Stanford Mechanical Engineering

Through deep scholarship, hands-on learning, and research experiences, the Department of Mechanical Engineering (ME) works to uncover important societal benefits in the areas of sustainability, mobility, and human health. With an academically rigorous yet practically oriented approach, we follow Stanford University’s founding commitment to excellence: to produce “cultured and useful citizens in the service of humanity.” **What is Mechanical Engineering?** One of the most diverse engineering disciplines, mechanical engineering is rooted in the study of objects and systems in motion. Stanford’s multi-disciplinary ME curriculum focuses on areas including sustainability, product design, and biomedical engineering using a range of methodologies, from design thinking, computational simulation and control systems to multi-scale approaches that stretch from the nanoscale to complex biological and mechanical systems.