Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering (Manufacturing)

MCAST's Institute of Engineering and Transport delivers the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Mechanical Engineering (Manufacturing) at MQF Level 6 — an EU-accredited honours degree, taught in English, over four full-time years and 240 ECTS at the Paola main campus. MCAST runs mechanical engineering in two named variants, Manufacturing and Plant; this is the manufacturing-facing one, oriented toward production processes, product realisation and quality. As MCAST is a vocational institution, the degree is deliberately applied: workshop and laboratory hours sit alongside the theory rather than after it.

The curriculum runs through engineering mathematics, statics and dynamics, thermodynamics and fluid mechanics, materials science, manufacturing and production processes, mechanical design with CAD/CAM, control and automation, quality engineering, maintenance and engineering management, closing with a supervised final-year engineering project. Industrial placement is embedded, and MCAST's engineering institute has long-standing links with Malta's aviation-maintenance cluster, its shipyards and its manufacturing plants.

The single most valuable feature for a Sri Lankan applicant intending to stay in Europe is the professional recognition: MCAST states that both mechanical engineering variants are recognised by Malta's Bord tal-Inġiniera as a prerequisite for the Engineering Warrant (Ing.) under Act No. XLVIII of 2021. That is a route to a licensed engineering title in an EU member state, which a generic overseas engineering degree does not by itself provide.

On cost, MCAST's most recently published fixed figure for a four-year Level 6 degree is a total of €26,000 for non-EU students — roughly €6,500 a year — and the college's current programme documentation now directs international applicants to its MG2i office for a quotation rather than publishing a number. Treat €6,500 a year as indicative and confirm it in writing before budgeting. MCAST also operates a standing scholarship that exempts the final year's fees on three- and four-year bachelor's degrees, which would materially reduce the total. This route suits students from the Sri Lankan Physical Science or Engineering Technology A/L streams and holders of NDT or NDES diplomas who want a full honours degree abroad without a UK-scale fee bill.