First word of warning from a fellow gonna grad Mechatronian here.

1. It offers a wide range of disciplines . You'll dip ur toe in to Mechanical, Electrical, Electronics, Embedded, and Control. You'll be Jack of All Trades, Master of None(well, our focus IS on Control Systems so you can say we are master of Control Systems).... UNLESS.

2. You grow your interests. particular field perhaps, and then you'll be a powerhouse. You don't do this, you're useless in industry.

Mechatronics programs normally concentrates on E&E+Embedded Programming+Control Systems.

Mechanical Dynamics and Statics are covered briefly so you know about it, but you're not the expert on it.

Throughout my 4 years course, what I've observed about the difference between a student in Mechatronics and another student in another particular , more traditional field such as pure E&E, Mechanical, etc.
1. E&E students will find a full project application of hardware and software very challenging as they focus on Electrical and Electronic design BUT they will be able to give in-depth analysis of the Electrical Characteristics.

2. Mechanical students will find a full project application with hardware and software very challenging as they focus on the Physical Mechanics of the system BUT they will be able to give in-depth analysis of the Mechanics.

3. Computer Science students will find a full project application with hardware and software very challenging as they focus on the Software Development BUT they will be able to design better streamlined software.

4. Mechatronics students will find a full project application with hardware and software a piece of cake, BUT they won't be able to give in-depth analysis of the mechanical dynamics/software structure unless they specifically work towards it. Note: We do concentrate on E&E+Control, so  E&E analysis is still within our territory.