The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Zenica started on January 1, 2006. organized as an organizational unit of the University of Zenica.

For the achievement of tasks within the teaching, teaching-scientific research and professional work of the Faculty and University, the tasks and tasks of the Faculty are carried out through organizational units:

• for teaching-scientific work
• for scientific research work and
• administrative and technical support.

The teaching-scientific process is organized and carried out through university departments. The main departments at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Zenica are:

• Department of Mechanics
• Chair of structures and CAD technologies
• Department of Production Technologies
• Department of Maintenance
• Department of Energy and Process Engineering
• Department of Automation and Metrology
• Department of Industrial Engineering and CIM Technologies
• Department of Environmental Engineering

Part of the teaching and research process takes place in the laboratories of the Faculty, but also in the laboratories of related institutions. The following laboratories exist at the Faculty:

• Laboratory for technical diagnostics
• Laboratory for stress and strain analysis
• Laboratory for measuring technique
• Laboratory for fluid mechanics and hydraulics
• Laboratory for electrical engineering
• Industrial Engineering Laboratory
• Laboratory for cutting and machine tools
• Engineering Design Laboratory LECAD II

At the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Zenica, the Department of Mechanical Engineering was established in 1981, which grew into the Institute of Mechanical Engineering in October 1989. Through the Institute, which operates as a separate work unit within the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Zenica, scientific research and professional tasks are carried out and cooperation with economic organizations and other scientific research institutions is realized. In this way, the Faculty markets the knowledge and expertise of its teachers, assistants and external collaborators, as well as other scientific research workers, to a wide range of users.

Educational and Scientific Council
The teaching-scientific council was established as the highest expert body of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering for teaching-scientific activities. Its structure consists of all the teachers of the main departments, one representative of the teachers of non-main departments, one associate representative of each main department who participate in the teaching-scientific process at the Faculty, as well as one representative of the students of each year of study.

Administrative-professional, legal, personnel, technical and other tasks are performed by the administrative department of the Faculty.

Management
Since the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Zenica does not have the status of a legal entity, the management function is performed by the Board of Directors of the University of Zenica.
The governing body at the Faculty is the dean.

As part of the dean's office, there is a business college as an advisory body, which consists of:

• dean,
• Dean for Academic Affairs,
• vice dean for scientific research and international cooperation,
• secretary.

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Zenica, as a teaching, research and professional institution serves the citizens of the Zenica-Doboj Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the world. Through teaching and teaching programs, scientific research and professional activities and the continuous search for knowledge, all employees work and will constantly work on maintaining and improving the quality of the teaching scientific research process, as well as on the application of scientific results in practice, in order to meet the needs and expectations of all interested subjects. All employees are familiar with this declaration and accept it as an expression of collective commitment to continuous efforts to improve their own contributions to the common good.

Members of the Quality Committee are:

1. V. prof. Ph.D. Josip Kačmarčik, quality manager, president,
2. V. prof. Ph.D. Nusret Imamović, vice dean for NIR, member
3. V. as. M.Sc. Dženana Tomašević, representative from among the teaching staff, member
4. Sanita Plančić, non-teaching staff representative, member
5. Student representative, one member at the proposal of the Student Union.

However, RMK Zenica and the Metallurgical Institute "Hasan Brkić" (now the Metallurgical Institute "Kemal Kapetanović") in Zenica expressed a special interest in graduate engineers in order to create scientific research potential that will be trained in the field of mechanical engineering in metallurgy. RMK Zenica, by the decision of its Workers' Council, undertook to finance the course for mechanical engineering in metallurgy until the moment of taking over the financing by republican funds. With the same decision, RMK Zenica undertook to provide the construction of classrooms and the purchase of equipment. School year 1973/74. the first generation of students was enrolled. The founders of the department for mechanical engineering in metallurgy were RMK Zenica, Metallurgical Institute "Hasan Brkić" and the Zenica Municipal Assembly. In 1976, 167 students already attended this course.

Given that the area of central Bosnia is traditionally a mining region, new technologies and the modernization of central Bosnian mines have led to a sudden need for graduate mechanical engineers with specific knowledge of mining equipment and technology. For this reason, Rudnici Zenica is launching an initiative to introduce the general mechanical engineering course, which is also interested in companies from the metal industry in the Zenica region. Faculty of Metallurgy, where he was already in 1973/74. The Mechanical Engineering in Metallurgy department started working in 1976, accepted the initiative of Rudnik Zenica and at its 3rd session on February 26, 1976. launched an action for the establishment of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Zenica. An Elaborate on the need to establish the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Zenica was prepared, and the Faculty of Metallurgy provided all the necessary documents for the establishment. By decision of the Workers' Council of the Community of Basic Organizations of the Zenica Ironworks, number 100110/128, dated March 11, 1977. and the Zenica Municipal Assembly, number 01-612-4, dated March 31, 1977. the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering was founded in Zenica. By the same decisions, the Registrar's Committee was formed with the task of making preparations for the start of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Zenica. The registrar commission consisted of:

• Nikola Gostiša, full professor, Faculty of Metallurgy in Zenica,
• Nikola Sedlar, full professor, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Sarajevo,
• Vojin Bijelić, full professor, Faculty of Metallurgy in Zenica,
• Vladimir Hrdlička, full professor, Faculty of Metallurgy in Zenica.

