Civil Engineering vs Chemical Engineering
Both are amazing courses
What course is in higher demand and what is the likelihood to get a job for these two courses?
Basically, which course is better?
What course is in higher demand and what is the likelihood to get a job for these two courses?
Basically, which course is better?
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Chemical Engineering
Original post by PrincessBO$$
Chemical Engineering
how come?
Original post by dcstudent999
how come?
My friend's brother did a degree and a master in it. He got a job in one of saudi arabia oil plants
So...?
Chemical engineering
It has more options to diversify ,you can make a lot more money and its more interesting in my opinion.
Both jobs have equal opportunities in my opinion.Construction is going to increase in the developing world over the coming century and regeneration projects will probably increase in America and Europe,so I can see more civil engineers needed.
But this increase in development will need more chemical engineers to help make the raw materials and do other valuable work.
It has more options to diversify ,you can make a lot more money and its more interesting in my opinion.
Both jobs have equal opportunities in my opinion.Construction is going to increase in the developing world over the coming century and regeneration projects will probably increase in America and Europe,so I can see more civil engineers needed.
But this increase in development will need more chemical engineers to help make the raw materials and do other valuable work.
Original post by PrincessBO$$
My friend's brother did a degree and a master in it. He got a job in one of saudi arabia oil plants So...?
So...?sounds so cool working in such a large scale industry
Original post by dcstudent999
sounds so cool working in such a large scale industry
He was half saudi so... and he got a job with Aramco
Original post by PrincessBO$$
He was half saudi so... and he got a job with Aramco
While the pay is very good,the country seems to be very strict,so what does he do for leisure ?
Is he not bored ?
Original post by Kadak
Chemical engineering
It has more options to diversify ,you can make a lot more money and its more interesting in my opinion.
Both jobs have equal opportunities in my opinion.Construction is going to increase in the developing world over the coming century and regeneration projects will probably increase in America and Europe,so I can see more civil engineers needed.
But this increase in development will need more chemical engineers to help make the raw materials and do other valuable work.
It has more options to diversify ,you can make a lot more money and its more interesting in my opinion.
Both jobs have equal opportunities in my opinion.Construction is going to increase in the developing world over the coming century and regeneration projects will probably increase in America and Europe,so I can see more civil engineers needed.
But this increase in development will need more chemical engineers to help make the raw materials and do other valuable work.
yeah I see what you mean, I am from the UK, and it seems that the manufacturing side of things here are sharply declining. Is this kind of reminiscent of the demand for Chemical Engineers?
Original post by Kadak
While the pay is very good,the country seems to be very strict,so what does he do for leisure ?
Is he not bored ?
Is he not bored ?
i think its near jeddah the oil mine, and jeddah is much more relax. Some of the young people have pool parties *on private property* with no alcohol ofcourse. 90% of my friends are saudi not all are religious
Original post by dcstudent999
yeah I see what you mean, I am from the UK, and it seems that the manufacturing side of things here are sharply declining. Is this kind of reminiscent of the demand for Chemical Engineers?
Maybe manufacturing ,but other roles like processing,pharmaceuticals,synthetic biology,food processing,etc. there is still load sof jobs for chemical engineers here in UK.
Original post by PrincessBO$$
i think its near jeddah the oil mine, and jeddah is much more relax. Some of the young people have pool parties *on private property* with no alcohol ofcourse. 90% of my friends are saudi not all are religious
Are you Saudi yourself ?
Never knew,I assume the religious police dont know
.Yeah we know,the country has almost a million atheists !
Original post by Kadak
Are you Saudi yourself ?
Never knew,I assume the religious police dont know.
Yeah we know,the country has almost a million atheists !
Never knew,I assume the religious police dont know
.Yeah we know,the country has almost a million atheists !
No i'm Somali and live in the UK. There are few people from the gulf here
Original post by PrincessBO$$
No i'm Somali and live in the UK. There are few people from the gulf here
Oh,cool.I don`t think I ever had a somali friend before.You Somali girls can be very cute at times
.Is Pirates of the Carribean your favourite movie by any chance
?Spoiler
Original post by Kadak
Oh,cool.I don`t think I ever had a somali friend before.You Somali girls can be very cute at times .
Is Pirates of the Carribean your favourite movie by any chance?
.Is Pirates of the Carribean your favourite movie by any chance
?Spoiler
Not to boast but i've been told by someone i'm one of the best looking somali girls
they've seenNah my fav movie is Captain Philips
Original post by dcstudent999
Both are amazing courses
What course is in higher demand and what is the likelihood to get a job for these two courses?
Basically, which course is better?
What course is in higher demand and what is the likelihood to get a job for these two courses?
Basically, which course is better?
If you're looking at things purely in terms of getting a job at the end of it, the stats from the class of 2014* indicated that civil was marginally better for employment overall, with more actually going into engineering jobs than chemical.
Certainly, if you look at the big engineering consultancies and civil contractors, there seems to be a lot of recruiting in that area at the moment. Roads, water and other infrastructure looks like it's currently getting a lot of investment.
Of course this may all change by the time you graduate. During the financial crisis at the end of last decade, civil was perhaps the hardest hit, for example, and chemical seemed okay as developing countries were still buying commodities.
*From Unistats
(edited 7 years ago)
Original post by PrincessBO$$
Not to boast but i've been told by someone i'm one of the best looking somali girls they've seen
Nah my fav movie is Captain Philips
they've seenNah my fav movie is Captain Philips
Oh really? Stop teasing me
.Well princess or may I call you your highness,I await your royal introduction on post a picture of yourself thread 
.I guess we should stop,we are derailing the thread
.Original post by Kadak
Oh really? Stop teasing me .Well princess or may I call you your highness,I await your royal introduction on post a picture of yourself thread .
I guess we should stop,we are derailing the thread.
.Well princess or may I call you your highness,I await your royal introduction on post a picture of yourself thread .I guess we should stop,we are derailing the thread
.pm me
and 'post picture of yourself thread' i'm saving my looks for my husband
I vote civil engineering. Purely because all 5 chemical engineers I know had to become teachers. The civil engineers I know went on to actually find jobs in their field.
That and oil is running out in about 40 years. You won't have retired by then.
That and oil is running out in about 40 years. You won't have retired by then.
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