Engineering Technology programmes are application-oriented and provide qualitative introduction to Engineering Fundamentals and Applied Sciences.

Engineering programmes focus on theory and design whereas, Engineering Technology programmes specialize in application and implementation.

It follows that in Engineering programmes, students are expected to use higher levels of math and theoretical science while Engineering Technology programmes tend to put greater emphasis on hands-on laboratory skills.

In Engineering programes, you spend time learning theories and learn how to develop new methods to use in solving problems, whereas in Engineering Technology Programmes, the emphasis is on applying current practices to solve specific technical problems.

Mechatronics engineering is focused on the design of automated machinery.
It is the junction of three separate disciplines: Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science.

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The French standard NF E 01-010 (2008) defines Mechatronics as an "approach to the synergistic integration of mechanics, electronics, automation and computing in the design and manufacture of a product to increase and / or optimize its functionality".