My youngest (junior in high school) thinks she wants to major in mechanical engineering with an inkling that she ultimately may want to go into product design. As this seems to be a major found at many schools, I'm wondering how we start to learn about the different programs. I have two older kids in college and one's in a different discipline of engineering so I'm quite comfortable with the college search at a higher level and even engineering in general but I don't know much about ME.
Do the programs differ from school to school? If so, how? Are some programs more hands on, for example, or emphasize certain things more than others? I was talking to my nephew who's a sophomore ME major and he's required to take what seems like a high number of electrical engineering courses; I'm not sure if this is standard or more of a focus of his particular school.
Do the programs differ from school to school? If so, how? Are some programs more hands on, for example, or emphasize certain things more than others? I was talking to my nephew who's a sophomore ME major and he's required to take what seems like a high number of electrical engineering courses; I'm not sure if this is standard or more of a focus of his particular school.
I did try to search as this topic may have been discussed previously but I was unsuccessful so any guidance would be much appreciated. I'm hoping to go on a college trip with my D over her February break and, now that she has a focus, I'd like to help her start to select schools to visit but, not knowing much about ME, it's a little overwhelming.
Mechanical Engineering is one of the most diverse disciplines. In other words, there are many things you can do with it. Sure there are differences in programs. And yes, some are more hands on, some offer more application opportunities or actual co-op opportunities than others. Some have better laboratory facilities and many have different organizational structures which affect the learning environment. And you just have to visit and research to find out which school fits your needs the best. US News and World Report ranks Mechanical Engineering Schools - of course, remember that the ranking system is not the end all/ be all by any means, but it should give you a starting place.
Those two tools can get you started. Then make a "short list" and do some more detailed research and visits. That's what we did. My daughter will be at Texas A&M next fall as a Mechanical Engineering major. As far as the electrical content: A Mechanical Engineering degree requires strong electrical. Different schools handle the content different ways. Some have cross-over classes between electrical and mechanical students. Some have classes specifically for mechanical students that include the electrical portion they need. Almost all have one or two principles of/fundamentals of type classes for electrical content. But rotating equipment has electrical components and some education on it is required.
You would have to give us more details about where she wants to go to school, size, rural/urban etc to give more opinions. It you look at the rankings, they are divided into programs where a PHD is the highest and a BS degree is the highest to look at one general division of programs. The BS ones are supposed to be more focused on undergrad education since those types of schools may not even have Masters programs. Some are more hands on than others, some have coops, some are more research oriented etc.
Mechanical engineering degrees offered by various universities in Australia are highly valued all over the world due to the quality of their faculties and alumni working in leading companies all over the world. If you want to know more details I would definitely recommend checking it out Ranking of mechanical engineering colleges
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