Micro-mechanical Engineering

About this course

Micro-mechanical engineering is the discipline concerned with the design, fabrication, and application of miniaturised devices that combine electronic and mechanical functions. The technology underpinning fitness trackers, airbag sensors, inkjet printer heads, medical implants, and smartphones depends on micro-electromechanical systems that can sense, actuate, and process information at scales invisible to the naked eye. This field, sometimes called MEMS engineering, sits at the boundary of mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, materials science, and physics, and it represents one of the most technically demanding and commercially significant areas of modern engineering. At the University of York this four-year, full-time programme develops your understanding of the physical principles and engineering methods needed to design and build devices at the micro and nano scale. You

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• 72 / 100Information Technology Professionals · 25% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 5% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
• 40 / 100Science, engineering and technology associate professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
• 32 / 100Artistic, literary and media occupations · 10% of graduatescards →

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