Mechanical engineering is a discipline at the heart of engineering. Nothing can move or function well in the modern world without the participation of mechanical engineers. In the field of transportation, cars, railways, ships and aeroplanes are designed and maintained by mechanical engineers. Factories producing mechanical and electronic products cannot run smoothly without mechanical engineers. Likewise, power stations and buildings of all types would come to a halt without them. Mechanical engineers are trained to cope with a variety of challenges and have a very broad range of career options.

The Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering BEng(ME) degree aims to prepare graduates for numerous career paths in industrialised economies. The curriculum allows students to acquire basic knowledge in engineering science and is also flexible enough to enable them to specialise in their own areas of interest.

The academic study plan for the first few semesters focuses on fulfilling the educational objectives of HKU and the Faculty of Engineering: the language requirements, the Common Core curriculum and Engineering Core courses of mathematics, physics, programming and introductory engineering. Starting from the second year, students are taught the benchmark disciplines of the field of mechanical engineering: design, dynamics and control, fluid mechanics, materials technology, solid mechanics and thermodynamics. In the third year and final years, students have the opportunity to select electives in a specialised professional area apart from the main stream to develop specific knowledge and equip them for their future careers. Examples include computer aided design, heat transfer, stress and strain analysis, and viscous flow. In the final year, students are also required to take part in a Capstone Project, in which they integrate knowledge from previous courses in modelling a simple engineering problem. Investigations can include design, computer simulations and experimental fabrication. Finally, to broaden their educational horizons, students can take two electives from any discipline at the University; there are plans to extend this to three or four free electives in the near future.