Engineering at NUIG

oktplz

In my leaving cert year, filling in the CAO.
I'm interested in doing Engineering in Galway and would really appreciate it if someone doing the course would be able to tell me what it's like, like in terms of difficulty, hours, etc.?
Thank you so much

Long Gone

What type of Engineering ? - Civil, Mechanical, Electronic ? ?

oktplz

Long Gone wrote: »

What type of Engineering ? - Civil, Mechanical, Electronic ? ?

Was going to do undenominated in first year as I'm not sure what I want to specialize in

actually!

It is hard work . Things may have changed since I left, but seeing some of the Arts students have barely a quarter of the lecture time we had was hard to take.

QuantumP

Studying engineering requires a strong work ethic and you'll have longer hours than most courses. That said, it is rewarding and definitely worthwhile if its what you want to do. If you're dedicated you'll be absolutely fine. Nothing worth having comes easy! Also, everything about NUIG's engineering is fantastic. Best of luck with the LC

king_of_inismac

I would disagree that Engineer is particularly hard work.

It's hard relative to some other courses at NUIG, but not that difficult if you're anyway decent at maths/science.

2thousand14

I am currently a first year doing the undenominated course, and i have to say I really like. If you are coping with honours maths you shouldn't have too much difficulty with this course, and also doing well in your science subject should also help. The timetable can be quite tough though, but i was expecting worse. you may have 2-3 days of 9am-6pm of lectures/labs but then you could have 2 short days, so its not too bad.
You do get time to socialize and make new friends but once it comes to exams you need to get your head down and study as you do not want to be coming back in august when everything is gone out of your head
Best of luck in your exams!

oktplz

Thanks a million everyone I don't really mind the work load, but I'd heard the course is hard but it doesn't soud too bad. Just wondering also, what is NUIG like itself? Like in terms of a social scene, making friends, accomodation etc. ?

Cathalog

oktplz wrote: »

Thanks a million everyone I don't really mind the work load, but I'd heard the course is hard but it doesn't soud too bad. Just wondering also, what is NUIG like itself? Like in terms of a social scene, making friends, accomodation etc. ?

If you're willing to put in the work, then engineering is a really rewarding course. It's very modern, and starts to get really interesting in 2nd Year especially, when you specialise into a field.

One thing worth mentioning is that First Year is always common for every engineer (except Project and Construction Management). So you'll have a great chance to socialise with about 250 other students in your course.

The social life in NUIG is great, imo. If you make the effort to talk to the people sitting next to you in lectures/labs etc. for the first couple of weeks, you'll make loads of friends. Remember that most people don't know anyone in the course starting off (which can lead to a bit of shyness!).

As I live at home, I don't have to deal with accommodation in Galway. From what I gathered, however, you shouldn't have much of an issue finding a place, as long as you book early (but again, I'm not the best person to talk to in terms of accom.). I believe it's more of a question of whether you'd prefer to live in Student Accommodation, or a flat.

Best of luck with it all.