UK/USA - which is the better place for studying Engineering?

hello there,

I've always wanted to study in a British university and so I'm not giving up after being unable to start uni this year. I want to join a UK uni by a different route, i.e. by studying UK Degree Transfer Programme in Malaysia for a year or two and then transferring to a UK uni to complete my course.

Malaysian Unis/Colleges also offer American Degree Transfer Programme and one of my friends in TSR is suggesting me to study that course instead.

PLEASE EXPRESS YOUR VEIWS, WITH GOOD REASONS, ON CHOOSING UK OR USA UNIVERSITY FOR STUDYING ENGINEERING. IF YOU CHOOSE UK, THEN WHY NOT USA? (Please also include in your reasons: engineering job prospects, average starting salaries, average salaries of Professional Engineers, etc)
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WHICH IS THE BEST PLACE FOR ENGINEERS TO WORK IN - UK OR USA?

I'm aware that many of you TSR members are from UK and might support UK unis, so in that case, I'd request you to be totally unbiased and give an honest opinion. :smile:

Reference to Civil Engineering will be highly appreciated.

Thanks,
Ashique

Reply 1

shyopstv

A lot depends on which uni you go to. MIT or Havard for example will be much better than UEL while Cambridge would be better than a poor American university. American unis also have huge tuition fees so check if you would have to pay those as part of your exchange programme first. Overall, I would just go to whichever country you prefer and there is no ponit in asking that here as you will get a whole long list of biased answers

As for where to work, as an Engineer you will be able to work anywhere in the world no matter which country you graduate from so don't let that change your decision

Reply 2

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shyopstv

As for where to work, as an Engineer you will be able to work anywhere in the world no matter which country you graduate from so don't let that change your decision

Yes, it's true that Engineers have jobs at anywhere in the world. As far as I know, UK and US degrees are recognised worldwide, but if you want to work in USA then you need to have been graduated with an American degree. Aint it true?

Reply 3

Smaber

As part of my course I'm going to do, there's the option to spend a year in the U.S in an Industry placement. I also think you can spend time in Europe but you need to be pretty strong with the language. I can't wait to try a year in the U.S though. I don't think I could live there so I figured this is the next best thing. So you could see if you could do the opposite in the U.S

Reply 4

andyj72

UK cos its more acceptable

Reply 5

Mendinho

Engineering at Havard? I think the MIT is fantastic in engineering (probably the best) but Harvard is nor very good at engineering.

Reply 6

Mendinho

I have friend studyin in the US and the level of difficulty is similar.

Engineering jobs are much better in the US than in the UK but American degrees are not automatically recognized in Europe, so it will not be easy for you to work as an engineer in any European country.

If you want to study civil engineering in the UK, I recommend you the following universities: Imperial, Bristol, Cardiff, Swansea, Southampton, Manchester, Bath, Surrey, Nottingham, Sheffield,...

In Europe you will also find outstanding universities: Ecole National de Ponts et Chausses (Paris), Chalmers University (Gotteborg), Politecnico di Milano (Milan), ETH (Zurich), Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, IST-Universidade Tecnica (Lisbon), Technical University of Munich...

It is up to you.