This program prepares students to work as automation technicians or designers in manufacturing. Graduates will have skills in electronics, PLC programming, sensors, mechanical design, solid modeling, and pneumatics that will find direct applications as they start their careers in the industry.
Mechatronics engineering technology is a hybrid discipline that utilizes mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and principles of computer science to design and produce complex, computer-controlled electromechanical systems.
The Bachelor of Science degree in Mechatronics Engineering Technology provides students with in-depth training in areas such as automation motors, industrial networks, industrial robots, CNC machines, and advanced pneumatic design.
The mechatronics program has several short certificates available in different specializations for students looking for advanced skills leading to direct employment in different industries within the technology and engineering industries. These certificates can stack into an associate degree.
This A.A.S prepares graduates to work in manufacturing as an automation technologist, design technician, or PLC programmer.
Prepares students to troubleshoot, wire, repair, adapt, install, and maintain electrical and industrial motor control equipment.
"I am a senior international student in mechatronics engineering technology at UVU, set to graduate in spring 2024. Originally from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, I wanted to pursue a degree in mechatronics because of my passion for industrial and technical designs of automated systems. One thing I absolutely love about my major is the hands-on labs accompanying each class, providing practical experience alongside theoretical learning. I greatly appreciate that my instructors have field experience because it has been very insightful regarding what to expect in the industry after college. Ultimately, the instructors have played a major role when it comes to networking, mentorship, and passing along jobs/internships opportunities."
Jonathan Fimbo, Mechatronics Program
"Mechatronics engineering technology is a multi-disciplined approach to practical engineering. It includes electronics, mechanical, computer, and control technologies. This is taught in a hands-on collaborative environment, with approximately 60% of our time in a lab environment. We spend extensive time building and analyzing control systems from the smallest of electronics for edge computing to large robotic systems and CNC machines. Many folks have gone the traditional path of industrial maintenance, and on into automation engineering. This major will allow you to pursue engineering in a practical way: building to learn, while learning to build."
