Mechanical Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Career options for aspiring mechanical engineers

Practically every company that designs and produces a product employs a mechanical engineer. But mechanical engineers can also be found in research labs, the military, government, and in other professions such as management, finance.

Diverse Job Profiles of our Graduates

Most mechanical engineering jobs require design experience. A second major area of employment for mechanical engineers is manufacturing. Manufacturing jobs cover nearly everything involved in developing a product, from selecting the appropriate materials to choosing the correct machinery to manufacture the product. Most mechanical engineers in this industry work for equipment manufacturers, aerospace companies, utilities, material processing plants, transportation companies, and petroleum companies.
Specific assignments might involve research and development, design of equipment or systems, supervision of production, plant engineering, administration, sales engineering, the testing and evaluation of machines and entire plants. Mechanical Engineers are needed in automobile, biomedical, cement, chemical, mining and metallurgy, nuclear, power plant, robotics, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) industries.
Mechanical engineers can find employment at virtually any institute where innovation takes place. They commonly work in the government, research, industry, military, teaching, management or consulting sectors. With a degree in mechanical engineering, diversity is the key. You can wind up working in a laboratory or an outdoor construction site. Remember, nearly every mechanical device was created by a mechanical engineer so the possibilities for employment are virtually endless!

We have an excellent student placement statistics.

Year (2009 - 2010 )
Program Registered Placed Percentage
B. Tech. 40 36 90%
Dual Degree 16 16 100%
Year (2010 - 2011)
Program Registered Placed Percentage
B. Tech. 30 29 97%
Dual Degree 21 19 90%
Year (2011 - 2012 )

Program Registered Placed Percentage
B. Tech. 44 33 75%
Dual Degree 22 22 100%
Year (2012 - 2013 )
Program Registered Placed Percentage
B. Tech. 39 32 87%
Dual Degree 23 21 91
Year (2013 - 2014 )

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