The aim of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev is to promote the practice of mechanical engineering and mechanical engineering sciences in the broadest sense.

We promote mechanical engineering first and foremost by training engineers in our B.Sc. program. Naturally, we envision our graduates as leaders in the various activities performed by mechanical engineers: research, development, design, manufacturing, maintenance and management. To achieve this, our graduates should be innovative, creative, bright, knowledgeable and hardworking person; in addition they should possess communication skills, the ability to collaborate with colleagues and to lead them and to work in a multi-disciplinary environment.