Jan 3 2010, 01:11 PM
QUOTE(C-Note @ Dec 31 2009, 12:33 AM)
Thanks for your feedback. So which is better, get a 4year BEng + a 1year MSc abroad or straightaway get a 4year MEng? Accreditation to me is important since i'll most prolly migrate in future.
On another note, from previous posts, I gather you did your SAM and are currently doing your ENG in Nottingham. Why did you choose Nottingham over other unis like Monash?
Also, what's the difference between a graduate who did a 4year BEng Aerospace and one who did a 4year BEng Mechanical + a one year MSc Aerospace?
Another time for me to promote Nottingham about why I choose them. LOL..On another note, from previous posts, I gather you did your SAM and are currently doing your ENG in Nottingham. Why did you choose Nottingham over other unis like Monash?
Also, what's the difference between a graduate who did a 4year BEng Aerospace and one who did a 4year BEng Mechanical + a one year MSc Aerospace?
Let's get serious anyway.
If you take a comparison between Monash and Nottingham curriculum, you will see that what a Nottingham BEng study is as much as what a Monash BEng study, even though it takes 1 year less for Nottingham to complete the course.
Why is it like that? This is because Monash 1st year studies general things, which is what covered in a UK A-Level.
So, if you follow the Australia route, you can change direction after 1st year, but no such thing for UK route. You study the real subject right in the 1st semester!
That being said, when you compare Nottingham MEng and Monash BEng, 4-year vs 4-year, Nottingham MEng should give you an edge because you have studies another year of knowledge that Monash BEng don't do. That's why, Nottingham 4-year is regarded a Master, you are better.
1-year MSc is only offered in UK, as far as I am concerned. If you wish to take that MSc, I suggest you following the UK route. It saves you time as the requirement of MSc, i.e. a BEng in 1st class or 2:1, can be obtained in 3 years from the UK route but a solid 4 years from Aus route. And, if you follow the same system, i.e. UK for BEng, UK for Msc, it just eases thing out because there won't be much gaps in between your two degrees.
I will say that, putting the Final Year Project aside, you will see the contents between Mechanical and Aerospace to be at least 60% identical. That being said, what you will be studying is about the same. As a mechanical student, it also doesn't harm your chance to pick a topic from aerospace for your FYP.
In term of jobbing prospect, Mechanical still does better than Aerospace. A mechanical graduate can join the aerospace industry easily, but not as easy when an aerospace engineer wants to get into a normal mechanical industry, let say O&G.
And Mechanical does give you a second try if you happen not to like aerospace in the end. With a degree in Mechanical, you can deepen your studies in manufacturing, automotive, bio-engineering, material and a lot more. This is due to the nature of the versatility of mechanical itself.
Hope I answer your questions.
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