该系还提供了加速的BS / MS计划，该计划允许选定的UTEP本科机械工程专业的学生使用研究生课程来满足BS学位的9个标准学时（SCH）的要求。这有效地减少了一个学期参加机械工程硕士学位的总时间。对本计划感兴趣的学生应在大二结束时提交申请表。
To meet the increasing demand of more robust, efficient, and economic design, new paradigms of engineered systems are inherently complex and contain a large number of heterogeneous subsystems. Mechanical Engineers are now required to have design thinking skills for complex system to understand and interact with a large number of subsystem design experts. To graduate engineers with these new design thinking skills and technical abilities, the mechanical engineering undergraduate curriculum is anchored on series of design courses. The curriculum includes cornerstone, capstone courses and provide systemic competence in four thematic focus areas (Thermofluid Engineering, Solid Mechanics, System Dynamics and Control, Design and Manufacturing) essential to students; career success.