Learning materials Mechanical Engineering

Learning Materials List for Year 1 Mechanical Engineering February Programme - Academic Year 2025/2026


Materials indicated 'Fontys' as publisher, can be purchased at Fontys as from lesson week 1.

Fundamentals of Thermal-Fluid Sciences (SI Units) (6th edition)

  • Author: Cengel, Y.
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill
  • ISBN: 9781260597585
  • Indicative Price: €80.00
  • Required Purchase: Yes
  • Course Code: MEDEP1, MEBEP2I
  • Please purchase the paper version, as the EP examinations are open book and only the paper version may be brought into the examination.

Manual of Engineering Drawing: British and International Standards (5th edition)

  • Author: Simmons, Colin H.; Maguire, Dennis E.; Phelps, Neil
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISBN: 9780128184820
  • Indicative Price: €60.00
  • Required Purchase: Yes
  • Course Code: MEBCAD
  • Note: Paper version
  • Also available online in the Fontys library. PLEASE NOTE: the online library contains only a few copies that can be viewed at a time.



Manufacturing Engineering and Technology (8th or 9 th edition)

  • Author: Kalpakjian, S.; e.a.
  • Publisher: Pearson
  • ISBN: 9781292422244 or 9781292488042
  • Indicative Price: €60.00
  • Required Purchase: Yes
  • Course Code: MEBM1
  • ATTENTION: for the 9th edition, take global edition with SI-units
    You can buy the book on Amazon.

NX 2212 for Beginners

  • Edition: 2023
  • Author: Tutorial Books
  • Publisher: Tutorial Books
  • ISBN: 9788196053994
  • Indicative Price: €55.00
  • Required Purchase: Yes
  • Course Code: MEBCAD
  • Paper version

Report Writing for Readers with Little Time (1st edition)

  • Author: Elling, R.
  • Publisher: Noordhoff uitgevers
  • ISBN: 9789001812591
  • Indicative Price: €80.00
  • Required Purchase: Yes
  • Course Code: MEDPP2, MECPP3
  • Note: Paper version
  • Note: Also available online at Fontys Library. PLEASE NOTE: the online library contains only a few copies that can be viewed at a time.

Statics and Mechanics of Materials in SI Units (6th edition)

  • Author: Hibbeler, R.
  • Publisher: Pearson
  • ISBN: 9781292460208
  • Indicative Price: €80.00
  • Required Purchase: Yes
  • Course Code: MECCM1, MEACM2
  • Note: Paper version

Arduino Uno + USB Cable

  • Edition: -
  • Author: -
  • Publisher: Fontys Engineering Storeroom
  • ISBN: -
  • Indicative Price: €10.50
  • Required Purchase: Yes
  • Course Code: MECMR1

Geo Triangle

  • Edition: -
  • Author: -
  • Publisher: -
  • ISBN: -
  • Indicative Price: €1.00
  • Required Purchase: Yes
  • Course Code: MEBWI1, MEBWI2

Non-graphical Calculator: Casio FX-82-MS or FX-82-NL

  • Edition: -
  • Author: -
  • Publisher: -
  • ISBN: -
  • Indicative Price: €25.00
  • Required Purchase: Yes
  • Course Code: MEBWI1, MEBWI2


Arduinokit WTB

  • Edition: -
  • Author: -
  • Publisher: Fontys Engineering Storeroom
  • ISBN: -
  • Indicative Price: €6.00
  • Required Purchase: Yes
  • Course Code: MECMR1

Work Shoes (Safety Class S3)

  • Indicative Price: €80.00-€100.00
  • Required Purchase: Yes
  • Course Code: -
  • Notes:
    Available at DTCHshoes (www.dtchshoes.com/pages/fontys). You will get : 15% discount with code Fontys15 (free shipping and returns within NL)
    Also availalble at Autopartswinkel (www.autopartswinkel.nl) - Redbrick work shoes S3 (free shipping, return on own cost or exchange in store).

Prices are indicative.

November 2025