Mechanical Engineering and Nuclear & Radiological Engineering Curricula
The Mechanical Engineering (ME) and Nuclear & Radiological Engineering (NRE) curricula are below. A student's catalog year is determined by the semester that the student started at Georgia Tech. The following videos will help you navigate the curriculum guides.
- Understanding the Curriculum Videos: ME Part 1 ME Part 2 NRE Part 1 NRE Part 2
- Overlays: ME Curriculum Overlays NRE Curriculum Overlays
- Use the Curriculum Guide for Schedule Planning (Video)
- If you use the Excel versions of the ME or NRE curriculum guide and the Pre-req Chart, make sure you download it to your computer from DropBox and run it off your personal version of Excel to get the macros to work.
- Excel Information
- Students can download the desktop version of Excel using these instructions.
- View the directions from Microsoft to set your macro settings to 'DISABLE ALL MACRO SETTINGS WITH NOTIFICATION.' This will allow you to enable the macros.
- Be sure to open the file from your downloads location, save it to a new location and re-open the file. Excel may restrict the macros in a download folder.
Catalog Year |
Students Who Started... |
ME Curriculum |
NRE Curriculum |
| 2025-2026 (see note 7) |
Summer '25, Fall '25, Spring '26 | PDF Excel | PDF Excel |
| 2024-2025 (see note 6) |
Summer '24, Fall '24, Spring '25 | PDF Excel | PDF Excel |
| 2023-2024 | Summer '23, Fall '23, Spring '24 | PDF Excel | PDF Excel |
| 2022-2023 | Summer '22, Fall '22, Spring '23 | PDF Excel | PDF Excel |
Curriculum Notes
- All required ME, COE, MATH and PHYS courses are offered every semester including summer. The only exception to that is ME 4315 which is offered in fall and spring only.
- NRE classes are only offered one time per year, fall or spring.
- Declare a concentration (required for NRE and optional for ME): Declare a Concentration
- Major GPA Calculators are found in the Excel files above starting with the '24-'25 academic year.
- View the Math/Science Electives options for the NRE Curriculum.
- View the curriculum changes introduced in the 2024-2025 academic year: ME Changes NRE Changes
- View the curriculum changes introduced in the 2025-2026 academic year: ME Changes
Degree Options
Minors, Concentrations & Certificates
Courses
- Syllabi: ME & COE Syllabi NRE Syllabi Course Descriptions (all GT course)
- ME & NRE Specifics: ME Electives Free Electives NRE Math/Science Electives
- Core Classes: Humanities Electives Social Science Electives Ethics Overlay
Degree Designators
Archived Curricula
2021-2022 ME Curriculum PDF Excel 2021-2022 NRE Curriculum PDF Excel
2020-2021 ME Curriculum PDF Excel 2020-2021 NRE Curriculum PDF Excel
2019-2020 ME Curriculum PDF Excel 2019-2020 NRE Curriculum PDF Excel
2018-2019 ME Curriculum PDF Excel 2018-2019 NRE Curriculum PDF Excel Transition Plan
2017-2018 ME Curriculum PDF Excel 2017-2018 NRE Curriculum PDF Excel
2016-2017 ME Curriculum PDF Excel 2016-2017 NRE Curriculum PDF Excel
2015-2016 ME Curriculum PDF Excel 2015-2016 NRE Curriculum PDF Excel
2014-2015 ME Curriculum PDF Excel 2014-2015 NRE Curriculum PDF Excel
2013-2014 ME Curriculum PDF Excel 2013-2014 NRE Curriculum PDF Excel
2012-2013 ME Curriculum PDF Excel 2012-2013 NRE Curriculum PDF Excel
Curriculum Conversion to 2012-2013