Greetings,

Just wondering is there any difference in the QUALITY of Engineering graduates produced by PRIVATE and PUBLIC unis.

Is there an increasing trend where public unis are producing sub-par Engineering Grads that are slowly being exposed when they join the work force?

Does an Engineering degree from a private uni be more attractive when applying for an engineering job under the government? or will bumi always be preferred?

Any other universities anyone know of that are offering chemical engineering degree for part time basis, i did my homework and i only found UNIKL MICET and UTM, i may have missed one or two, please share if any, thx for the input

Guys ,

Electrical engineering and mechanical engineering

which one is better to pursue that provides you with a broad field of opportunity ???

Both are ok with high demand, the world will half gone if without any one of them.

Go for electrical. Mechanical field is too narrow and specific in terms of career path.

Electrical and Electronics are both wide.
But most jobs in Penang are Electronics

But if you registered for Electrical, know which uni you are aiming for and which industry you plan to go.

I beg to differ. Both of them have good opportunities. Mechanical engineering is very versatile. So you have to elaborate on why you say it is too narrow.

If you want to be Jack of all trades in you future career, yes, mechanical engineering is very versatile. But if you intend to go specialized in certain field of mechanical engineering, let say being a pump supplier for a few years, you could hardly change to other fields. Unless you are willing to start from zero again., taking a fresh graduate salary package. However, you could be in your 30s at that with family and could not afford to change career path.

Where as for electrical, every factories need them, construction and oil and gas field needs them as well. The technical knowledge could be similar. Switching fields is much more easier compare with Mechanical.

Nice sharing, didnt think of that.

What kind of specialisation that one can pursue with electrical engineering and wouldn’t it be the same as with the case for mechanical engineering?

I am from Mechanical Engineering background. Take my advice with a grain of salt. Sorry that I couldn't pick any field for you. But I think electrical field is quite broad from TNB substation to housing end user, new projects and maintenance job would never die out, just refer to your electricity bill during MCO time last year and imagine on your own.

May i ask what is your field of specialization?

This post has been edited by Human Nature: May 27 2021, 02:58 PM

Sorry, not feeling comfortable to disclose.

No worries

Any Sifus can answer these questions?

Just sharing an opinion of mine above in bold, no offense. Cheers!

This post has been edited by w3sley: Jun 25 2021, 07:33 PM

Computer Vision.

Electrical engineering graduates are typically accepted into postgraduate computer science courses. In addition, some computer engineering jobs also accept graduates from electrical engineering programs.

Engineering belong to those can calculate problems with basic calculus. For instance you would like to design smoking cabin. Where it requires how you design and modeling - air flow for smoking cabin by using engineering tools - calculus.

I am not good in add maths since form 4 science streams back 1995.

That's why my career path more related to system administrator job.

I think there is a oversupply of engineering graduates in malaysian market, if you are not super interested in this field i would suggest to reconsider.

Personally im also in this field and i can see many is suffering from the miserable remuneration packages.

On top of that with the covid pandemic we dont know how long it will prolong learning from home, and engineering definately needs lab learning. Would employers employs such an engineering graduate with little lab experience?

This post has been edited by MGM: Aug 18 2021, 01:15 PM