Mechanics of Vehicles and Construction Machinery (graduate studies, 4 semesters)
Education in the Mechanics of Vehicles and Construction Machinery (automotive and construction machinery engineering) field of study enables to gain comprehensive engineering knowledge of general machine design, as well as the expertise, concerning the design, production, safety, control and exploitation of "the faculty objects of interest", i.e. vehicles (cars, tractors, railway vehicles) and construction machinery (building and road machines, cranes, conveyors, etc.).
The graduate of the Mechanics of Vehicles and Construction Machinery field of study possesses extensive general knowledge connected with basic subjects and specialist knowledge of machinery and vehicle construction. The graduate is also able to use modern tools of computer-aided design, production and exploitation process, which are applied in contemporary design offices.
This results in the interdisciplinary, systemic approach to solving technical problems as well as in taking other challenges in their work, including those related to intensive development of science and technology.
The Mechanics of Vehicles and Construction Machinery field of studies consists of the first-cycle studies (undergraduate) for Engineer’s degree, and the second-cycle studies (postgraduate) for Master’s degree, available as a full-time and a part-time study modes.
For the second-cycle (MSc) studies, the Mechanics of Vehicles and Construction Machinery field of study is available both in Polish and in English. The latter is provided in the Double Degree System in cooperation with the Technical University Berlin.
The following specialisation areas are offered for the second-cycle (MSc) studies in English:
- Advanced Machinery and Vehicles Engineering
The Course elements library for the first-cycle studies in Polish is available here.
The Course elements library for the second-cycle studies in English is available here.
Course Elements Library
Mechanics of Vehicles and Construction Machinery – for the second-cycle studies in English
First year
Semester 1
| No | Subject | Symbol | Full-time study | Point | |||
| subject | Type of course | ECTS | |||||
| L | E | Lab | Pro | ||||
| 1 | Complex number analysis | 501 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Probability and statistics | 502 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Advanced applied mechanics | 503 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Integrated production systems | 504 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Design theory | 505 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Physics | 506 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Automatic control | 507 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Local models of layered structures | 508 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | P.E | 509 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sum | 16 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 30 | ||
| 25 | |||||||
First year
Semester 2
| No | Subject | Symbol | Full-time study | Point | |||
| subject | Type of course | ECTS | |||||
| L | E | Lab | Proj | ||||
| 1 | Computer modelling in engineering practice. | 510 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Technological systems safety | 511 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Selected topics of thermodynamics and fluid dynamics | 512 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Introduction to robotics | 513 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Knowledge based systems in engineering design | 514 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Advanced structural materials | 515 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Modelling and testing of machines | 516 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | Vehicles dynamics | 517 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Numerical methods in mechanics | 518 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Computer aided manufacturing | 519 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sum | 16 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 30 | ||
| 24 | |||||||
Second year
Semester 3
| No | Subject | Symbol | Full-time study | Point | |||
| subject | Type of course | ECTS | |||||
| L | E | Lab | Proj | ||||
| 1 | Elective course HES | 601 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Elective course HES | 602 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Modeling of machine elements by using original prog. in FEM | 603 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Modelling of automobiles suspensions | 604 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Genetic algorithms and neural networks | 605 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Machine diagnostics | 606 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Elective course | 607 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Elective course | 608 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Elective course | 609 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Elective course | 610 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Interim project | 611 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 16 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 30 | |||
| 25 | |||||||
| Elective courses sem. 3 | ECTS | |
| 1 | Active safety systems in an automobile | 2 |
| 2 | Ecological powertrains | 2 |
| 3 | Simulation of vehicles and machines | 2 |
| 4 | Combustion and catalysis | 2 |
| 5 | Degradation of supporting structures | 2 |
| 6 | Introduction to modeling and control of construction machinery | 4 |
| 7 | Distributed mechatronics systems | 2 |
| 8 | Advanced methods of digital signal processing | 2 |
| Elective courses HES sem. 3 | ECTS | |
| 1 | Technology Transfer | 2 |
| 2 | Polish / German - Advanced level | 2 |
Second year
Semester 4
| No | Subject | Symbol | Full-time study | Point | ||||
| subject | Type of course | ECTS | ||||||
| L | E | Lab | P | |||||
| 1 | Elective course HES | 611 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Elective course HES | 603 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2 | Elective course | 612 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 3 | Elective course | 613 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 4 | Diploma seminar | 614 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 5 | Master of science thesis | 615 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 20 | |
| 6 | Practice diploma | 616 | 4 weeks | 4 | ||||
| 8 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 30 | ||||
| 28 | ||||||||
| Elective courses sem. 4 | ECTS | |
| 1 | Hybrid drives | 2 |
| 2 | Energy cogeneration in vehicles | 2 |
| 3 | Electric and Hydraulic Lifts | 2 |
| 4 | Multidomain environmental hazards | 2 |
| 5 | Smart Materials and Structures | 2 |
| Elective courses HES sem. 4 | ECTS | |
| 1 | Business management | 2 |
| 2 | History of technology | 2 |