Correct Sequence of Subjects to Study ll Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering is one of the most demanding branch and toughest one also. Many aspirants prepare for competitive exams and perform well enough to achieve their dream in the engineering field.

What Sequence you Select to Study the Mechanical Subjects for Competition Exams is very important.

Prepare Exams in Right Order to cover everything within Time and Secure Good Rank in National Level Competition Exams.

When to Start GATE Preparation?

Whether you are preparing for GATE or ESE or UPSC CSE (ME as Optional) or DRDO or ISRO or any other. If you have sufficient time to prepare a complete (100 %) Syllabus, this Study Order will help you to understand everything smoothly.

Importance of Right Order of Study

Before you come to know the Right Study Order for Mechanical Engineering.

You must learn why it is Important to Study in Right Order during the Preparation of Competition Exams in INDIA.

In the engineering field, fewer things are there that you need to rote or mug up. Mostly Technical Subjects are based on Concepts. And we can understand the concepts only when we learn them from Basic to Advance. We can’t learn Advance Concepts directly without the knowledge of Basic Concepts.

First, you need to make your base strong than more upward. Step by step learning is the best way to prepare Technical Subjects instead of learning randomly.

In this situation, the Right Order to Study the Subjects comes to plays an important role. Many Toppers & Coaching Institute prepare subjects in this order only.

Right Study Order of Mechanical Engineering Subjects

Every Mechanical Engineering Exams have almost the same syllabus (Some Topics are Excluded or Included). You can leave those subjects which are not in your respective exam. You may want to know which subject should I Study first for GATE Mechanical? You will get to know the answer to this question also.

I will also share the importance of each subject by comparing it with others. Some subjects are independent (free) of other subjects so I put them in a relevant position as per their weightage. Let’s discuss the Right Sequence of Subjects with their abbreviates.

1. Aptitude: Aptitude is not a part of mechanical, but without it, no one can learn & solve technical conceptual questions easily. Very first subject to prepare is Aptitude. It increases your Numerical Solving ability and helps you to think out of the box.
2. Engineering Mathematics: Again Mathematics is not in the Mechanical syllabus but without math, you can't understand the final results and their derivations. You need to be strong in mathematics to prepare well for technical subjects.
3. Engineering Mechanics: Mechanics is the first Core Mechanical Subject you should prepare. It has the basics of 11th & 12th class physics. Basic Physics is used in all design subjects, without it you can't apply the concepts perfectly. If you have a good command of the basics then you can directly prepare for the next subjects otherwise learn the basics from genuine study sources. Engineering Mechanics is the Back Bone of Designing.
4. Strength (Mechanics) of Material (SOM): SOM is the high weightage subject in the design field. You must learn it earlier if your concepts of Mechanics are good. Every exam gives lots of questions from this one subject. If you understand it from basic then this one will become your favorite.
5. Theory of Machine & Vibration (TOM): This subject is also important for competitive exams. SOM & TOM are the basic subjects in the design field and the easiest also. Learn them from good books and solve questions as many as you can solve. If you cover the SOM & TOM then you can apply their concepts in application-type subjects like Fluid and MD.
6. Fluid Mechanics: Fluid is a thermal subject. Easy and high weightage subject too. These subjects teach you the behavior of fluid in different conditions. Here, you need to use some stress & Strain relation from SOM.
7. Thermodynamics: Thermo is again a very easy one. This subject is based on the 3 basics of laws and their applications.
8. Heat Transfer: Heat transfer is the study of the flow of Heat Energy from everything that interacts with heat. It required the knowledge of Fluid & Thermo both. Heat Transfer will be an easy subject if you understand Fluid & Thermo as well.
9. Industrial Engineering: This subject is a little bit abnormal as “no other subjects are pre-required to learn this one”. You can learn it any time but if you learn Industrial Engineering before starting the Productions subjects then you will get some benefits as it helps you to visualize the industrial requirement of Casting, Welding, Machining and Forming, etc.
10. Casting: Casting comes in the Production (Manufacturing) field. You need concepts of Heat Transfer to learn casting. While casting things rate of heat flow plays an important.
11. Welding: Welding (Joining) is also a part of Manufacturing. It doesn’t Pre-Required any other subjects first. But if you learn it after casting then you can cover it easily.
12. Machining & Machine Tool Operation: Machine is also free subjects like welding. This subject is very huge and lots of things are there which you need to rote. If you learn it before you will feel production to be a boring field. You have to learn different types of the manufacturing process.
13. Metal Forming: Forming is very easy and simple concepts are there. Sometimes the manufacturing processes you learned in Machining become hard & tedious. Thus Metal Forming is introduced. Understand Machining Operation first then study Metal Forming.
14. Sheet Metal Operation (SMO): SMO is also part of metal forming but is used for thin workpieces only. First, learn Metal Forming than SMO.
15. Hydraulics Machine (Turbo Machinery): Hydraulics is the application of Fluid Mechanics in machines. The syllabus is a very less and less weightage subject. Thus I place it at 15th position. You can learn it after Fluid also. But always prefer to study high weightage subjects first then low weightage subjects.
16. Internal Combustion Engine (I.C. Engine): IC Engine comes in the application of the thermal field. It is the application of Thermodynamics. You can learn it after Thermo but due to its less weightage, I put it at 16th position.
17. Power Plant Engineering (PPE): PPE is the application of thermo and less weightage subject. This is not easy as its syllabus is huge. If you prepare it smartly then you can cover it in less time. To prepare it you need concepts of thermodynamics.
18. Refrigeration & Air-Conditioning (RAC): RAC also comes in the application of the thermal field. It requires your thermal knowledge only.
19. Machine Design (MD): MD is the design subject. Here you have to use all concepts that you have learned in Mechanics, SOM & TOM. Without them, you can’t understand this subject.
20. Engineering Materials (Material Science): Material Science is a free subject. Aspirant thinks it is the base of Production Subjects but it’s not true. There are lots of things that you need to rote for exams.
21. Metrology & Inspection: Metrology is also a free subject you can prepare it any time but preparing it, at last, is a smart strategy. As this subject has less weightage.
22. Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CAD/CAM): CAD & CAM are again free subjects. And less weightage (Sometimes no questions come in exams). But the easiest subject. The syllabus is very small you can prepare it within 2-3 days.

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Conclusion

The top 14 subjects are the most weightage subjects, you can’t leave them if you are aiming for high rank in national level competitive exams. Although all subjects are easy to learn some subjects require basic knowledge of other subjects too.

Some subjects are free from other subjects but I place them in between the above list. I explained the reason in the content also.

The above sequence will help you in learning the Mechanical Subjects easily for any exams. Whether it is GATE or ESE or UPSC CSE (Optional) or DRDO or ISRO or BARC or PSUs exams or SSB (for JE & AE) or RRB or State PSC.

I hope this article provides you with clear information about the Best Sequence of Learning the Mechanical Engineering Subjects for Competitions Exams. You can share Your Thoughts with Me via the Comment section below.