The Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department was started in 2003 offering Bachelor of Technology degree in Production Engineering, and wholly adopted the Moi University curriculum. Seven years later, the program was developed and upgraded to the current Bachelor of Science in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. The department is involved in training of both undergraduate and postgraduate students for the industrialized sector of the economy.

The training encompasses theoretical and laboratory practice in the various courses of Mechanical and Engineering and related disciplines, Engineering practical work on convectional and computerized Machines and Industrial attachment