Program Description

The Design and Production Engineering program prepares students for entry level professional practice in mechanical design and production engineering, both locally and internationally.

The Design and Production Engineering program is one of the oldest engineering programs in Egyptian universities. The program flourished with the boom in Egyptian industry during the sixties of the twentieth century. Recently, there is an increasing need for the modernization of industry in Egypt to cope with the global challenges of designing and producing cost effective products that can compete with the international market. Consequently, the Design and Production Engineering program needs to be modernized as well. The program developed at Ain Shams University equip students with necessary competencies contemporary to the current industry. It also inspires graduates for self-learning to cope with the requirements of ever-changing career path after their graduation.

Career Prospects

Design and Production Engineering is one of the most recognized disciplines in Egyptian industry. Design and Production engineers are needed in many industries aiming to design and produce all kinds of products, machines and equipment. Graduates work in all industrial sectors including engineering, metallurgical, petrochemical, textiles, furniture, etc. They can work as engineers in research and development, operations management, quality control, tool design, work study, cost analysis, process control, heat treatment, etc.

Graduates can be specialized in a specific field of the following concentrations: Manufacturing engineering, Mechanical design, Industrial engineering and operations management, or Materials engineering.

Program Concentrations

The program qualifies graduates to work as Design and Production engineers. The graduate can be specialized in one of the following four concentrations:

1. Mechanical Design
2. Industrial Engineering and Operations Management
3. Materials Engineering
4. Manufacturing Engineering

The program concentration is achieved by 12 credit hours including 6 credit hours of courses and 6 credit hours of the graduation project, all related to the specific concentration.

1. Mechanical Design: Graduates are more specialized in the design of mechanical systems. Graduates demonstrate additional abilities to model, analyse, and design mechanical components and systems using the most up-to-date tools of integrated systems.

2. Industrial Engineering and Operations Management: Graduates are more specialized in Industrial engineering and operations management. Graduates demonstrate additional abilities to analyse, design, integrate, operate, evaluate, control, automate, and implement methods and techniques to manage industrial systems. 

3. Materials Engineering: Graduates are more specialized in materials engineering. Graduates demonstrate additional abilities to select, prepare, analyse, treat, and test materials for specific applications. 

4. Manufacturing Engineering: Graduates are more specialized in manufacturing processes. Graduates demonstrate additional abilities to select and link different manufacturing processes to certain design requirement to achieve desired levels of quality, product and process performance. 

Agreements with another University

The program is not yet partnered with another university.

Program Competences

In addition to the competences for all Engineering Programs (A-Level) and the competencies for the Mechanical Discipline (B-Level), the Design and Production Engineering Program graduate must be able to (C-Level):

• Implement basic theories to production processes including new technologies in manufacturing to select proper processes and process parameters for specific products.
• Design systems, machines, tools, and products implementing proper standards and developing the necessary calculations, construction and working drawings
• Implement basics of industrial engineering to analyse, plan and design production systems.
• Select materials suitable for specific application.
• Demonstrate additional abilities related to the field of the concentration within Design and Production Engineering as listed below.

Required Courses

In order to get a Bachelor of Science Degree in this program, and to satisfy the Program Competences, the following set of courses need to be completed.