The department offers postgraduate courses leading to the degree of Master of Science (MSc) and PhD in Mechanical Engineering. The postgraduate degree program was started on part time basis in 1983 and since then MSc degree has been awarded to more than 700 students. During 2007-2026, 46 PhD degrees have also been awarded.

The postgraduate degree program envisages equipping students with skills to make analysis and design such that they can be employed as professional engineers in virtually any sector of the Mechanical Engineering industry. The objective is to provide specialist in-depth education in a specific field of engineering through taught course modules, applications course work, design exercises in some cases and an individual research thesis. The course material is taught in a way that makes students immediately productive within an industrial environment in the field of study that they have chosen.

The research activity within the Department has been developed around a series of research themes, several of which are closely related to topics on which MSc and PhD courses are run. The department has earned a stature of eminence and respect among academicians as well as practitioners due to continued research excellence.