Mechanical Engineering is the application of the principles of physics in the analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems.

It requires a deep understanding of core concepts including mechanics, kinematics, thermodynamics and energy. Mechanical engineers use these core principles to design and analyze motor vehicles, aircraft, heating and cooling systems, watercraft, manufacturing plants, industrial equipment and machinery, robotics, medical devices, alternative energy solutions and more.

Mechanical engineering department was established in 1975, and then the first students attached to the department as a Bs.C IN 1989. It has the following branches or specialties:

1-Thermal and Hydraulic Machines

2- General Mechanical Engineering

3-Autotronics 

Mechanical Engineering may be divided into a number of subdisciplines, which can include the following:

Mechanics is the study of forces and their effect upon matter.

Kinematics is the study of the motion of bodies or groups of bodies.

Structural analysis is the branch of mechanical engineering (and also civil engineering) devoted to examining why and how objects fail.

Thermodynamics is the study of energy, its use and transformation through a system. Typically, engineering thermodynamics is concerned with changing energy from one form to another.

Mechatronics is a combination of electrical and mechanical engineering to create hybrid systems. An example of such a system would be an optical disc drive. Mechanical systems open and close the drive, spin the disc and move the laser, while a laser reads the data on the disc.

Robotics is the application of mechatronics in the creation of robots.

Drafting is the means by which mechanical engineers create instructions for manufacturing parts. A technical drawing can be a computer model or hand-drawn schematic showing all the dimensions necessary to manufacture a part, as well as assembly notes, a list of required materials, and other pertinent information.

Hydraulic and thermal machines: by which the students will have a good and deep knowledge in thermal and hydraulic machines like: pumps, turbines, boilers, actuators, hydraulic motors and pumps.