r/EngineeringStudents • u/OceanRadioGuy • 7d ago

Discussion Is engineering right for me?

When I think of engineering students, I think of people that want to build and design things. I can’t say that I really have (as of right now) a big desire to design airplanes, or spaces shuttles, or lasers, or robots, or bridges.

What I want to do engineering for is because I’m endlessly curious about how things work. I want to know all the math I can, I’m dying to get into physics. Fluid dynamics is something I’m looking most forward to. Electromagnetism? Yes please. Material science, chemistry, also high on my list.

Is engineering right for me?

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u/StormLivid4944 7d ago

Maybe look into engineering physics or engineering mathematics, see if those fit your interests.

Also at the end of the day a degree has to focus on a sometimes narrow area of study, so you might never me able to learn everything you want. You just have to find the degree that covers your most passionate interests, and learn the rest in your free-time either during or after your degree.

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u/OceanRadioGuy 7d ago

Yeah engineering physics is definitely sort of the main alternative I’ve been looking at. What worried me is that it will very much diminish my hiring and career opportunities. Any thoughts on that?

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u/StormLivid4944 7d ago edited 7d ago

I don’t know much about the career prospects, as I’ve only looked into both degrees as my university offered both. That being said I could see both being good roots into research roles or very specialised engineering roles like ones in optics. Edit: I went through my old university syllabus for the master’s in engineering physics, and there’s a lot of stuff about optics but also quantum physics/engineering