A wide range of theories have been classified into different subjects. The name and contents of a subject vary university to university as well as nation to nation. The subjects generally included in the UG curriculum are –

1. Engineering Mechanics
2. Theory of Machines
3. Engineering Materials
4. Strength of Materials or Mechanics of Solids
5. Design of Machine Elements
6. Manufacturing Processes
7. Metrology and Instrumentation
8. Production Technology
9. Industrial Engineering and Management
10. Fluid Mechanics
11. Fluid Machineries
12. Engineering Thermodynamics
13. Heat and Mass transfer
14. Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
15. IC Engines
16. Power Plant Engineering

In addition to these core subjects some complementary subjects are generally included in the UG curriculum.

Such as-

1. Engineering Mathematics
2. Basic Electrical Engineering
3. Basic Electronics Engineering
4. Basic Computer Languages
5. Mechatronics
6. Numerical Analysis
7. Engineering Metallurgy
8. Operation Research, etc.

Subjects for the PG curriculum depend on the course chosen (Visit the Courses Zone for details of PG Courses.) generally one or few amongst the following subjects are chosen for a particular PG Course:

1. Advanced Manufacturing Processes
2. Computer Integrated Manufacturing Process (CIMP)
3. Additive Manufacturing
4. Metal Forming
5. Scaling Laws and Multi-scale Manufacturing
6. Process Modeling and Optimization
7. Elasticity and Plasticity
8. Stress Analysis
9. Kinematics and Dynamics of Machinery or Dynamics and Vibration
10. Advanced Mechanics of Solids
11. Design Optimization
12. Design and Analysis of Welded Joints
13. Fluid Dynamics or Incompressible Fluid Flow
14. Continuum Mechanics
15. Advanced (or Applied) Thermodynamics and Combustion
16. Advanced Heat and Mass Transfer
17. Computational Method in Thermal and Fluids Engg.
18. Mathematical Elements for Geometrical Modelling
19. Mathematical (or Numerical) Methods in Engg.
20. Finite Element Method (FEM)

Elective Subjects generally offered by different institutes:

1. Gas Turbine Engineering
2. Heat and Mass Transfer in Biological Systems
3. Introduction to Atmospheric Science
4. Flow and Thermal Instabilities
5. Jet-flow & Acoustics
6. Cavitations
7. Turbo-machinery Noise and Control
8. Theory of steam and gas turbines
9. Design of pumps
10. Energy and Environment
11. Aerodynamic Design of Axial Compressors and Turbines
12. Theory and design of centrifugal machines
13. Theory of axial compressors
14. Air-conditioning and ventilation
15. Refrigeration machinery and components
16. Sorption refrigeration and heating systems
17. Simulation of IC Engines Processes
18. HVAC Systems and Applications
19. CFD and Its Applications to Engine Processes
20. Advanced Cryogenic Systems
21. Engine Instrumentation & Electronic Management
22. Thermal Energy Conservation
23. Transport Processes in Engines
24. Utilization of Solar Energy
25. Rocket technology
26. Renewable Energy Technology
27. Fundamentals of Combustion
28. Design and Optimization of Energy Systems
29. Design of combustion engines
30. Engine systems and performance
31. Alternative Fuels
32. Laser Diagnostics in Engines
33. Combustion & Emissions in IC Engines
34. Air-breathing engines
35. Theory of Fire Propagation
36. Micro-scale Fluid Flow and Machinery
37. Heat and Mass Transfer in Porous Media
38. Computational Fluid Dynamics of Turbo-machinery
39. Convective Heat and Mass Transfer
40. Conduction and Radiation
41. Two Phase Flow and Heat Transfer
42. Fundamentals of Gas Dynamics
43. Cryogenic Engineering
44. Design of Heat Exchange Equipment
45. Air Conditioning System Design
46. Introduction to Transport Phenomena/ Interfacial Transport Phenomena
47. Basics of Turbulence and Combustion Modeling
48. Fire Dynamics
49. Introduction to Nuclear Engg.
50. Nuclear Reactor Analysis/ Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics
51. Nuclear Safety & Reliability
52. Thermal Design of Electronic Equipment
53. Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
54. Optical Methods in Mechanical Engineering
55. Introduction to Biofluid Mechanics
56. Micro-fluidics
57. High Performance Scientific Computing
58. Fuels and Combustion
59. Combustion of Energetic Materials
60. Galerkin Methods for Fluid Dynamics
61. Fluid Structure Interaction
62. Elasticity and Plasticity
63. Computational Fluid Dynamics Tools
64. Scaling Laws and Multi-scale Manufacturing
65. Mathematical Elements for Geometrical Modeling
66. Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM)
67. Planar Multi-body Dynamics
68. Fracture Mechanics
69. Nonlinear Oscillation
70. Engineering Noise Control
71. Vehicle Dynamics and Modeling
72. Advanced FEM
73. Analysis and Design of Composite Structures
74. Advanced Topics in Mathematical Tools
75. Finite Element Method
76. Design for Manufacturability and Assembly
77. Continuum Mechanics
78. Hypersonic and High Temperature Aerodynamics
79. Compressible Flow and Its Computation
80. Chemical Kinetics and Modeling in Reacting Flows

Advanced Topics in Mathematical Tools