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employability
hey, i'm thinking about doing aeronautical/aerospace engineering at uni starting in 2008 and was wondering how employable BEng or MEng graduates are straight after graduation?
a lot of people are saying "definitely, you'll have no problem getting a job", but i am unsure if this is just people's perception or whether it is actually true.
cheers in advance.
a lot of people are saying "definitely, you'll have no problem getting a job", but i am unsure if this is just people's perception or whether it is actually true.
cheers in advance.
I think you will have trouble getting a job in aerospace engineering mainly because there aren't enough jobs in aerospace engineering.
I don't quite know what Mush is on about to be honest. It's not like that in the UK. Not even close! Infact Mush can you either edit your post to be correct or delete it, it might confuse people.
Firstly, chartership requires a MEng (or BEng with further academic study) with extensive engineering experience as an engineer, you get it through graduating and being employed as an engineer. From that point you will typically be called a senior engineer but it depends on your employer. Many people chose not to become chartered for various reasons such as how it has been dumbed down over the last 3 years (IChemE specific although may be true for other institutions). Many people just don't see the point as it provides little in today's current engineering 'climate'. You certainly don't need to be chartered or even be any form of member of the relevant engineering institution to work as an engineer.
You will walk into a job after graduation if you are any good, assuming the aero sector is anything like the chemical sector. I have a job offer 18 months before graduation. A MEng will help your prospects and at my current employer it pays an extra £1.5k from the start. Some offer no extra, some more.
If you approach your prospective universities and ask them what their employment rate is for your course it will give you a good idea. A large proportion of people on my course will have a job long before graduation, ready to start after a nice long summer after the 4th year.
Firstly, chartership requires a MEng (or BEng with further academic study) with extensive engineering experience as an engineer, you get it through graduating and being employed as an engineer. From that point you will typically be called a senior engineer but it depends on your employer. Many people chose not to become chartered for various reasons such as how it has been dumbed down over the last 3 years (IChemE specific although may be true for other institutions). Many people just don't see the point as it provides little in today's current engineering 'climate'. You certainly don't need to be chartered or even be any form of member of the relevant engineering institution to work as an engineer.
You will walk into a job after graduation if you are any good, assuming the aero sector is anything like the chemical sector. I have a job offer 18 months before graduation. A MEng will help your prospects and at my current employer it pays an extra £1.5k from the start. Some offer no extra, some more.
If you approach your prospective universities and ask them what their employment rate is for your course it will give you a good idea. A large proportion of people on my course will have a job long before graduation, ready to start after a nice long summer after the 4th year.
what abt electronic engineering and comp sc course at aston? does it have good job prospects??
isaac12345
what abt electronic engineering and comp sc course at aston? does it have good job prospects??
According to their website it is accreditted by IEE so presumably job prospects can't be bad!
As for demand for engineers in the electrical sector I'm not sure... to be honest I think engineers in any discipline (except perhaps really specialised ones like Aerospace) are quite in demand.
yeahyeahyeahs
I think you will have trouble getting a job in aerospace engineering mainly because there aren't enough jobs in aerospace engineering.
Jobs in the Aerospace industry are everywhere! I don't know where you got that idea from, it's not like demand for air travel is going to suddenly drop - if anything it will increase to rise as it has for the last half a century!
I know many more mech eng grads working in the aero industry than aero eng grads, and coincidently, I often hear about how the aero industry sometimes favours mech eng over aerospace. If you want to increase your employability into the aero industry you might want to talk to some employers, recently employed graduate aerospace engineers and lecturers about the benefits of studying mechanical vs. aerospace at university. (Assuming you want to end up in the aero industry)
However, yes, in general your employability prospects are very high indeed with a good quality eng degree. I was employed 3 months after graduation (after a very intensive job hunt) which is apparantly the average amount of time it takes to get a job. Wow.
However, yes, in general your employability prospects are very high indeed with a good quality eng degree. I was employed 3 months after graduation (after a very intensive job hunt) which is apparantly the average amount of time it takes to get a job. Wow.
cheers evy1, definitely reassured me about my degree choice. i'll be popping down to a few uni to talk to lecturers/students about it too.
Mush
A job in ENGINEERING? Zilch.
Even with 100 PhDs in various branches of engineering you wont get a job in engineering. Why?
Because you're not chartered. You need to get a qualification known as a CEng(Chartered Engineer, funnily enough) to prove that you are NOT a liability in the industry and can work, think and act independently in industry. You need to further study in a specially allocated engineering college to get this CEng.
Even with 100 PhDs in various branches of engineering you wont get a job in engineering. Why?
Because you're not chartered. You need to get a qualification known as a CEng(Chartered Engineer, funnily enough) to prove that you are NOT a liability in the industry and can work, think and act independently in industry. You need to further study in a specially allocated engineering college to get this CEng.
I'm sorry but this is complete nonsense!! Chartered status has little or no bearing on a graduate job - "further study" at an "engineering college" is not critical if you have a Masters degree, in fact you need experience in an engineering job to gain CEng status in the first place - not the other way around.
There are plenty of graduate engineering jobs in the UK - and many more abroad.
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