The Department of Applied Mechanics is established in 1965. It was initially named as "Department of Applied Mechanics, Hydraulic and Hydraulic Machines", which was replaced by new name "Applied Mechanics Department".

The Department offers courses at undergraduate level on Solid Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, Hydraulic Machines, Structural Analysis, Material Science, Engineering Mechanics, Mechanics of Deformable Solids, Skeletal Structures, Water Power Engineering, Kinematics of Mechanics, Dynamics of Machines, Theory of plates & shells, Mechanical Vibration and Nano Technology. 

The Department presently offers four Postgraduate Programmes and handles several advanced courses at post graduate level of other departments.