The Department of Mechanical Engineering officially commenced its activities in 1994, admitting students in the Heat and Fluid Mechanics specialization. In 1997, it expanded to include the Solid Design specialization. Since its inception, approximately 1200 students have graduated from this department.

Beginning in 1999, the department started offering Master's programs in Applied Design. In 2002, the Energy Conversion specialization was added, followed by Renewable Energy in 2013 and Manufacturing in 2014. The first cohort of Ph.D. students in Energy Conversion was admitted in 2007, and in Applied Design in 2009.

Faculty members have been actively involved in various research projects in collaboration with local industries such as alloy steel, power plants, electric companies, and defense industries.

In addition to the standard undergraduate workshops and laboratories, the Mechanical Engineering Department at Yazd University is equipped with research facilities including a wind tunnel, advanced tensile testing equipment, control and mechatronics labs, and an industrial vibration lab. These resources provide ample opportunities for experimental research.

Faculty research interests span a wide range of areas, including fracture mechanics, impact mechanics, numerical methods in solid mechanics, boundary element methods, meshless methods, smoothed particle hydrodynamics, control, robotics, mechatronics, nonlinear vibrations, radiated vibrations, vibration condition monitoring, various manufacturing methods, renewable energies (such as solar and wind), and numerical and experimental methods in fluid mechanics.