加州理工学院机械工程学本科课程的目标是培养将获得职业和高等教育的毕业生，这些毕业生最终将在与流体，固体，热力和机械相关的跨学科技术领域迅速发展，从而最终在学术界，工业界和政府中发挥领导作用该计划为学生提供了研究生和专业实践的准备，并激励他们从事能够为社会迫切的技术需求提供机会的职业。具体而言，该计划以加州理工学院的核心课程为基础，将个人在特定机械工程专业方面的经验和能力结合在一起，并具有扎实的基础和工程科学背景。它在课堂讲授与实验室和设计经验之间保持平衡，并强调了对任何工程学科都必不可少的问题制定和解决技
The objective of the undergraduate program in Mechanical Engineering at Caltech is to produce graduates who will attain careers and higher education that ultimately lead to leadership roles in academia, industry and government in areas of rapidly advancing interdisciplinary technology related to fluid, solid, thermal and mechanical systems. The outcome of the undergraduate program is to prepare the student to build on a fundamental education in physics, mathematics, chemistry and biology and to apply those principles to the solution of open ended engineering problems, to design, analyze, measure, and evaluate fluid, thermal and mechanical systems, to work effectively as part of a team, to communicate effectively, to apply ethical considerations, and to understand the broader impacts of engineering developments, including societal, cultural and environmental concerns.