Hardest ME classes at UIUC

Ranked by average GPA from official grade distributions. Only courses with at least 100 graded students.

  1. ME 300: Thermodynamics Average GPA 2.99, 3,838 students
  2. ME 320: Heat Transfer Average GPA 3.05, 3,358 students
  3. ME 310: Fundamentals of Fluid Dynamics Average GPA 3.10, 3,676 students
  4. ME 350: Design for Manufacturability Average GPA 3.13, 1,054 students
  5. ME 471: Finite Element Analysis Average GPA 3.19, 1,594 students
  6. ME 340: Dynamics of Mechanical Systems Average GPA 3.22, 3,484 students
  7. ME 410: Intermediate Gas Dynamics Average GPA 3.31, 165 students
  8. ME 430: Failure of Engrg Materials Average GPA 3.35, 496 students
  9. ME 360: Signal Processing Average GPA 3.37, 3,339 students
  10. ME 330: Engineering Materials Average GPA 3.38, 4,720 students
  11. ME 404: Intermediate Thermodynamics Average GPA 3.38, 152 students
  12. ME 200: Thermodynamics Average GPA 3.40, 4,153 students
  13. ME 400: Energy Conversion Systems Average GPA 3.42, 931 students
  14. ME 501: Combustion Fundamentals Average GPA 3.42, 160 students
  15. ME 487: Mems-nems Theory & Fabrication Average GPA 3.45, 736 students
  16. ME 270: Design for Manufacturability Average GPA 3.48, 3,693 students
  17. ME 370: Mechanical Design I Average GPA 3.48, 3,650 students
  18. ME 451: Computer-aided Mfg Systems Average GPA 3.48, 430 students
  19. ME 412: Numerical Thermo-fluid Mechs Average GPA 3.50, 324 students
  20. ME 452: Num Control of Mfg Processes Average GPA 3.51, 277 students
  21. ME 432: Fundamentals of Photovoltaics Average GPA 3.51, 263 students
  22. ME 403: Internal Combustion Engines Average GPA 3.51, 222 students
  23. ME 460: Industrial Control Systems Average GPA 3.57, 259 students
  24. ME 371: Mechanical Design II Average GPA 3.61, 3,474 students
  25. ME 402: Design of Thermal Systems Average GPA 3.61, 126 students
  26. ME 482: Musculoskel Tissue Mechanics Average GPA 3.62, 368 students
  27. ME 472: Introduction to Tribology Average GPA 3.62, 233 students
  28. ME 481: Whole-body Musculoskel Biomech Average GPA 3.64, 521 students
  29. ME 510: Advanced Gas Dynamics Average GPA 3.65, 174 students
  30. ME 498: Mech. Des. Optimization Average GPA 3.66, 317 students
  31. ME 420: Intermediate Heat Transfer Average GPA 3.69, 350 students
  32. ME 453: Data Sci in Mfg Quality Cntrl Average GPA 3.73, 333 students
  33. ME 447: Comp Design & Dyn of Soft Syst Average GPA 3.75, 122 students
  34. ME 470: Senior Design Project Average GPA 3.79, 3,516 students
  35. ME 170: Computer-aided Design Average GPA 3.81, 5,298 students
  36. ME 431: Mechanical Component Failure Average GPA 3.82, 328 students
  37. ME 483: Mechanobiology Average GPA 3.83, 373 students
  38. ME 521: Convective Heat Transfer Average GPA 3.84, 106 students
  39. ME 598: Applied Heat Transfer Average GPA 3.86, 102 students
  40. ME 461: Computer Cntrl of Mech Systems Average GPA 3.87, 472 students
  41. ME 199: Automotive Design Projects-des Average GPA 3.89, 4,356 students

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