I want to learn mechanical design and manufacturing. Is there a better major?

Mechanical manufacturing and its automation is a subject that studies mechanical manufacturing theory, manufacturing technology, automated manufacturing system and advanced manufacturing mode. This discipline integrates the latest development of related disciplines, which makes manufacturing technology, manufacturing system and manufacturing mode take on a brand-new look. The goal of mechanical manufacturing and its automation is very clear, that is, combining mechanical equipment with automation through computers, forming a series of advanced manufacturing technologies, including CAD (Computer Aided Design), CAM (Computer Aided Manufacturing), FMC (Flexible Manufacturing System), etc., and finally forming a large computer integrated manufacturing system (CIMS), which makes the traditional mechanical processing get a qualitative leap. Specific industrial applications include CNC machine tools and machining centers.

These professional directions require students to have solid and systematic basic theoretical knowledge, profound professional knowledge and skilled experimental skills. It is particularly noteworthy that these majors also require students to be proficient in reading foreign language documents of their major, and have good foreign language listening and speaking level and certain foreign language writing ability. Graduate students must have the ability of mechanical product design and manufacturing, computer-aided design and manufacturing, manufacturing and equipment control, production organization and management. Xiao Ji, a graduate student at the School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, said: "This major has a wide range of employment and is known as the' tiger balm'. My brothers and sisters graduated from scientific research institutes, foreign-funded enterprises, high-tech companies and machinery export trading companies, and their wages are good. "

Mechanical design and theory is a basic technical subject that carries out functional analysis, comprehensive quantitative description and control of machinery, and mainly trains senior talents engaged in mechanical design, mechanical system performance analysis, system simulation optimization and related theoretical research. Postgraduates in this major should have a solid theoretical foundation in mechanics, mechanism, strength theory and fluid mechanics, and also have strong abilities in CAD technology, computer programming, mechanical parameter measurement, signal processing and microprocessor application.

Lin An, a graduate student majoring in mechanical design at Beihang University, said: "Graduates majoring in mechanical design can engage in design, technology, assembly and maintenance. Unlike finance, business administration and other majors, mechanical majors become white-collar workers as soon as they graduate. After graduating from mechanical design, you must accumulate experience in the production line and have a certain understanding of production technology, including mechanical processing and heat treatment, in order to make achievements in future design posts. It is suggested that students majoring in mechanical design should be blue-collar workers for two to three years, and then gray-collar workers for three years. Maybe they will become gold-collar workers in the future. "

Employment: Because mechanical design is the most traditional mechanical subject, in order to train modern mechanical engineers, many colleges and universities that recruit mechanical talents tend to recruit graduates majoring in mechanical design. It is understood that graduate students majoring in mechanical design can go to national scientific research institutions after graduation, such as the Institute of Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Aircraft Design. You can also go to R&D, the manufacturing, sales and after-sales service department of foreign-funded and private enterprises. Mainly engaged in the design and manufacture, scientific and technological development, applied research, operation management and sales of machinery manufacturing in the front line of industrial production. At present, most graduates are employed in Beijing, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Liaoning, Shandong and other regions.