| Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering | |
| Native Name: | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Type: | Public |
| Head Label: | Department Head |
| Head: | Anthony M Jacobi |
| Academic Staff: | 70 |
| Students: | 1,350 |
| Undergrad: | 950 |
| Postgrad: | 400 |
| City: | Urbana |
| State: | Illinois |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Colors: | Illinois Blue[1] Illinois Orange |
The Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (MechSE) is one of 12 departments within the University of Illinois College of Engineering. The MechSE department was formed in 2006 through a merger of the Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Department with the Mechanical Engineering program from the previous Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department.[2] The department offers degrees in mechanical engineering (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.), engineering mechanics (B.S.), and theoretical and applied mechanics (M.S., Ph.D.).
As of 2014, U.S. News & World Report ranked the program the sixth-best US school for undergraduate mechanical engineering program and fifth-best graduate mechanical engineering program.[3] [4]