining and Metallurgical Engineering as well as Geoinformatics & Surveying, seven MSc programmes and one postgraduate diploma programme. Engineering professionals in industry within Zimbabwe and the Southern African Region willing to keep updated with developments in the Engineering profession are catered for through the Centre for Continuing Engineering Education (CCEE). The major mandate of CCEE is to coordinate continuing engineering education offered in the six disciplines of the Faculty namely; Geoinformatics & Surveying, Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Metallurgical and Mining Engineering.

Mission Statement

Mission Statement
Mission   Our mission is to enable our clients and customers to make meaningful engineering contributions to sustainable developm...

Departments

Departments
  The faculty has got six departments namely: Civil Engineering Metallurgical Engineering Electrical Engineering ...

Dean's Office

Dean's Office
Eng.WR Nyemba   Foreword The Faculty of Engineering  within the then University of Rhodesia was established in 1973 wih the technical, ma...

Programmes on offer

Programmes on offer
The Faculty of  Engineering offers undergraduate degrees , masters degrees and postgraduate diplomas.   Undergraduate Progra...
BSc Honours in Mechanical Engineering

BSc Honours in Mechanical Engineering

 

 

Mechanical Engineering Level 2 Courses: A student shall take ALL the core courses and ONE optional course.

 

COURSE CODE

DESCRIPTION

PREREQUISITES

UNITS

ME201

Applied Mechanics

ME103

15

ME202

Solid Mechanics

ME103

15

ME203

Engineering Drawing and Design

ME101

15

ME204

Thermo-Fluids

 

15

ME205

Engineering Materials

 

15

ME206

Manufacturing Technology

 

15

MT204

Engineering Mathematic 2 Paper 1

MT104

10

MT205

Engineering Mathematic 2 Paper 2

MT105

10

Optional courses

 

 

 

EE202

Electrical Machines

EE101

10

EE201

Electronic Circuit Design

EE101

10

 

 

 

 

 

Mechanical Engineering Level 3 Courses :A student shall take ALL the core courses and eight (8) other courses chosen from the optional courses listed below:

 

COURSE CODE

DESCRIPTION

PREREQUISITES

UNITS

Core Courses

CE309

Professional & Industrial Studies

 

10

CE313

Professional & Industrial Studies

 

10

ME360

Project 1

 

20

Optional courses

ME303

Dynamics

ME201

10

ME304

Fluid Mechanics

ME204

10

ME305

Industrial Systems Engineering

 

10

ME306

Mechanical Engineering Design

ME203

10

ME307

Process Engineering

ME204

10

ME308

Solid Mechanics

ME202

10

EE309

Thermodynamics &Heat Transfer

ME204

10

EE305

Electrical Machines

 

10

EE302

Control Systems

MT204/205

10

ME311

Refrigeration & Air Conditioning

 

10

ME301

Renewable Energy Engineering

 

10

 

 

 

 

 

Mechanical Engineering Level 4 Courses: A student shall take the Core course and at least FOUR other courses chosen from the optional courses listed below:

 

COURSE CODE

DESCRIPTION

PREREQUISITES

UNITS

ME460

Project 2

ME360

40

Optional courses

 

 

 

EE403

Control Systems

EE303

20

ME401

Thermo-Fluids

ME304/309

20

ME403

Dynamics

ME303

20

ME404

Renewable Energy Engineering

ME301

20

ME405

Mechanical Engineering Design

ME306

20

ME406

Solid Mechanics

ME308

20

ME410

Engineering Management

ME309

20

ME412

Power Plants

 

20

EE405

Electrical Machines

EE305

20