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[StGeorgeDragons]

is there a big difference between engineering and science at uni

 

[santaslayer]

Engineering is a science but science isn't an engineering.

 

[Courtenay]

Depends what uni you go to.
When i was looking at doing Chem eng i found that at USYD it was more science based, where as at UNSW it was proper engineering based course...depends what type you want to do

 

[gman03]

Engineering makes use of science, makes application out of what you know.

Engineering requires science.

 

[KD]

Engineers are problem solvers (e.g. how to get people/water from A to B; how to reduce contamination in the air/water etc. etc.). They use science/scientists (amongst other things) to help them solve the problems.

If you do engineering you will be trained for a specific career. Science is much more general and so getting that job (whatever that is) at the end isn't as easy.

 

[Survivor39]

In science, you learn more science principles. I engineering, you learn less science but you examine the application of science, rather than the principle of science.

 

[quink]

is there a big difference between engineering and science at uni

Yay, first post!

Engineering and Science share the common foundation of Mathematics, beyond which they will go in two different directions. With Science, you will be asked to specialise in a field, such as Biology or Chemistry and you will have a number of subjects that will focus on these exclusively beyond 2nd year, as well as some more general ones, such as Science, Technology and Society or Computing.

There's no degree, however that can be called Engineering. There's ME (Microelectronic) Engineering, Software Engineering, Coastal Engineering, Environmental Engineering, yadda, yadda. If you do Software or MEE you will only do Maths together with the Science students, which is however also true if you do an Engineering derivative. There's no overlap, except for Maths for the first few years between Science and Engineering, even if you do a Physics major. Contrast Fluid Mechanics or Structural Design with Electromagnetism or Thermodynamics.

Double Degrees with Engineering are rare and tough and I'd never recommend it, especially when combined with any Science Major.

So, in short, they both do Maths, but everything else is different.