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Trinity or DCU engineering?

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  • 14-02-2012 3:41am
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    A Fine Gent
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    I've heard really positive things from both, DCU seems to be more practical and there's a €1000 grant if you get over 500 points in the leaving but Trinity seems to have alot more recognition around the country
    DCU would be closer but Trinity is only a bus ride away while I could walk to DCU in 15/20 minutes,
    I was also thinking that if I go to Trinity, Dont like the college could I transfer straight into DCU? Like not have to repeat first year in DCU and go straight into second aslong as I passed all of my exams in Trinity and finished the year
    Ive ruled out UCD, Maynooth and DIT all for personal reasons so im just left with these, any help would be appreciated!:D


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    kevohmsford
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    I know a few people that studied Engineering in DCU. They run excellent courses. A good few do placements in third year and the university has excellent connections to industry. I studied mechanical engineering in DIT which was a really good place to study engineering. If you do decide on TCD I believe you can choose to do the first two years which are common then decide what branch of engineering to study. I don't think it makes a whole lot of difference where you do your undergrad as long as the course is accredited by Engineer Ireland.
    http://http://www.engineersireland.ie/services/programme-accreditaton/accredited-programmes/
    What type of engineering interests you?


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    A Fine Gent
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    kevohmsford wrote: »
    I know a few people that studied Engineering in DCU. They run excellent courses. A good few do placements in third year and the university has excellent connections to industry. I studied mechanical engineering in DIT which was a really good place to study engineering. If you do decide on TCD I believe you can choose to do the first two years which are common then decide what branch of engineering to study. I don't think it makes a whole lot of difference where you do your undergrad as long as the course is accredited by Engineer Ireland.
    http://http://www.engineersireland.ie/services/programme-accreditaton/accredited-programmes/
    What type of engineering interests you?

    Most things but cival to be honest,
    Ideally I'd like to be involved with renewable energy but i wasnt sure if that was mechanical, electrical or electronics with computing
    I think it would definitely be between those three choices any way


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    HavingCrack
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    A Fine Gent wrote: »
    Most things but cival to be honest,
    Ideally I'd like to be involved with renewable energy but i wasnt sure if that was mechanical, electrical or electronics with computing
    I think it would definitely be between those three choices any way

    I would be extremely cautious about going down the civil engineering route to be honest. Anyone I know who studied civil engineering is either unemployed, working in a different field or has emigrated. When you graduate I suspect the situation will be the same.

    I would really recommend trying to do a general engineering degree for the first two years to see which areas really interest you. Just as an aside, chemical engineering is where the money and jobs are.


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    kevohmsford
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    If you are interested in the renewable energy sector then Mechanical Engineering would be the way to go. I know NUIGalway do an undergrad in Renewable Energy Technologies. The good thing about mechanical is that because it is a broad spectrum degree you can specialise in another area of Engineering afterwards. A few friends have done masters in Renewable Energy related areas after completing Mechanical. Some have got jobs in that area straight from the degree.
    If I had to decide on a place to do Engineering again. I would choose from UCD, DIT or UL. Just my opinion but I do not believe Trinity is practical enough which is what employers seem to favor.


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    A Fine Gent
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    HavingCrack wrote: »
    I would be extremely cautious about going down the civil engineering route to be honest. Anyone I know who studied civil engineering is either unemployed, working in a different field or has emigrated. When you graduate I suspect the situation will be the same.

    I would really recommend trying to do a general engineering degree for the first two years to see which areas really interest you. Just as an aside, chemical engineering is where the money and jobs are.

    No i meant civil is the one type of engineering I dont want to do, I remember going to an open day and the civil lecturer just basically talked about soils for an hour, completely put me off it!
    What type of careers could i end up with if i did chemical engineering?


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