Academic / GPA Requirements: Applicants must hold a Level 8 engineering bachelor’s degree (Mechanical Engineering or closely related) with at least Second Class Honours, Grade 2 (H2.2). A strong academic record is essential, with admission decisions also depending on degree content, performance, and space availability. For Indian context: this typically equates to around 60%–65% (or higher), or approximately 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale. Recommended backgrounds include mechanical, aerospace, automotive, or materials engineering, or core engineering fields with coursework in mechanics, thermodynamics, manufacturing, design, CAD, and mathematics.