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Is physics a good way to get into materials science and engineering?
Hi there.
I am going mentally insane over what type of degree I should pick.
So, the university I am planning to go to (I have already decided it will be the TU Wien in Austria, thanks to nepotism giving me an apartment there) is an engineering university.
So, you might expect the easiest way into materials science and engineering would be to do a materials science and engineering degree, right? Well, there is none of that. There is a materials science masters degree that accepts graduates from basically all bachelors.
Okay, so in Austria university degrees are principally free so I can do a masters with no strings attached (in fact a higher degree will offer bigger salaries here). So, all fine and good, right? What's the problem? Well, I can't really decide which undergraduate study to pick. I know I'm going to do materials science. I heard it's basically a mish mash of physics and chemistry and mechanical engineering. And it's supposed to have quantum mechanics and solid state physics. And that sounds difficult. But I also really like physics. Thus that sounds like a good entry!
But people also recommended me that mechanical engineering would be a good entry. And it is supposed to also have a lot of metallurgy and failure analysis stuff. Also mechanical engineers make big bucks. But would that really matter anyway if I specialize in materials? I'd be a materials scientist and engineer, not a mechanical engineer, so couldn't I just pick the one that has the most technically relevant and challenging parts of the studies?
Attached below is a copy of all the bachelors that are permitted to this program, it's in German so I will provide a quick translation in order: Civil engineering, Electrical engineering, Mechanical engineering, Technical Chemistry, Technical Physics, environmental engineering, chemical engineering, Mechanical Engineering but with management stuff.
So, hmm, can you give me some sort of advice, any experiences at all? Perhaps you have direct experience with materials sciences, or perhaps you're in a similar situation? I'd take about any guidance I can get right now. Thank you!
#science
Hi there.
I am going mentally insane over what type of degree I should pick.
So, the university I am planning to go to (I have already decided it will be the TU Wien in Austria, thanks to nepotism giving me an apartment there) is an engineering university.
So, you might expect the easiest way into materials science and engineering would be to do a materials science and engineering degree, right? Well, there is none of that. There is a materials science masters degree that accepts graduates from basically all bachelors.
Okay, so in Austria university degrees are principally free so I can do a masters with no strings attached (in fact a higher degree will offer bigger salaries here). So, all fine and good, right? What's the problem? Well, I can't really decide which undergraduate study to pick. I know I'm going to do materials science. I heard it's basically a mish mash of physics and chemistry and mechanical engineering. And it's supposed to have quantum mechanics and solid state physics. And that sounds difficult. But I also really like physics. Thus that sounds like a good entry!
But people also recommended me that mechanical engineering would be a good entry. And it is supposed to also have a lot of metallurgy and failure analysis stuff. Also mechanical engineers make big bucks. But would that really matter anyway if I specialize in materials? I'd be a materials scientist and engineer, not a mechanical engineer, so couldn't I just pick the one that has the most technically relevant and challenging parts of the studies?
Attached below is a copy of all the bachelors that are permitted to this program, it's in German so I will provide a quick translation in order: Civil engineering, Electrical engineering, Mechanical engineering, Technical Chemistry, Technical Physics, environmental engineering, chemical engineering, Mechanical Engineering but with management stuff.
So, hmm, can you give me some sort of advice, any experiences at all? Perhaps you have direct experience with materials sciences, or perhaps you're in a similar situation? I'd take about any guidance I can get right now. Thank you!
#science
