The program provides the students professional knowledge and skills for employment in the marine/offshore engineering industries including those involved in the design, development and operational principle of marine machineries. Other industries include shipbuilding, marine classification societies and statutory authorities, offshore oil and gas production, and naval architecture.

The program contains some of the fundamental knowledge related to Mechanical Engineering fields such as Statics, Dynamics, Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Material Engineering and Instrumentation. The areas of specialization of Naval Architecture and Offshore Engineering include: