Access to this Master’s Degree Programme is subject to the possession of the curricular requirements, knowledge and skills specified below, pursuant to Art. 6, paragraph 2 of M.D. no. 270/04.

As regards the specific curricular requirements, students must possess one of the following qualifications obtained in an Italian university, or other qualifications obtained abroad and deemed equivalent: Three-year University Degree or Diploma, Specialist Degree or Master’s Degree, pursuant to MD 509/1999 or MD 270/2004, five-year Degree (previous to MD 509/1999).
A university degree in class L-9 is deemed sufficient to comply with the requirements.
Graduates in classes other than L9 are required to possess a minimum of 85 credits in the scientific disciplinary sectors (SSDs) as shown in Table 1 below, in accordance with the minimum values set in Table 2.

TABLE 1 - List of the SDSs for which a minimum of 85 credits are required
INF/01, ING-INF/05, MAT/02, MAT/03, MAT/05, MAT/06, MAT/07, MAT/08, MAT/09, SECS-S/02, CHIM/03, CHIM/07, FIS/01, FIS/03, ING-IND/02, ING-IND/03, ING-IND/04, ING-IND/05, ING-IND/06, ING-IND/07, ING-IND/08, ING-IND/09, ING-IND/10, ING-IND/11, ING-IND/12, ING-IND/13, ING-IND/14, ING-IND/15, ING-IND/16, ING-IND/17, ING-IND/19, ING-IND/21, ING-IND/22, ING-IND/25, ING-IND/31, ING-IND/32, ING-INF/04, L-LIN/12

TABLE 2 - Minimum number of credits (CFUs) required in the corresponding SSDs (Scientific Disciplinary Sectors)
GROUPS OF SSDs minimum CFUs
INF/01, ING-INF/05, MAT/02, MAT/03, MAT/05, MAT/06, MAT/07, MAT/08, MAT/09, SECS-S/02, CHIM/03, CHIM/07, FIS/01, FIS/03 : min 32 credits (CFUs)
ING-IND/02, ING-IND/03, ING-IND/04, ING-IND/05, ING-IND/06, ING-IND/07, ING-IND/08, ING-IND/09, ING-IND/10, ING-IND/11, ING-IND/12, ING-IND/13, ING-IND/14, ING-IND/15, ING-IND/16, ING-IND/17, ING-IND/19, ING-IND/21, ING-IND/22, ING-IND/25, ING-IND/31, ING-IND/32, ING-INF/04: min 48 credits (CFUs)

In terms of knowledge and skills, access to the programme is subject to a minimum degree score as provided for in the Education Regulation.
Students possessing the curricular requirements listed above will then be assessed to check their personal knowledge, based on the procedure indicated in the Education Regulation of the study programme.
Suitable language skills equivalent to level B1 will also be assessed. Before obtaining the Master’s Degree, students admitted with lower skills than level B2, must gain the skills equivalent to level B2 by means of training activities to which a suitable number of university credits are assigned, as per the training activity table (“Further linguistic knowledge”).

Graduates in all classes must possess:
- a minimum entry score of 90/110.
- the knowledge of the English language proven by a reasonable number of credits gained in the previous study programme, or a level B1 certificate.
In addition, the knowledge and skills of each single student will be assessed by a specifically appointed board that will examine their previous career. If the assessment is not positive, specific curriculum integrations will be indicated to comply with within the set deadlines, and anyway by the last date set for the enrolment in the Study Programme, according to the modes and procedures that shall be specified for each single case.
The access procedures are described in the call for applications for the Master’s Degree Programme.

Mechanic engineer for the design and management of highly complex systems.
Master graduates in Mechanic Engineering have acquired the knowledge and skills mainly relating to the design, numerical simulation and production management that enable them to identify and independently deal with complex issues, even with an original approach.

Mechanic engineer for the design and management of highly complex systems.
The main functions carried out by master graduates in Mechanic Engineering concern the design of products and processes with a high rate of innovation, the research aimed at product development, the modelling and simulation of components and systems, and production management. Master graduates in Mechanic Engineering are able to take on coordinating roles and interact in multidisciplinary teams dedicated to the design of innovative products and processes.

Mechanic engineer for the design and management of highly complex systems.
Master graduates in Mechanic Engineering can enter the job market - in the manufacturing, energy production, transport, serve sectors - taking on technical roles of a specialist nature or with coordinating tasks.
They may work as self-employed professionals after passing a State exam and registering in the Order of Engineers in section A, Senior Engineer, Industrial sector.
Alternatively, they may continue their studies by completing their preparation in a PhD School or attending a second level Master.

The Master’s Degree Programme in Mechanic Engineering is mainly aimed at providing graduates with an adequate mastery of advanced scientific methods and contents, which are useful to profitably improve their own professional development, gained in previous university training programmes. Consequently, the purpose of the programme is to develop knowledge and skills of methods and tools to interpret and describe the problems of mechanic engineering, also those requiring an interdisciplinary approach. It is also aimed at providing suitable knowledge and skills to easily attend any subsequent training programmes, such as Master programmes or PhDs offered even at the same university.

In order to achieve such priority training objective, the Master’s Degree Programme in Mechanic Engineering is aimed at providing graduates with a proper training in the following learning fields:
- Distinctive engineering subjects;
- Related and integrating engineering subjects.
In details:
1) an in-depth knowledge of the subjects that are typical of mechanic engineering, aimed at providing essential knowledge and abilities pertaining to the following disciplines that have been identified as distinctive of the programme: fluid machinery, industrial technical physics, machinery applied mechanics, machinery construction, industrial design, mechanic technology and industrial systems;
2) an in-depth study of relative mathematical subjects, in particular of numerical calculation, in order to create and root the knowledge required to learn and use the simulation and calculation techniques;
3) the opportunity to gain further scientific and engineering knowledge in sectors such as automated controls.
4) the ability to carry out experiments, even of a complex nature, and to collect and interpret their data; the ability to report the results of their work, the learning skills required to continue with further studies, availing themselves of a high degree of self-reliance, and continuously update their knowledge.
5) the ability to design, plan, project and manage systems, processes and services;
a) the direct knowledge of the employment sector that students can access with this qualification, by means of training and guidance internships in companies or public institutions, or alternatively through project activities to carry out in the laboratories of the university departments.