The Zenica Municipal Assembly at the joint session of all councils on September 15, 1977. issued a decision on the appointment of the temporary Council of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Zenica under establishment, number 01-023-64/77, whose members were:

• Vladimir Hrdlička, full professor, president,
• Idriz Mujkanović, docent,
• Sakib Slijepčević, B.Sc., Zenica Mine,
• Šefket Aganović, B.Sc., Basic Chamber of Commerce, Zenica
• Seid Smajlagić, B.Sc., Metal, Zenica,
• Radmila Kelić, B.Sc., Socio-Political Council of the Zenica Municipal Assembly,
• Momčilo Princip, B.Sc., delegate of the Socio-Political Organizations of the Zenica Ironworks.

At the first session of the temporary Council held on September 30, 1977. in 2010, Prof. Dr. was unanimously appointed. Rudolf Kristić as acting dean. At the proposal of the Student Union, the temporary Council elected Posavljak Strain, a fourth-year student, as the student vice dean. At the first session, the Council determined on September 15, 1977. as the starting date of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Zenica. In addition, the temporary Council made a decision to announce elections for the formation of the Council of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Zenica. The first Council of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering was elected on May 15, 1978. year and chose prof. as its president. Vojin Bijelić, for the dean of the Faculty, Prof. Dr. Rudolf Kristić and for vice dean assistant professor Idriz Mujkanović. Jozić Nedeljko was elected as the student vice dean.

Almost fifty percent of classes at the Faculty of Metallurgy and Mechanical Engineering were conducted as integrated classes. In addition to the permanent teaching staff, a certain number of teachers and associates from other organizations were hired.

Immediately at the beginning of the work of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Zenica, certain problems appeared: classes were held in the premises of the Faculty of Metallurgy, so there were minimal satisfactory conditions for conducting lectures and auditory exercises; the immediate consequence of that problem was an unfavorable teaching schedule; At the beginning of its work, the faculty did not have a laboratory for professional subjects, so laboratory exercises were performed mainly in work organizations with a minimum number of classes; the lack of laboratories reduced the scientific work of teachers to desk work; there were not enough cabinets for the work of permanently employed teachers and associates and rooms for administration.

The Council of the Faculty is on 04.12.1978. made a decision on the temporary placement of the Faculty in the former premises of the Technical High School. For the adaptation of the building, funds were approved from SIZ for higher education, the founder and the Faculty.

The Faculty Council on 15.01.1979. made a decision on the formation of the Commission for the preparation of the report on the establishment of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Zenica.

At the session of September 14, 1979. The Statute of the Faculty was adopted in 2010, which incorporated changes to the curricula. The building of the technical school was taken over for the needs of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering by decision of the Faculty Council on September 16, 1980. years. Amendments to the Statute of the Faculty were made on May 27, 1982. years. Those decisions related to the subjects of the study of mechanical engineering and the teaching process, which was adopted to last 36 working weeks for the first year of study, and 38 weeks for the other years of study. The basic act, the Statute of the Faculty, was changed in 1985 and then in 1988. At the session of the Faculty Council held on September 13, 1989. a decision was made on the formation of the RJ Institute of Mechanical Engineering at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, which began operating on October 1, 1989. years. This unit grew out of the Institute of Mechanical Engineering, which was established in 1981.

During the war, the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Zenica was declared an institution of special interest. By decision of the Government of RBiH dated 04/30/1993. In 2008, the Management Board of the Faculty was appointed, consisting of:

• Salih Mecan, B.Sc., President,
• Šaćir Šuškić, B.Sc., member,
• Munir Šeper, B.Sc., member,
• Ph.D. Nermina Zaimović-Uzunović, B.Sc., member,
• Ph.D. Ahmet Gavranović, B.Sc., member

and Supervisory Board composed of:

• Muhamed Aliefendić, president,
• Šefik Džaferović, member,
• Ph.D. Božidar Stjepović, member.

The presidents of the Faculty Council, i.e. the Board of Directors, were:

• prof. Vojin Bijelić, 1977 – 1980.
• prof. dr. Rudolf Kristić, 1980 – 1982.
• Assistant Professor M.Sc. Radivoje Ivković, 1982 – 1985.
• prof. dr. Vladimir Savić, 1985 – 1988.
• prof. dr. Safet Brdarević, 1988 – 1990.
• prof. dr. Ahmet Gavranović, 1990 – 1993.
• Salih Mecan, B.Sc., President of the Board of Directors 1993 – 2000.
• prof. dr. Izet Smajević, President of the Board of Directors 1993 – 2005.