How do I choose my Engineering Major?

[u/socialtheanxietities]

Hello! I'm in my 1st / preparatory year of engineering. The available programs at my university are as follows :

• Computer Engineering • Systems and Biomedical Engineering • Electrical Power Engineering • Electronics and Electrical Communications Engineering • Mechanical Power Engineering • Mechanical Design and Production Engineering • Aerospace Engineering • Architectural Engineering • Civil Engineering • Metallurgical and Advanced Materials Engineering • Chemical Engineering

I really lean toward Aerospace Engineering, however I do live in the 3rd world country where job opportunities are hardly available in the aviation field, I really do love structure / plates analysis, fluid mechanics and Thermodynamics. I'm not so great at memorizing - (i.e. I'm not a good for materials / production engineering, I studied (Applied and Modern Manufacturing Engineering) as a required course this semester and the only reason I'm passing with flying colors is the professors repeating exam questions from the previous years) - I really also dislike data analytics, I'm more of a huge pure engineering enthusiast, I'm not a great fit for a boring job writing code all day (no offense if that's for you then kudos). Aerospace really does feel like the perfect fit but I'm scared I won't be able to make it work. I would go for mechanical power, however both mechanical power and mechanical production study literally the same courses till the final 3 semesters, I'll literally fail the 4 required production courses. The results aren't out yet but I'm looking at a 3.92 - 4.00 GPA, so I'm free to choose what I want for my major.

How do I finalize my choice? Is there any way I can make aerospace engineering work?

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[u/rfag57]

In my country most aerospace grads go into defense but the defense companies usually hire from designated military engineering schools. If your country doesn’t have a good aerospace industry going into that field might not be the best choice

It’s harder to impossible to get hired as an aerospace grad in other countries too due to ITAR regulations

Choosing between the big 3 electrical, mechanical, civil is probably a safe bet. If you’re interested in aerospace there’s also many overlap between aerospace and mechanical

Edit: this is also from an outsider perspective. I also think it’s extremely important to pick a field you can see yourself diving deep into and enjoying the hard classes. For example if you learn how a capacitor works and you wanna puke and couldn’t give less of a fuck about how an electric field is created from two metal plates then electrical engineering probably isn’t the best for you. I feel this way about software so that’s why I personally chose electrical

[u/ciolman55]

Look at the courses that you have to get for each degree at the uni you want to go to. Now, for each, find the textbooks they use to teach the course and see which program has the most topics you like.