How to become a Mechanical Engineer

Official title: Mechanical Engineers

Researches, designs, directs and advises on machinery and on industrial plant and equipment.

Main tasks

• Advise on and design machinery and tools for manufacturing, mining, construction, agriculture and other industries
• Advise on and design the bodies, hulls, airframes and other mechanical parts of ships, aircraft and motor vehicles
• Advise on and design the non-electronic parts of computers, cameras and projectors
• Set control standards and procedures to make sure machinery, industrial plant, equipment and systems run efficiently and safely

Ways in

• University department: Engineering degrees, Offered by 93 universities in Taiwan
• Licence (national exam): Regulated profession. To practise as a professional mechanical or aeronautical engineer you must pass the national Professional and Technical Examination (專門職業及技術人員考試) for 機械工程技師、航空工程技師 and hold the certificate. Listed in the annex to article 2 of the Enforcement Rules of the Professional and Technical Examinations Act, item 4.
• Licence (national exam): Regulated profession. To practise as a professional naval architect you must pass the national Professional and Technical Examination (專門職業及技術人員考試) for 造船工程技師 and hold the certificate. Listed in the annex to article 2 of the Enforcement Rules of the Professional and Technical Examinations Act, item 10.
• Licence (national exam): Regulated profession. To practise as a professional refrigeration and air-conditioning engineer you must pass the national Professional and Technical Examination (專門職業及技術人員考試) for 冷凍空調工程技師 and hold the certificate. Listed in the annex to article 2 of the Enforcement Rules of the Professional and Technical Examinations Act, item 18.

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Average pay: NT$1,085,000 a year
• Demand for Science and engineering jobs is projected at about 952,000 in 2024 and about 1,072,000 in 2030. (+12.6%)
• Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Related jobs

• Industrial and Production Engineers
• Civil Engineers
• Environmental Engineers
• Chemical Engineers
• Mining Engineers, Metallurgists and Related Professionals
• Other Engineering Professionals

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Questions people ask

How do I become a Mechanical Engineer?

Ways in include: Engineering degrees.

How much does a Mechanical Engineer earn in Taiwan?

Average pay is NT$1,085,000 a year (Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics).

Is a Mechanical Engineer a growing career in Taiwan?

Demand for this job family is projected to change 12.6% from 2024 to 2030 (National Development Council).

Will AI change the work of a Mechanical Engineer?

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

• Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics: Occupational Wage Survey (職類別薪資調查) (2025 survey (July 2025 monthly, 2024 annual), released 2026-05-29), Open Government Data License, version 1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
• National Development Council: Final manpower demand projections by occupation (職業別最終人力需求推估) (2025 to 2030 (base 2024), 13 job families), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
• International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026