Which would you choose?

Im terribly confused with which course to choose in my UCAS application...

Im torn between UCL Biochemical Engineering (BSc), Imperial Material Science (BSc), and UCL Electrical Engineering? which would you choose? Any advice?

Thanks

Reply 1

The$W£D£

id choose electrical engineering :tongue:

Reply 2

BJH1412

I applied for this biochem eng at UCL and the video I received made it seem quite boring...

Reply 3

bananamoonbeam

Personally Imperial - best rep. Depends what course you are most interested in though.

Reply 4

The$W£D£

all 3 courses are completely different. Do some research

Reply 5

5unny_F1

all the three courses are totally different to each other, look at the course structures and go for the one you think would enjoy most.

I personally would go for Biochemical Engineering!!

Reply 6

winnie the poo

Don't be fooled in to thinking rep makes any difference with regards to employability when it comes to engineering. As long as you go to a half decent uni, you'll have as much of a chance for a job place as anyone else. At the end of the day, it comes down to you, not where you got your degree - this isn't Law, where rep is everything. The only factors affecting your choice right now, should be what course you prefer, and where you'd most like to stay for the next 3, 4 or 5 years of your life.

Good luck anyways :smile:

Reply 7

ukebert

I'd personally go for Electrical, but the Imperial course looks interesting. It's your decision, no-one can help you I'm afraid :smile:

Reply 8

Scuttle

bananamoonbeam

Personally Imperial - best rep. Depends what course you are most interested in though.

Why!?!?

Imperial has a good rep, yes, but this is bloody engineering. Think of it a bit more like medicine, it isn't just about the university that the engineering school is in, but the quality of the engineering and accreditation.

Going to Imperial is not a no-brainer if you have other even half decent places to choose from. It's good, but its not selective like Oxbridge and doesn't get you the same WOW factor generally. A BLOODY good engineering university, hell yes, but don't oversell it.

Also, going to Imperial and doing Materials Science when you want an engineering degree is a monumental mistake to make.

Reply 9

bananamoonbeam

seen as the OP doesn't seem to have a clue what kind of engineering he wants to do, and to of his courses are BSc (not BEng/MEng), I think that Imperial will give him the best job opportunities. If OP specifically knows he wants to do a different type of engineering then he should definately go to the university that offers that. Within the engineerig field there is absoloutly no snobbery about what university you go to (and I love that), however outside the world of engineering it is a sad fact that snobbery still exists.