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General consensus on engineering maths at bristol?

Seems like a weird hybrid between maths, engineering and comp sci. I like the broadness though and the module list looks very interesting. What concerns me is I've only seen it offered at bristol so I'm wondering if employers will recognise the course or if it's a 'mickey mouse' course because many people get it through reconsideration. It's either that or physics with computing. For reference I originally applied for aerospace engineering but wasn't really even set on being an engineer. Any thoughts or experience with the course would be great.

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I don't think anyone will consider it a mickey mouse degree! Employers probably won't view it as equivalent to a mechanical, electrical, civil etc. degree, though people studying it probably aren't looking to go down those paths anyway.

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by Smack
I don't think anyone will consider it a mickey mouse degree! Employers probably won't view it as equivalent to a mechanical, electrical, civil etc. degree, though people studying it probably aren't looking to go down those paths anyway.


I appreciate the reply. It's good to hear that it will be a respectable degree. What sort of paths would somebody studying this degree look towards? I feel like if not engineering then finance, tech? But in those fields surely maths and cs degrees will again eclipse engineering maths like it was in engineering fields.

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by F0haniX
I appreciate the reply. It's good to hear that it will be a respectable degree. What sort of paths would somebody studying this degree look towards? I feel like if not engineering then finance, tech? But in those fields surely maths and cs degrees will again eclipse engineering maths like it was in engineering fields.

Yeah those fields. Plus, within the engineering field, simulation/analysis roles would likely be happy enough with someone with that degree.

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by F0haniX
Seems like a weird hybrid between maths, engineering and comp sci. I like the broadness though and the module list looks very interesting. What concerns me is I've only seen it offered at bristol so I'm wondering if employers will recognise the course or if it's a 'mickey mouse' course because many people get it through reconsideration. It's either that or physics with computing. For reference I originally applied for aerospace engineering but wasn't really even set on being an engineer. Any thoughts or experience with the course would be great.

As Smack commented, it’s certainly not going to be viewed as Mickey Mouse. The only trade off is you would probably find some graduate opportunities you wouldn’t have the right prerequisite knowledge for however lots of graduate roles probably won’t be that picky. And if you were to do a specific master’s in a nominal engineering or physics field afterwards you could probably keep open lots of doors the only thing will be having to fund a postgraduate masters.

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by mnot
As Smack commented, it’s certainly not going to be viewed as Mickey Mouse. The only trade off is you would probably find some graduate opportunities you wouldn’t have the right prerequisite knowledge for however lots of graduate roles probably won’t be that picky. And if you were to do a specific master’s in a nominal engineering or physics field afterwards you could probably keep open lots of doors the only thing will be having to fund a postgraduate masters.

It sounds like I'll have a lot of options which is comforting although funding a post grad might be the difficult part I guess. I appreciate the replies though, I'm feeling a lot more confident in choosing this degree.
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by F0haniX
Seems like a weird hybrid between maths, engineering and comp sci. I like the broadness though and the module list looks very interesting. What concerns me is I've only seen it offered at bristol so I'm wondering if employers will recognise the course or if it's a 'mickey mouse' course because many people get it through reconsideration. It's either that or physics with computing. For reference I originally applied for aerospace engineering but wasn't really even set on being an engineer. Any thoughts or experience with the course would be great.

It's been a while since I was closely involved, but Engineering Maths was always viewed within the university as one of their top courses - challenging to get in to and very well regarded with employers.

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