The department of Mechanical Engineering is one out of the nine departments at the Eindhoven University of Technology. 

The mission statement of Mechanical Engineering is as follows:

"The department of Mechanical Engineering aims on long term, general, system oriented research in the field of product- and processdesign and fabrication. The department realizes an educational and research programm with a balanced combination of fundamental and applied aspects."
_{(Bron: Self Assessment Education 2006, Mechanical Engineering, februari 2006 [Free Translation])}