Best area of engineering

Darren1o1

I currently study medical mechanical engineering in dcu and find it is a great choice. The course was recently accreditted to the institute of engineers, whereas other qualifications have yet to be accredited eg ul biomedical degree. The title of the degree is being changed next yr to biomedical and mechanical engineering and will give you a choice in career path. The course is like all other eng courses quite tough with long hour

A guy further up said the hiring rate is poor from dcu eng. Well from what i have seen there is no problem, with from what i have been told boston sci and other comps preferring dcu grads to other couterparts. There is good international collarboration, i am currently on work experience in germany with a large international company while friends of mine are in austria doing research.

There is alot of jobs in biomechanical engineering at the mo despite what people say. Boston sci have recently moved i research centre from the states and 8 out of the top 10 medical companies in ireland at the moment you should be ok for a job

I would give it the thumbs up, but i suppose it is a personal choice. If you have a q's just give us a shout and i'm sure i can help

JoseJones

anyone studying or know anything about aeronautical engineering?

Nukem

franman wrote:

So you don't actually have a job!!

Well just thought id update on this moan about mech jobs. Finished college exams on Saturday 11.30 and start work Monday 8.00.
Our class had 80% employment before leaving college,talking to people who start tomor and all this week. People going to Coffey,Rolls Royce,Pfizer,Boston Scientific,Guidant,Airbus and Sikorsky....and so on. Mech & Aero as you can see has a very high employment rate.

JoseJones wrote:

anyone studying or know anything about aeronautical engineering?

Just finished with a load of Aero heads from UL,class course but in terms of jobs you will most likely have to go abroad:o unless you can get into somewhere like the Air core or Shannon Aerospace.They do a coop where you can be sent to a company like Airbus or Boeing or the like for 9 months abroad to get experience.Check www.mae.ul.ie for more info and classes

ScabbyLeg

I've just finished third year in Aeronautical engineering in UL. You start off in first year with the exact same set of subjects as mechanical and biomedical engineering, and as the years go by the subjects get a little more specialised in each area. This past semester I had 3 subjects that were shared with the mech eng class and three that were aero specific.

I wouldn't really take too much notice of what each college tells you regarding job prospects... looking at it objectively, whichever college you're in will try to give you the impression that they're the best or have the best employment records. In general though engineering does seem to be a pretty safe career path to be on.

UL certainly isn't a perfect college but one thing they really got right was the coop / work placement programme. I think all of the class got placement in an aero-related field and lots of us were able to go abroad- I spent 8 months working in Germany and others were over in France working for the likes of Airbus and Snecma.

When I was chosing Aero Eng at the time of the CAO, a lot of people told me that it didn't specifically matter whether I decided on mechanical or aero (or even biomedical)... and the further I get through the course, the more I realise that that really is the case.

Still ****ing delighted to be finished those exams last week though!

PDelux

There were a couple of articles in yesterday's Financial Times basically saying how the British have to import engineers from Germany and India because they do not have enough graduates. So, loads of jobs over there
These days in Ireland I think the business graduates are the ones with the pick of the jobs and high salaries.

ScabbyLeg

Having done my coop in Germany I know that they're screaming out for more engineers over there. Lots of German students I met working were studying a mix of half business and half engineering and were working in logistics type jobs, so lots of companies are still looking for pure mechanical type engineers. That's how it was in the north anyway, with companies like Airbus and Lufthansa doing very well at the moment.

I don't really know what to make of business studies. There might be rake loads of jobs but there are also rake loads of graduates! Probably double the number of engineering graduates in UL.

DJDC

I am a 3rd year in Mech Eng in UCD and I'd say most of my class have decent work experience lined up for the summer.The IAESTE program really sorted out loads of people and also others are working in BMW,ESB etc.Its seems the UL class have done really well too.

The facts speak for themselves.If you want to become a mechanical engineer go to UCD or UL,because you wont have difficulty getting a decent job upon graduation.I dont know what the story is with the other colleges but in my opinion they are the 2 best undergraduate mech courses in the country both in terms of calibre of student and quality of course and employers know it.

Nukem

DJDC wrote:

mechanical engineer go to UCD or UL,because you wont have difficulty getting a decent job upon graduation

CIT has come leaps and bounds - talking to a few lads and they are all employed as well:D

Borzoi

DJDC wrote:

I dont know what the story is with the other colleges but in my opinion they are the 2 best undergraduate mech courses in the country both in terms of calibre of student and quality of course and employers know it.

So as an under graduate, you have some sort of of broad sweeping generalisation, without any direct expereince.

As an employer, it doesn't matter to me, where you got your degree, just as long as you have a (vaguely) relevant one. It's going top be at least 12months further on the job training and experience before you're of any use - some jobs require more time, some less.

Consider the IEI's view that it requires 4 years of responsible experinence to be chartered, ie a professional engineer. By which time you'll realise how little college teaches:D

copacetic

Borzoi wrote:

So as an under graduate, you have some sort of of broad sweeping generalisation, without any direct expereince.

As an employer, it doesn't matter to me, where you got your degree, just as long as you have a (vaguely) relevant one. It's going top be at least 12months further on the job training and experience before you're of any use - some jobs require more time, some less.

Consider the IEI's view that it requires 4 years of responsible experinence to be chartered, ie a professional engineer. By which time you'll realise how little college teaches:D

as he says, i thought having gone to UCD (elec), struggled through 4 years of what is considered one of the most academically challenging courses with over a 50% failure rate for the second years exams it would count for something. As it turns out employers couldn't give a ****e where you went to college (as you soon find out you learnt feck all useful and they know it). No-one employs a grad expecting them to be able to do anything useful for 6 months to a year...

I remember all that talk in college from lecturers and students about how UCD was the best, trinity was mickey mouse, dcu wasn't any good and as for DIT! (This was 9 years ago now) I did my master in TCD and the same crap was spoken there, but with the we are a 'small elite' faculty take on it. Then you get out in the real world and no-one gives a crap about where u went, only what your final result was and possible what your thesis/final year project was on. Once you have a years experience, thats all the matters.

PDelux

By which time you'll realise how little college teaches

When I started working i realised this as well. Something should be done about that.

amistyfog

By which time you'll realise how little college teaches.... you get out in the real world and no-one gives a crap about where u went, only what your final result was and possible what your thesis/final year project was on. Once you have a years experience, thats all the matters.

Wow, i never thought it was that way, interesting stuff being said here.
Well only a week now until the L.C, just wish it was over at the stage.

Ive once again changed my mind, i think im going to go with Digital Media Eng in DCU. I dont know, i was always saying i wouldnt put it down because id probably find it hard get really good work out of it, but i think im going to put it down as my 1st choice. Everything ive read about the course interests me and its the kind of thing im good at. All the things you guys have said has really led me to believe that if you like the course your doing, and your good at it and work hard youll get the work.

Anybody doing this degree, anybody got any thoughts on it??

whassupp2

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cargrouch

whassupp2 wrote:

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Darren1o1

amistyfog wrote:

Ive once again changed my mind, i think im going to go with Digital Media Eng in DCU.

Well one good thing in DCU is the relative choice once you get in. By that i mean if you go into Digital Media Eng and decide after 2 weeks you'd prefer med mech eng or comp applications or any other course in fact, if you have the points(and course requirements) you can change this relatively easily. There also is a common entry course for all engineering subjects in DCU which started this year and might be interesting for you to look at. Also I would email the programme chair of the course ask him about the course, that is his job and no-one will know more about it than him.

Hope this helped