Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Transport

I. GENERAL INFORMATION

April 30, 1964 – foundation of Polytechnic Institute in Chisinau and the Faculty of Mechanics.

1993 – it is divided, forming two faculties, which  merge in 2014 to form the faculty with the current name.

At FMET, study about 750 full-time students and 430 students at reduced attendancy courses.

Mechanical and industrial engineers carry out researches, design and manufacture industrial products, machinery and mechanical systems for various uses. They can also accomplish tasks related to the assessment, installation, operation and maintenance of equipment and mechanical systems as well as those of transport.

II. FACULTY STRUCTURE

Departments

• Departament of Transport
• Departament of Machine Building Technology
• Departament of Engineering and Industrial Management
• Departament of Machine Projecting Basics
• Departament of Processes, Machinery and Industrial Apparatuses
• Departament of Industrial and Product Design
• Departament of Mathematics
• Departament of Descriptive Geometry, Technical Drawing and Infographics

Centres

• Computing Centre
• Center for Computer Aided Design (Laboratory of Simulations and computerized modeling)
• Design Centre of Renewable Energy Conversion Systems (DCRECS)
• Centre of Micro-production „Frigotehnica”
• Didactic-Scientific Center “Agroalimentar”
• National Centre for Research, Innovation and Design in Transport (NCRIDT)
• Specialized Center of Personnel Continuous Training in Road Transport
• Center of Continuous Training and Research “Road Safety”
• Center of Computer Aided Design in Technological, Organizational and Managerial Field
• Center of Computer Aided Design in Constructive Field
• Center of Technical Creativity

III.  STUDY PROGRAMMES

IV. MATERIAL AND TECHNICAL BASE

• class and seminars rooms
• over 30 didactic and research laboratories
• 2 laboratories at enterprises
• computer rooms connected to the Internet
• cars for studies and training
• a library with subscription, a collection of didactic and scientific literature, a reading room
• students’ cafeteria

V. TEACHING STAFF

At the faculty activate 155 teachers, including 88 PhDs and Habilitate Doctors.

VI. FACILITIES AND COMPETENCES

Education and research at the faculty provide formation of professional competencies related to:

• product conceiving at technical and design level, conceiving of manufacturing processes and technological systems
• production management, quality and maintenance throughout the life cycle of products, organization and management of small businesses in the fields of machine-building, food and light industry, transport and other
• creation and use of new and modern production processes, technological processes, automation means, etc.
• creation and use of industrial Computer Science systems
• creating an environment of continuous improvement of products and industrial processes, promoting ecological quality and safety in accordance with the standards and norms requirements ISO 9000 and ISO 14000

The content and form of education at the faculty are determined by the context of the contemporary academic and industrial background in accordance with the Bologna Declaration.

VII.  INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

International relations of the faculty and departments are focused on the following directions:

• collaboration in achieving scientific research grants
• performing the scientific research in partnership
• organization of international conferences of scientific communications
• young scientific staff training
• scientific internships
• exchange experiences to improve the teaching process, including through the implementation of quality system

The Faculty and its departments signed and carries collaboration agreements with:

• Technical University “Gh” Asachi “, Iasi, Romania
• “Politehnica” University, Bucharest, Romania
• University of Applied Sciences, Konstanz, Germany
• Technical University of Karlsruhe, Germany
• Technical University Darmstadt, Germany
• “Transilvania” University of Brasov, Romania
• Military Technical Academy, Bucharest, Romania
• University of Florida, Miami, USA
• Wayne State University, Detroit, USA
• University of Texas at Arlington, USA
• ITT Technical Institute, Arlington, USA
• Technical University “N. Bauman”, Russia
• Auto and Road Institute, Moscow, Russia
• Auto and Road Institute, Kiev, Ukraine
• National Technical University of Donetsk, Ukraine
• National University of Food Technologies in Kiev, Ukraine
• University „Dunărea de Jos”, Galati, Romania
• Tehnical University of Timisoara, Romania
• Polytechnic University of St. Petersburg, Russia
• Agricultural Technics University, Rostov on the Don, Russia
• University „Stefan cel Mare”, Suceava, Romania
• Tehnical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• Belarusian State Polytechnic Academy
• with enterprises of agroindustrial complex, transport and plants from Moldova, Romania, Ukraine, Russia

VIII.  ACHIEVEMENTS

Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering and Transport is certified in the implementation and maintenance of Quality Management System that meets the requirements of the standard EN ISO 9001:2008 in the following areas: higher education, Ph.d. in engineering, postgraduate continuous training, initial and continuing training activities,  pedagogical training activities, research -development in engineering.