Master’s Degree in Mechanic Engineering allows students to gain knowledge and skills that will be used to describe and set out technical and system complex issues belonging to the Mechanic Engineering field. Communication skills are encouraged during the study programme by means of exercises and laboratory tests carried out in groups and during examinations. The development of presentation abilities is part and parcel of the student’s training, essential to face the challenges of the job market, in which the Mechanic Engineer must prove the ability to interact with people of different skills and cultural levels. Taking out internship activities, drawing up and discussing the master’s degree thesis are the most important moments of this activity aimed at developing the communication skills.

Master graduates in Mechanic Engineering:
- are able to collect and interpret data, and to formulate personal opinions on such data;
- are able to understand the impact of engineering solutions on the social and physical, and environmental context.
- are able to observe and analyse complex systems, as they can make improvement assumptions in an independent way.
Independent judgment is mainly developed within the teachings of distinctive sectors, in which different types of approach to the issues are highlighted and the subsequent types of results achieved are discussed, during internships and activities performed to prepare the final examination.

The cross-cutting nature of the Master’s Degree Programme in Mechanic Engineering allows students to widen and develop their learning abilities acquired during the first three years of study, enabling them to successfully deal with many fields of Mechanic Engineering.
Indeed, the training provided throughout the Master’s Degree programme is aimed at making graduates in Mechanic Engineering receptive towards the subjects not studied during the programme, towards new knowledge, new technologies, new manufacturing systems and approaches to the description and analysis of project and management issues.
The learning skills are encouraged during the study programme through the development of projects, short theses, papers, and by means of laboratory activities, when students will be encouraged to enrich and enhance their knowledge by searching information on scientific publications and data banks. Finally, the degree thesis is of high importance for applying the learning skills acquired, as students shall deal with topics featured by a highly innovative contents.

Engineering training
The study programme is divided into two curricula: Product Design Curriculum; Process Design Curriculum.

For both curricula, the graduate is given the opportunity to acquire in-depth knowledge of methodological-operational aspects and the leading and cutting-edge topics of mechanical engineering such as mechanical design, fluid machines, electric drives and automatic controls.
In the Product Design Curriculum the graduate will know and understand the traditional subjects of Mechanical Engineering, but always declined through the most modern techniques available, as well as innovative aspects of modern industry, such as advanced simulation with multibody techniques, and integrated computer-based design.
In the Process Design Curriculum, the graduate will know and understand techniques for the design and management of industrial systems and processes, with particular attention to the interrelationships existing between 'product design' and 'production system design,' innovative technologies and energy efficiency.

The knowledge and the understanding developed by students are certainly referred to the typical aspects of mechanics that are useful in the most relevant industrial applications for the job opportunities offered in the local productive structure, and are essential for the main industrial sectors of the territory.
Finally, students are provided with the knowledge and understanding of the engineering interdisciplinary aspects that allow them to ideate, plan, design and manage complex and/or innovative systems, processes and services.


Specific engineering training: curricula
PRODUCT DESIGN CURRICULUM; PROCESS DESIGN CURRICULUM
The graduate will know and understand the traditional subjects of Mechanics, but always declined through the most modern techniques available, as well as innovative aspects of modern industry, such as advanced simulation with multibody techniques, integrated computer-based design, temofluid dynamics, and numerical optimization techniques for industrial use.


PROCESS DESIGN CURRICULUM
the graduate will know and understand techniques for the design and management of industrial systems and processes, with particular attention to the interrelationships existing between 'product design' and 'production system design,' as well as innovative aspects related to new technologies, energy efficiency, industrial information technology, and human-machine interaction.

Engineering training
Top skills in applying the knowledge acquired to understand the relevant aspects and resolve highly complex issues in the mechanic engineering field.
Master graduates can apply their knowledge and understanding in order to adopt a professional approach to their work, and are suitably skilled both to make and support their points, and to resolve issues: in the industrial engineering sector in general, and in the mechanics field with a deeper approach, where they are able to identify, make and resolve problems by means of innovative methods, techniques and tools. Lastly, they are able to apply their knowledge and understanding as to use an interdisciplinary approach when managing the complex problems that are typical of the production processes and logistics systems.

The skills to apply knowledge and understanding are assessed within each single subject, in which students are asked to autonomously explore knowledge; assessments may include projects, and written and/or oral tests.

The Degree Programme features suitable procedures for the assessment of the consistency of methods, tools and educational materials described in the sheets of the single subjects and the expected learning results.


Specific engineering training: curricula
Through the Product Design curriculum, the graduate will develop further ability to apply the knowledge gained on traditional topics of mechanical design of mechanisms and machines, and will be able to analyze and develop complex mechanized systems through numerical simulations

Through the Process Design curriculum, the graduate will develop further abilities to apply acquired interdisciplinary knowledge aimed at the design and management of industrial systems and processes, following the development of new industrial products by interfacing with engineers and technicians from other disciplines.

The skills to apply knowledge and understanding are assessed within each single subject, in which students are asked to autonomously explore knowledge; assessments may include projects, and written and/or oral tests.

The Degree Programme features suitable procedures for the assessment of the consistency of methods, tools and educational materials described in the sheets of the single subjects and the expected learning results.