The Master’s Degree Programme in Mechanical Engineering for Design and Production (LM-IMPP) is aimed at training Mechanical Engineers with specific expertise in the field of Mechanical Design and Production.
It is a study path that ensures students achieve the high-level technical skills required by the labour market, as demonstrated by the employment rate three years after graduation, which exceeds 96% for graduates of this Programme (source: AlmaLaurea).
The strengths of the Programme also lie in its broad educational offering (62 courses available), in the opportunity for every student to undertake curricular internships and dissertation projects within companies and research institutions, both in Italy and abroad, through direct agreements and international exchange programmes (ERASMUS+ agreements, bilateral agreements between Universities).
The study path comprises a common first year with 5 recommended courses (4 of which are mandatory) to build a solid foundational preparation, and a second year in which students follow a specialisation pathway in design or production topics. Five educational tracks have been identified, each with a pre-approved study plan: Advanced and Smart Mechanical Design, Advanced and Smart Production, Road Vehicle Design, Manufacturing Processes, Mechatronics, together with one curriculum in Railway Mechanics.
The internship offering reaches all graduating students; by way of example, some of the companies hosting curricular internships include: 3DNA, Abete, ADLER Plastic, Aerosoft, Blue Engineering, Daca-i, DEMA, GE Avio, Hitachi Rail, LAER Aeronautica, Laminazione Sottile, Leonardo, LMC, Nashira Harmetals, Officine Meccaniche Pontillo, OMPM, SophiaTech, Stellantis, Tecnosistem, etc.
The Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering for Design and Production enables graduates to take on the following professional profiles:
- Mechanical Design Engineer, finding employment in the study and development of products (from simple components to complex machines) using advanced drafting techniques (CAD, virtual reality) and design methodologies (FEM) for mechanical and mechatronic components and for general-use products across various industrial sectors (vehicles, machines and production plants, sports equipment, leisure goods, etc.);
- Mechanical Production Engineer, finding employment in every type of industry in the development of manufacturing and machining processes, with particular attention to the most modern processes based on innovative technologies (such as additive manufacturing: 3D printing), in the management of production lines, in the planning of manufacturing processes, in the maintenance of industrial plants, etc.
Admission requirements, required knowledge and procedures for access to the Master’s Degree Programme in Mechanical Engineering for Design and Production (LM-33)
(pursuant to the Programme’s Didactic Regulations and to the resolutions adopted by the Teaching Coordination Committee at its meeting of 23 July 2024)
Admission requirements and required knowledge for access to the Programme
Enrolment in the Master’s Degree Programme in Mechanical Engineering for Design and Production requires the possession of a Bachelor’s Degree (Laurea), including those obtained under the regulations preceding Ministerial Decree 509/1999, or a three-year university diploma, or another qualification obtained abroad and recognised as equivalent.
For enrolment in the Master’s Degree Programme in Mechanical Engineering for Design and Production, specific access criteria are set out, in compliance with art. 6, paragraph 2 of Ministerial Decree 270/04, concerning the possession of curricular requirements and requirements of adequacy of the student’s individual academic preparation.
