The Department of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Techniques Engineering was established in 1998. The department’s title was changed in 2018 to the Department of Mechanical Technology Engineering to include three specialized scientific branches: -Renewable energy branch. -Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Branch. -Production and automation branch. Study in the first and second academic years will be general for all proposed academic branches, provided that students are distributed among the branches starting from the third and fourth academic years and according to the student’s average.