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Department of Mechanical Engineering
The Department of Mechanical Engineering at Zagreb University of Applied Sciences delivers professional undergraduate and professional graduate study programmes in mechanical engineering, mechatronics and…
The Department of Mechanical Engineering brings together teaching and professional activities in mechanical engineering, mechatronics, robotics, production technologies and related technical disciplines. Teaching focuses on linking engineering fundamentals with practical application in today’s technological and industrial environment.
The Department delivers the Professional Undergraduate Study Programme in Mechanical Engineering, the Professional Undergraduate Study Programme in Mechatronics and the Professional Graduate Study Programme in Mechanical Engineering. The programmes enable students to develop competences for work in design, production, maintenance of technical systems, automation and other fields important to modern industry.
The Department of Mechanical Engineering is an important part of TVZ’s technical profile, as it links core engineering knowledge with application in real processes and systems. The Department places emphasis on expertise, practical work and preparing students for responsible technical and development roles.
The Mechanical Engineering Department is one of the five departments with which Tehničko veleučilište u Zagrebu (TVZ) began operating in 1998. The first professional study programme in mechanical engineering for TVZ was delivered by the Fakultet strojarstva i brodogradnje (Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture). The programme built on the tradition of professional education of mechanical engineers in Zagreb, which began in 1958 at the Higher Technical School.
Mechatronics was initially one of four specialisations within the Mechanical Engineering programme. In the academic year 2011/2012, TVZ launched an independent professional undergraduate study programme in Mechatronics, and all enrolment places were filled already in the first round.
In the academic year 2015/2016, part-time undergraduate programmes in Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics were launched. The full-time undergraduate programme in Mechanical Engineering was renewed in 2018/2019. A year later, the first generation enrolled in the professional graduate programme in Mechanical Engineering, with modules in mechatronics and robotics, industrial management, and ecotechnologies.
In 2024, laboratories for robotics and industrial automation and for additive technologies were set up in Brozova Street. Some of the works made in the additive technologies laboratory were presented at the INOVA-MLADI 2025 exhibition, where the Department's students won two gold and three silver awards. Gold was won by Paskal Bačić for a rotating inverted pendulum and Karlo Mikulaco for a multipurpose environmental measuring instrument.
By 2030, the Mechanical Engineering Department will focus on improving the Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics programmes, improving conditions for practical teaching, and cooperating with industry. The priorities are regularly updating course content, gradually refurbishing and equipping laboratory spaces, and involving students in professional projects and internships.
The TVZ Mechanical Engineering Department cooperates with companies through professional internships, final theses and professional projects. Companies with which cooperation agreements have been signed include KONČAR – Institut za elektrotehniku, HEP ESCO, HSTec and Alati Stuhne.
The professional internship in the undergraduate Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics programmes takes place in the sixth semester. It lasts 144 working hours and carries 7 ECTS credits. Students choose the company themselves and register the internship beforehand. If the internship topic matches the topic of the final thesis, the two can be linked in agreement with the mentor.
Examples of cooperation. In the professional graduate programme in Mechanical Engineering, a demonstration exercise in 3D optical scanning of a Jawa 350 motorcycle was held in cooperation with the company Infodata. Students thus became familiar with a procedure that can be used to produce replacement parts for which no technical documentation exists. During an internship at Pro-Klima, a student, together with colleagues from the design office, developed and refined a prototype of a device for the precise placement of a piezometer in the fan of an air handling unit.
Student impressions
“It was extremely interesting to see injection moulding machines in person, how they work and how the processes are automated.”
— Student on an internship at AD Plastik, 2020/2021
“I learned a lot about technical drawing and design, as well as about metal machining and processing.”
— Student on an internship at Šela proizvodnja, 2023/2024
“During these 18 days of internship I learned about the processes that take place inside a production plant, I learned how quality control is carried out, and I expanded my knowledge of CNC machines and G-code.”
— Student on an internship at Neueder MDM Technology, 2023/2024
“Besides technical knowledge, I also gained a better insight into the real work of engineers in a development environment”
— Student on an internship at RASCO, 2024/2025
You can work in design, production preparation and organisation, quality control, maintenance or technical sales. In a design office, for example, you create models and technical drawings. In production, you plan how a part will be made and check whether the finished product meets the requirements.
You will learn how machine parts and assemblies are designed, manufactured and tested. In exercises you will produce technical drawings and 3D models, choose materials and manufacturing processes, and learn how to check whether a part has been made according to the drawing.
If you are more interested in how to shape a part, choose a material and organise its production, look at Mechanical Engineering. If you are more interested in how a machine is set in motion, how its sensors provide information and how its operation is programmed, look at Mechatronics.
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