Curricular requirements
In particular, the curricular requirements call for the candidate to have obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in the class of Industrial Engineering L-9, or an equivalent qualification, or to have acquired at least 90 CFU credits in specific scientific subject areas, structured as follows:
At least 40 CFU in the following subject areas:
MATH-02/A (ex MAT/02) - ALGEBRA
MATH-02/B (ex MAT/03) - GEOMETRY
MATH-03/A (ex MAT/05) - MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS
MATH-03/B (ex MAT/06) - PROBABILITY AND MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS
MATH-04/A (ex MAT/07) - MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
MATH-05/A (ex MAT/08) - NUMERICAL ANALYSIS
MATH-06/A (ex MAT/09) - OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
STAT-01/A (ex SECS-S/01) - STATISTICS
STAT-01/B (ex SECS-S/02) - STATISTICS FOR EXPERIMENTAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH
IINF-05/A (ex ING-INF/05) - INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEMS
PHYS-01/A (ex FIS/01) - EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS
PHYS-03/A (ex FIS/03) - PHYSICS OF MATTER
CHEM-03/A (ex CHIM/03) - GENERAL AND INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
CHEM-04/A (ex CHIM/05) - INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY
CHEM-06/A (ex CHIM/07) - CHEMICAL FOUNDATIONS OF TECHNOLOGIES
At least 50 CFU in the following subject areas:
CEAR-06/A (ex ICAR/08) - STRUCTURAL MECHANICS
IIND-01/D (ex ING-IND/04) – AEROSPACE STRUCTURES AND CONSTRUCTION
IIND-06/A (ex ING-IND/08) - FLUID MACHINERY
IIND-06/B (ex ING-IND/09) - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS
IIND-07/A (ex ING-IND/10) - INDUSTRIAL TECHNICAL PHYSICS
IIND-07/B (ex ING-IND/11) - ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNICAL PHYSICS
IMIS-01/A (ex ING-IND/12) - MECHANICAL AND THERMAL MEASUREMENTS
IIND-02/A (ex ING-IND/13) - APPLIED MECHANICS FOR MACHINES
IIND-03/A (ex ING-IND/14) - MECHANICAL DESIGN AND MACHINE CONSTRUCTION
IIND-03/B (ex ING-IND/15) - INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING DRAWING AND METHODS
IIND-04/A (ex ING-IND/16) - MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES AND SYSTEMS
IIND-05/A (ex ING-IND/17) - MECHANICAL INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
IIND-03/C (ex ING-IND/21) - METALLURGY
IMAT-01/A (ex ING-IND/22) - MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
IIET-01/A (ex ING-IND/31) - ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
IIND-08/A (ex ING-IND/32) - ELECTRICAL CONVERTERS, MACHINES AND DRIVES
IEGE-01/A (ex ING-IND/35) - ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT
of which at least 24 CFU in the following subject areas:
IIND-02/A (ex ING-IND/13) - APPLIED MECHANICS FOR MACHINES
IIND-03/A (ex ING-IND/14) - MECHANICAL DESIGN AND MACHINE CONSTRUCTION
IIND-03/B (ex ING-IND/15) - INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING DRAWING AND METHODS
IIND-04/A (ex ING-IND/16) - MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES AND SYSTEMS
IIND-05/A (ex ING-IND/17) - MECHANICAL INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
The fulfilment of curricular requirements is verified by examining the candidate’s academic record.
The above conditions are necessary but not sufficient for enrolment in the Master’s Degree Programme in Mechanical Engineering for Design and Production. The Teaching Coordination Committee of the Programme will assess the possession of the cultural requirements deemed necessary for adequate attendance of the Master’s Degree, by analysing the student’s curriculum in detail.
Access requirements include, among others, the documented ability to use correctly, in both written and spoken form, at least one European Union language other than Italian, including with reference to subject-specific terminology. In particular, since in order to obtain the Master’s Degree the student must, in addition to Italian, be able to use a European Union language fluently, the regulations require the inclusion in the study plan of a number of CFU credits for ‘Additional Language Skills’ sufficient to ensure the achievement of knowledge of a European language at least at level B2 of the CEFR for those students who do not already meet this requirement at the time of enrolment.
Procedures for access to the Programme
Enrolment in the Master’s Degree Programme is not permitted in the absence of the minimum curricular requirements set out above. The Teaching Coordination Committee of the Programme, having assessed the cultural requirements necessary for adequate attendance of the Master’s Degree by analysing the student’s curriculum in detail, may identify, with appropriate justification, equivalences of credits in scientific subject areas other than those listed in the previous point. The CCD will then determine the procedure through which the student may complete the curricular integration, to be selected, on the basis of the extent and nature of the integrations required, from the following options:
- curricular integrations to be completed prior to enrolment, pursuant to art. 6, paragraph 1 of the Ministerial Decree of 16 March 2007, by enrolling in single courses offered by the University and passing the relevant examinations, pursuant to art. 16, paragraph 6 of the University Didactic Regulations (RDA); the application form for enrolment in single courses offered within the Programmes is available at
www.unina.it/documents/11958/18338949/3241_2019-09-04_IscrizioneCorsiSingoli.pdf; the FAQs can be consulted at www.unina.it/-/5601348-iscrizione-ai-corsi-singoli). - Enrolment in a Bachelor’s Degree Programme that grants automatic access to the Master’s Degree with abbreviation of the academic path and assignment of a Study Plan including the curricular integrations required for enrolment in the Master’s Degree Programme.
