Changing From a Maths Degree to an Engineering Degree

I doubt it'd be possible to transfer straight into second year of an engineering degree from a maths degree because they are very different, but you'd be best contacting the departments you want to join.

Yeah that's what I thought. I was just wondering if anyone on here had done it or knew of anyone that did.

I pinged off a few emails tonight so will find out soon enough.

Out of interest I noticed that you have Aberdeen as your location. Do you study at Aberdeen or RGU? How do you find the course so far? The reason I ask is I think RGU is still open for applications but Aberdeen is closed.

Cheers

RGU. The course is okay so far. First year had plenty of group and practical work, which was good fun and helped you get to know your coursemates.

But that isn't really relevant because people don't come all the way up here for the course, and that applies to both of the universities in Aberdeen. People come up here because they want to work in the petroleum industry and think that studying at a university that has close links to that sector and is geographically close to the oil capital of Europe is a good idea. And they are right. Both RGU and Aberdeen are really good at getting their graduates into that sector. The only difference is that the RGU course has more practical elements whereas the Aberdeen one is more theoretical.

The only other difference, and it is a very slight difference, is that the RGU mechanical engineering course has some optional petroleum engineering modules, whereas the Aberdeen one does not. But it really doesn't matter since it's such a small part of the degree. And doing them also doesn't give you better prospects within the petroleum industry either.

Aberdeen has better postgraduate research facilities. I've been in both departments several times and I'd say that a lot of the RGU labs are dedicated for undergraduate practical and project work, whereas in Aberdeen they are mainly for post graduate research.

Something to consider with RGU is that currently the engineering building is in the city centre, but it - along with everything else - is moving out to the main campus on the river Dee. This'll no doubt be done on the cheap, reducing our massive seven story building with ample workshop space that is in a great location to some ****ty modern building that, well, sucks. Rumour has it that due to the slope on the windows on the new building, offices and tutorial rooms won't even be fully enclosed. That'll suck. God knows what the noise will be like when the grinders, lathes, wind tunnels, engines etc. are running. But I'll be gone by the time that is ready, but all prospective undergraduates will be affected.

In terms of gyms, both are fantastic, but Aberdeen's new one is slightly better. RGU has halls in better locations, though, and actually has a students union.

That's all I can say, really. I applied to both of them and both had the same entry requirements. I think I chose RGU primarily because I was more impressed with the scope for practical work. Seeing is believing, and being able to design something and actually build it yourself - or have the technicians do it - is really good, in my opinion.

But if you're not planning on working in the petroleum sector, or at least renewables, then I don't think there's any need to come up this far north. I also had an offer from Edinburgh (which was my insurance) and I would have went there if I didn't already know I wanted to work for an oil company.

Cheers for the reply.

I'm originally from Dundee so heading up to Aberdeen won't bother me. The only places in Scotland still open for Mechanical Engineering are RGU and Napier but I think RGU is meant to be one of the best in the UK so that's an easy choice. Most of the English Universities i've looked at are asking for advanced highers, which I don't have, so it's not looking great.

The only engineering course at my uni is electronic so I don't have the option of transferring within my own uni either.

I don't suppose you know of any decent engineering departments in England that don't require advanced highers?

Do you know if you can do a masters in engineering from a maths background or is this not possible due to the differences in syllabus?

RGU. The course is okay so far. First year had plenty of group and practical work, which was good fun and helped you get to know your coursemates.

But that isn't really relevant because people don't come all the way up here for the course, and that applies to both of the universities in Aberdeen. People come up here because they want to work in the petroleum industry and think that studying at a university that has close links to that sector and is geographically close to the oil capital of Europe is a good idea. And they are right. Both RGU and Aberdeen are really good at getting their graduates into that sector. The only difference is that the RGU course has more practical elements whereas the Aberdeen one is more theoretical.

The only other difference, and it is a very slight difference, is that the RGU mechanical engineering course has some optional petroleum engineering modules, whereas the Aberdeen one does not. But it really doesn't matter since it's such a small part of the degree. And doing them also doesn't give you better prospects within the petroleum industry either.

Aberdeen has better postgraduate research facilities. I've been in both departments several times and I'd say that a lot of the RGU labs are dedicated for undergraduate practical and project work, whereas in Aberdeen they are mainly for post graduate research.

Something to consider with RGU is that currently the engineering building is in the city centre, but it - along with everything else - is moving out to the main campus on the river Dee. This'll no doubt be done on the cheap, reducing our massive seven story building with ample workshop space that is in a great location to some ****ty modern building that, well, sucks. Rumour has it that due to the slope on the windows on the new building, offices and tutorial rooms won't even be fully enclosed. That'll suck. God knows what the noise will be like when the grinders, lathes, wind tunnels, engines etc. are running. But I'll be gone by the time that is ready, but all prospective undergraduates will be affected.

In terms of gyms, both are fantastic, but Aberdeen's new one is slightly better. RGU has halls in better locations, though, and actually has a students union.

That's all I can say, really. I applied to both of them and both had the same entry requirements. I think I chose RGU primarily because I was more impressed with the scope for practical work. Seeing is believing, and being able to design something and actually build it yourself - or have the technicians do it - is really good, in my opinion.

But if you're not planning on working in the petroleum sector, or at least renewables, then I don't think there's any need to come up this far north. I also had an offer from Edinburgh (which was my insurance) and I would have went there if I didn't already know I wanted to work for an oil company.

(sorry, this ^is completely irrelevant to the thread..)
Hello.
Just wondering, but the new building being built for engineering.. ^is it the same building that's getting built for pharmacy/life sciences??