The Department of Mechanical Engineering at Brigham Young University provides strong academic programs and conducts cutting-edge research in mechanical engineering. The department has 25 full-time faculty and 8 full-time staff, and has an external research budget of approximately $3.3 million plus an additional $0.5 million in external funds for the Capstone Program.
The department has an ABET accredited mechanical program and grants approximately 140 undergraduate (B.S.) and 35 graduate (M.S. and Ph.D.) degrees annually. Incoming students have an average ACT score and GPA of 28.6 and 3.74, respectively. Over 90% of graduating seniors have served missions for the LDS Church, and over 70% are married.


National Instruments, a world-wide distributor of scientific systems, recently gave support to student training at BYU with a large gift of high speed and portable data acquisition equipment. The generous donation will be a great benefit to the many students who will have access to the hardware, and the company has also helped by providing local install licenses for students to do work off-campus. More.

A four-minute video details how BYU students assembled a race car using components designed by engineering students from around the world. Engineering professor Greg Jensen and his students recently returned from a presentation in Germany. More.