Program Degree Types:
Master's Degree Post-Master's Certificate
Program Completion Options:
Hybrid, Online
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Mechanical Engineering Program Overview

Mechanical Engineering online program ranked #6 by U.S. News & World Report.

As one of the oldest and broadest fields of engineering, the mechanical engineering master’s programs offer you incredible flexibility to pursue your interests while the part-time nature of the program allows you to do so at your own pace.

Instructors are executive-level mechanical engineers who deepen your understanding of the fundamentals and introduce you to modern technologies and theories. Learn to use advanced analysis techniques, translate mechanical engineering problems into a quantitative form, and analyze experiments. You also have the option to take elective courses from other Engineering for Professionals programs—giving you the control to gain the precise knowledge you seek.

Upon graduation, you will:

  • Master advanced techniques of analysis and modern tools.
  • Translate practical mechanical engineering problems into a quantitative form amenable to an analytical or numerical solution, or to experimental investigation.
  • Analyze, interpret, and apply the information obtained by experiment, computation, or analysis, or available in the literature.
  • Choose a specialization that best fits your area of interest.
  • Apply knowledge, facts, and theories immediately in your work outside the classroom.

Master’s Degree Focus Areas

A focus area must be selected. While required to narrow your study, your focus area will not appear on your degree. 

  • Advanced Manufacturing: Study the automation of design and manufacturing systems including computer-aided design (CAD), computer-aided engineering (CAE), computer-aided manufacturing (CAM), and robotics. Understand the relationships between process machinery, process conditions, and material properties.
  • Biomechanics: Study the human body, modeled as a mechanical system. Apply fundamental mechanical engineering principles to explore the body’s structure and functions.
  • Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Science: Learn to solve practical engineering fluid flow problems. Examine laminar and turbulent flows, plus vorticity and circulation. Understand a variety of experimental methods.
  • Hypersonic Technologies: Study the complex engineering and physics challenges associated with hypersonic flight (speeds over Mach 5.0). Learn about emerging hypersonic technologies, the governing fundamental physics of hypersonic flight, analysis approach, and how to design new and advanced hypersonic vehicles.
  • Robotics and Controls: Study an array of aspects of robot motion planning including both rigid and compliant motion, coordinated motion, error detection and recovery, and motion in an unknown environment. Analyze the kinematics and dynamics of robotic manipulators.
  • Solids/Mechanics of Materials: Study the deformation and failure of mechanical structures as well as the different classes of engineering materials. Perform tradeoff studies based upon design criteria including strength, toughness, corrosion resistance, manufacturability, and failure. 
FOCUS AREA REQUIREMENTS

Programs

We offer two program options for Mechanical Engineering; you can earn a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering or a Certificate in Mechanical Engineering. Both of these programs have the option to be completed online.

Master’s Degree Admissions and Program Requirements Post-Master's Certificate Admissions and Program Requirements

Mechanical Engineering Courses

Get details about course requirements, prerequisites, focus areas, and electives offered within the program. All courses are taught by subject-matter experts who are executing the technologies and techniques they teach. For exact dates, times, locations, fees, and instructors, please refer to the course schedule published each term.

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Tuition and Fees

Did you know that 78 percent of our enrolled students’ tuition is covered by employer contribution programs? Find out more about the cost of tuition for prerequisite and program courses and the Dean’s Fellowship.

Tuition & Fees

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Jamal Abdul-Hafiz '19 Mechanical Engineering

Why Hopkins?

With the mechanical engineering master’s program from Johns Hopkins Engineering for Professionals, you’ll turn your ambition into a career.

Learn on Your Terms - Develop the in-demand knowledge to achieve your personal career goals in your field of choice—on your schedule. Choose modern, relevant courses to design the learning experience that best fits your objectives.

Engineers See the World Differently - Watch our video to revisit the inspiration that sparked your curiosity in science and engineering.

Industry-Specific Knowledge - Unique to Engineering for Professionals, faculty are senior-level, notable professionals who are the decision-makers and changemakers in the industry. For you, this means you learn the latest techniques, technologies, and solutions-based strategies to start enhancing your career, immediately. Learn More

Mechanical Engineering FAQs

You can still apply for the Mechanical Engineering program even if you don’t have a background in engineering. You must at least meet the program’s course prerequisites. You can take these courses through Johns Hopkins.

Yes, however, if you are transferring a course it must be a graduate-level course, the course cannot have been used to complete another degree, and your 5-year clock of completing your degree begins on the day you enroll in your first graduate class (including any transfer graduate courses). You may be able to waive a foundational course which would allow you the opportunity to take more advanced courses in your 10-course program sequence.

The Engineering for Professionals program was designed to be part-time and online with working professionals in mind. Therefore, we offer both synchronous and asynchronous courses to accommodate your busy schedule. Most of our courses are offered fully online, letting you work and study when and where is best for you. 

On average, mechanical engineers who hold a master’s of science in mechanical engineering can expect to earn upwards of $85,000.

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