Begin your career in mechanical engineering and industrial design. You'll gain both the technical and creative skills to design and develop advanced manufactured products.

Industrial design links industry and economy with people, culture, society and environment, while mechanical engineering involves the conversion and control of energy and motion in machinery and systems.

This combined degree allows the integration of these highly complementary disciplines.

You’ll have the opportunity to design creative solutions through inspiring and sustainable design-and-build projects, as well as taking part in the Engineers Without Borders Challenge - a humanitarian-focused course offered in all RMIT engineering degrees.

To ensure you graduate job-ready, you’ll also have an opportunity to undertake a work-integrated learning (industry experience) elective.

Career Outcomes

Graduates of this degree will be ready for work in mechanical and industrial design areas such as biomedical, automotive, and electro-mechanical product design.

Graduates have found that the combination of lateral thinking and creative problem-solving fostered by the Industrial Design courses, with the design rigour and logical frameworks of the Mechanical Design Degree, are a valuable combination for employers. 

Professional recognition and accreditation

The Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) (Honours)/Bachelor of Industrial Design (Honours) is fully accredited by Engineers Australia.

Engineers Australia is the professional body responsible for the accreditation of higher education programs that prepare students to practise as professional engineers.

Engineers Australia is a signatory to the Washington Accord. This means that the degree is internationally recognised, and graduates are able to practise as professional engineers in many countries around the world.

Graduates of the Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) (Honours)/Bachelor of Industrial Design (Honours) are eligible for graduate and/or professional membership of Engineers Australia.