Engineering
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Engineering is the use of science and mathematics to design or make things. Engineers usually design or build things that are sold or given to people. There are different types of engineers that design everything from computers and buildings to watches and websites. People who do engineering are called engineers. They learn engineering by studying at a university or technical school.
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[change] What is it?
Engineering is a big discipline, and it has many sub-disciplines. Following are a few of the many types of engineers:
- Civil engineers work on roads, bridges, buildings and other public structures.
- Mechanical engineers design machines or things that move, like cars and trains. A mechanical engineer also might help design electricity generating stations, oil refineries, and factories.
- Chemical engineers use chemicals to make products like drugs and medicines or fertilizers for crops.
- Electrical engineers work with electricity, from small things like radios and computers to large things like the wires that carry electricity across the country.
- Software engineers design and write programs for computers.
- Aerospace engineers design space vehicles or airplanes.
- Manufacturing engineers design and improve the machines and assembly lines that make things. They work with robots, hydraulics and air-operated devices to help companies work faster and better with fewer mistakes.
- Biomedical engineers design and work with medical equipments
- Nuclear engineers design and build nuclear plants. They also study the characteristic behaviours of certain radioactive/unstable elements.
[change] Study
Most engineers go to a university to get an engineering degree.
[change] American Courses
In the United States, most engineers go to a college or university to get an engineering degree. Most people go to school for four years to get a Bachelor's degree in engineering. A Master's Degree is an advanced degree, usually requiring two more years of study after the Bachelors. A person with a Master's degree is eligible to enter a Doctoral program in engineering. A graduate of a Doctoral program is awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree, which is commonly called a PhD. A PhD in engineering requires three or four years of study after a Master's degree, and includes the completion of a long research report called a dissertation.
[change] British Courses
In the United Kingdom, engineering degrees at universities are either 3 year BEng (Bachelor of Engineering) or 4 year MEng (Master of Engineering). Engineers can also achieve additional recognition in the form of Chartership. In many universities it is common to take a specific engineering discipline (e.g. aeronautical or civil engineering) although some universities do offer a general engineering degree which specialises in later years.
[change] French Courses
The best way to become an engineer in France is to take the CPGE (Classe Preparatoire pour les Grandes Ecoles is the French preparation for engineer's school) for two years and then three years in an "Ecole d'Ingénieur" (Engineer's school). You could also study in an IUT (Institut universitaire technologique) for three years followed by three years in an "Ecole d'Ingénieur"
