Which engineering field will have the best scope after 4 years?

I study Systems Engineering, that's what is called in my country. In other places is called Informatic Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science, etc.

There is no chance you have no job with a career oriented to Computing, Robots, etc.

I plan on studying engineering after I graduate from High School this year. Which field should I go into? I have an interest in engineering in general, so I'm not really leaning towards one field or another. thanks.-AK47-

im assuming your american so, http://www.bls.gov/oco/oco1002.htm the site will give good details about the fields

personally i would pick a field that sounds fun

Gnomish engineering.DrSponge

F you, Goblin is the way to go.

But seriously. If I can't make it in theoretical physics I plan on studying Aeronautical Engineering.

[QUOTE="DrSponge"]Gnomish engineering.nisshoku1729

F you, Goblin is the way to go.

But seriously. If I can't make it in theoretical physics I plan on studying Aeronautical Engineering.

TBH enchanting is the way to go for gold :P

Gnomish engineering.DrSponge

isnt that the one with da epic helm lol

[QUOTE="nisshoku1729"]

[QUOTE="DrSponge"]Gnomish engineering.DrSponge

F you, Goblin is the way to go.

But seriously. If I can't make it in theoretical physics I plan on studying Aeronautical Engineering.

TBH enchanting is the way to go for gold :P

Enchanting/Inscription in the expansion. We can finally sell our enchants on the AH.

[QUOTE="DrSponge"][QUOTE="nisshoku1729"]

[QUOTE="DrSponge"]Gnomish engineering.nisshoku1729

F you, Goblin is the way to go.

But seriously. If I can't make it in theoretical physics I plan on studying Aeronautical Engineering.

TBH enchanting is the way to go for gold :P

Enchanting/Inscription in the expansion. We can finally sell our enchants on the AH.

haven't read about this 'inscription' *googles it*

I really wouldn't be in to engineering for the money. It's like what Feynman said about physics

"Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it"

as a person headed in the direction of engineering, i highly recommend researching ALL the fields breifly before just assuming on general engineering. However, the most broad of the fields in engineering is Mechanical engineering. Research the types of projects engineers work on, how they work, what departments (ex. R&D), employers, future challenges, etc. etc.

I highly suggest this intro book, you can find it alot cheaper in some college bookstores.

http://www.glpbooks.com/titles/comprehensive.html

There are Many fields and sub fields in engineering, Good Luck.

I plan on studying engineering after I graduate from High School this year. Which field should I go into? I have an interest in engineering in general, so I'm not really leaning towards one field or another. thanks.-AK47-

Electrical or Computer is decent. Environmental, if available, is growing as well. Petroleum engineers are often in demand.

wow a lot of joke posts, Materials engineering is really big and new right now, my friend graduated from cal poli last this summer and already has tons of job offers.

i myself am going into electrical engineering / computer science , which is also a not new, but very in demand field.

I hear Bioengineering and Chemical Engineering are hot fields.Cube_of_MooN

[QUOTE="-AK47-"]I plan on studying engineering after I graduate from High School this year. Which field should I go into? I have an interest in engineering in general, so I'm not really leaning towards one field or another. thanks.WtFDragon

Electrical or Computer is decent. Environmental, if available, is growing as well. Petroleum engineers are often in demand.

don't let the "he said, she said" or $$$ bias get you, would your rather be engineering nanostructures in kitchen floors or engineering a higher laser output for a military contract? the fact is that engineering isn't something you go, "ooppsie i changed my mind" its a very time consuming field.

IMO if you want to know a "hot" emerging field, i would choose robotics.

According to Wikipedia here is there list of Engineering fields, there are infact more.

List of fields

The following is a list of, and links to, articles on the various engineering subdisciplines. General information can be found in the engineering, engineer, and engineering society articles. Alternative names and sub-fields are in parentheses.

• Acoustical engineering
• Aquatic and environmental engineering
• Aerospace (Aeronautical) engineering
• Agricultural engineering
• Architectural engineering
• Automotive engineering (automotive systems engineering)
• Biological engineering
• Biological systems engineering
• Biomedical engineering
• Biomaterials engineering
• Bioresource engineering
• Ceramic engineering
• Chemical engineering
• Civil engineering
• Coastal engineering
• Combat engineering
• Communications system engineering
• Computer engineering
• Computer science (considered a field of engineering in some countries)
• Construction engineering
• Control engineering (control systems engineering)
• Cost engineering
• Ecological engineering
• Electrical engineering
• Electronics engineering (includes microelectronics engineering, microelectronics and semiconductor engineering)
• Electromechanical engineering
• Engineering science and mechanics
• Engineering physics (engineering science)
• Environmental engineering
• Computational finance (financial engineering)
• Fire protection engineering
• Food engineering
• Forensic engineering
• Forest engineering
• Genetic engineering
• Geomatics engineering
• Geotechnical engineering
• Hydraulic engineering
• Industrial engineering (includes production engineering)
• Information engineering
• Instrumentation engineering
• Integrated engineering
• Industrial engineering
• Landscape engineering (landscape architecture)
• Marine engineering
• Materials engineering (includes metallurgical engineering)
• Mechanical engineering
• Manufacturing engineering
• Mechatronics
• Microsystems engineering
• Military engineering
• Minerals process engineering
• Mineral engineering
• Mining engineering
• Nanoengineering
• Neural engineering
• Naval architecture
• Nuclear engineering
• Optical engineering
• Ocean engineering
• Packaging engineering
• Paper engineering
• Photovoltaics engineering
• Petroleum engineering
• Plastics engineering
• