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General engineering vs Specialised Engineering

Hi Guys I wanted to apply for MEng in General engineering at Warwick and then specialise in civil or mechanical at the end of second year. Looking at the modules there are many general topics like philosophy and languages, so I was worried if my civil/mechanical degree would be worthy for engineering jobs.

Is there such thing as, higher chances of getting jobs from specialised Civil degree from uni such as nottingham compared to general Civil degree after specialising at third year in Warwick.
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Hi Guys I wanted to apply for MEng in General engineering at Warwick and then specialise in civil or mechanical at the end of second year. Looking at the modules there are many general topics like philosophy and languages, so I was worried if my civil/mechanical degree would be worthy for engineering jobs.

Is there such thing as, higher chances of getting jobs from specialised Civil degree from uni such as nottingham compared to general Civil degree after specialising at third year in Warwick.


As long as your certificate says "MEng Civil Engineering [plus any additions, like structural engineering]", and it is accredited by the relevant institution, employers won't care - in fact they won't even know whether it was general in the first two years or not. It completely doesn't matter.
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Original post by sports_crazy
Hi Guys I wanted to apply for MEng in General engineering at Warwick and then specialise in civil or mechanical at the end of second year. Looking at the modules there are many general topics like philosophy and languages, so I was worried if my civil/mechanical degree would be worthy for engineering jobs.

Is there such thing as, higher chances of getting jobs from specialised Civil degree from uni such as nottingham compared to general Civil degree after specialising at third year in Warwick.


I do a general course at the moment, and as with many others who I know at other unis who also do general courses, I have worked out what I want to do and am now getting frustrated with having to learn other stuff which I don't find as interesting (and is generally harder than what I am capable of).

If you know you want to do civil I would suggest applying for civil because it is frustrating having to learn about stuff you are not interested in, it is also enough to put people off to the point they drop out.

I had a friend who dropped out of Oxford and started again elsewhere with a mechanical course, he is far happier there and much more motivated to work because he is enjoying what he is doing, which is really important.

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