- Enrolment in the Master’s Degree Programme with assignment of a Study Plan that includes alignment paths, in line with art. 6, paragraph 3 of the Ministerial Decree of 16 March 2007, without any increase in the total number of CFU credits required.
Requirements of adequacy of the student’s individual academic preparation
Art. 6, paragraph 2 of the Ministerial Decree of 16 March 2007 establishes the verification of the adequacy of the student’s individual academic preparation for the purposes of admission to the Master’s Degree Programme. The Teaching Coordination Committee regulates, in accordance with guidelines established uniformly for all Master’s Degree Programmes in Engineering of the School of Polytechnic and Basic Sciences, the procedures for verifying the adequacy of the student’s individual academic preparation.
Students whose average mark (out of 30) achieved in the examinations passed for the Bachelor’s Degree granting access to the Master’s Degree Programme is not lower than 24 are exempted from this verification.
Applications for admission to the Master’s Degree Programme by students who do not meet the criteria for automatic admission will be examined by the CCD, which will assess at its sole discretion the admissibility of the application, establishing any requirements to be fulfilled by the candidate for admission to the Programme. The CCD may examine the candidate’s academic record, where appropriate taking into account the marks obtained in characterising courses or in courses otherwise considered to be of particular relevance to the successful completion of the Master’s Degree pathway, or by setting up assessment procedures (interviews, tests) to verify the adequacy of the student’s individual academic preparation, or by adopting procedures 1 or 3 envisaged for the curricular integrations.
The admission test consists of a questionnaire made up of 35 multiple-choice questions, randomly drawn from a pool of 140. In particular, in order to provide balanced coverage of the seven characterising subject areas of Mechanical Engineering (IIND-06/A ex ING-IND/08, IIND-07/A ex ING-IND/10, IIND-02/A ex ING-IND/13, IIND-03/A ex ING-IND/14, IIND-03/B ex ING-IND/15, IIND-04/A ex ING-IND/16, IIND-05/A ex ING-IND/17), 5 questions are randomly selected from 20 available for each subject area. The test is considered passed if the student answers correctly at least 21 of the 35 questions. The full set of 140 questions is available at the following link:
http://meccanica.dii.unina.it/images/lmpp/Lista_domande_Test.pdf
The test will be administered by a designated committee according to a schedule available at the following link:
http://meccanica.dii.unina.it/en/orientation-lmpp (section “Access requirements”)
To register for the test, please complete the form at the following link:
Each student may take the test even before obtaining their Bachelor’s Degree, in order to assess their preparation in view of future enrolment in the Master’s Degree Programme.
The test may be taken a maximum of three times, with a minimum interval of one month between two consecutive attempts.
All 140 questions are available and can be consulted at the following link:
http://meccanica.dii.unina.it/images/lmpp/Lista_domande_Test.pdf
A designated committee will administer the test according to a schedule available on this page.
To register for the test, it is necessary to complete the form at the following link:
The test can be taken a maximum of three times, with a minimum interval of one month between two consecutive attempts.
However, students may take the test even before completing their Bachelor’s Degree in order to assess their preparation in view of future enrolment in the Master’s Degree Programme.
Indeed, the 140 questions are specifically designed to evaluate the individual knowledge in the core subject areas of Mechanical Engineering.
These questions offer a valuable opportunity to independently assess one’s level of preparation and to identify any gaps or topics that may require further study, in advance of formal enrolment.
In compliance with the Programme Regulations for access to the Master’s Degree Programmes in Mechanical Engineering for Energy and Environment and Mechanical Engineering for Design and Production, the schedule for the assessment test, set up to December 2026, is provided below.
- 20 January 2026
- 24 February 2026
- 07 April 2026
- 22 June 2026
- 21 July 2026
- 13 October 2026
- 10 November 2026
- 22 December 2026
The booking link is:
As per the regulations, please note that should a student fail the test on one of the dates listed above, they will not be permitted to take the test on the immediately following date.
Further communications will follow regarding the procedures and conduct of the test.
The President of the Commission:
Prof. Luca Esposito
Commissioners:
Ing. Luca Boccarusso
Ing. Luca Viscito