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WHY is Warwick's engineering school so unrecognised?

Reading the info on the Warwick site i assumed that the school would be in top position. However that not the case, most leagues (almost all if not all) dont even include Warwick school of engineering in the ranking in terms of subject wise. being the biggest in it's kind i expected more. what the reason for this neglect :confused:

Reply 1

Barzini

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The course is challenging from what iv heard, and the content is solid, but the entry req are piss tbh and the engineering building and facilities, although good by a certain standard, look quite sub-par in front of the likes of imperial.

Reply 2

yeahyeahyeahs

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Dr. ailamos

Reading the info on the Warwick site i assumed that the school would be in top position. However that not the case, most leagues (almost all if not all) dont even include Warwick school of engineering in the ranking in terms of subject wise. being the biggest in it's kind i expected more. what the reason for this neglect :confused:

They are in the top ten for General engneering, but they don't do so well for mechnical , EEE and civil. no dea why.

Reply 3

PaulRevere

for general engineering - which is what everyone does for the first two years it is fifth in the times and guardian tables. The entry requirements are not "piss" - for the four year course they are AAB-ABB. The facilities aren't bad either - there are the workshops and the manufacturing lab in the basement, a windtunnel, the international automotive center and the digital lab which is under construction.

Reply 4

Barzini

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My first offer was for MEng electronic engg w. management. What was my offer? equal to BBBC. I later switched to economics, a different story, but the offer was far from hard to fulfill.

Yea, looking forward to see what the digilabs gonna be like..

Reply 5

PaulRevere

yeah, but presumably that was after an interview...some colleges in cambridge give out unconditional offers if they like the student sufficiently.

Reply 6

yeahyeahyeahs

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Engineering requirements are generally low across most universities. Most MEng courses require above BBB. Thats hard to get if you're not a naturally gifted A grade candidate and you do subjects that are Maths, Chemistry and Physics.

Reply 7

aqfrenzy

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but is an engineering degree really the best choice if you can't get A's in maths/physics? surely the degree would just be impossible/very very hard?

Reply 8

Signor Optimist

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so going to warwick for engineering is worthless( since it has no rep in these fields.)?

y go for engineering while you cant get As?. would be very hard if you go into a field you dont know much about.

Reply 9

yeahyeahyeahs

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Dr. ailamos

so going to warwick for engineering is worthless( since it has no rep in these fields.)?

going to warwick for engineering is not worthless.

i find it really annoying that alot of people on here are snobbish with regards to universities and their reputations. yes reputation is important in investment banking but in the engineering industry, an employer will not refuse to employ you because you went salford university instead of imperial for civil engineering.

Reply 10

PaulRevere

Dr. ailamos

so going to warwick for engineering is worthless( since it has no rep in these fields.)?

Pff..that's a bit of a drastic statement!

And anyways, apparently employers pay more attention to the overall rep of the university, and for warwick this is good. But this doesn't really matter anyways, since engineering is fifth in general engineering in the times and guardian tables. (as i said earlier).

I think one of the things that leaves warwick out of the civil/mechanical tables is that warwick focuses more on the business side of the industry than other universities, training us for management etc. I mean, a quarter of our course in the first two years is economics!

And like yeahyeahyeahs said, any credited engineering degree will be accepted by an employer. If you do well, the fact that you went to warwick won't make things difficult for you..on the contrary really, the university has some very good links to the industry.

Reply 11

Barzini

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PaulRevere

yeah, but presumably that was after an interview...some colleges in cambridge give out unconditional offers if they like the student sufficiently.

I never had an interview for any of the unis I applied to.

My offer from Imperial was AAAB, and from Warwick, BBBC, for the same MEng w. management course. But obv, imperial is no. 1 for electronics, hence the offer. But it just goes to show there is a huge divide between the top engineering depts in england and warwick's in terms of entry requirements = academic caliber of students attending = prestige of the course. Unfair, maybe, but a harsh reality.

Reply 12

Signor Optimist

OP

but reading all those info on the website. i thought employers would lift eyebrows knowin that u went to warwick. however thats not the case. or is it ?

Reply 13

PaulRevere

Dr. ailamos

but reading all those info on the website. i thought employers would lift eyebrows knowin that u went to warwick. however thats not the case. or is it ?

Unless you go to imperial or something similar i don't really think they would care that much. Like i said before, as long as you do well you are pretty much set, especially seeing the lack of engineers on the market.

Reply 14

PaulRevere

Barzini

I never had an interview for any of the unis I applied to.

My offer from Imperial was AAAB, and from Warwick, BBBC, for the same MEng w. management course. But obv, imperial is no. 1 for electronics, hence the offer. But it just goes to show there is a huge divide between the top engineering depts in england and warwick's in terms of entry requirements = academic caliber of students attending = prestige of the course. Unfair, maybe, but a harsh reality.

hmm, that sounds strange. When i applied i got an offer of 80% overall in the european bac, which is the equivalent of AAB or ABB (85% is AAA), imperial's offer was 85% (yeah yeah warwick was my insurance).

I'm thinking that your personal statement must have kicked ass! :p:

WHY is Warwick's engineering school so unrecognised?

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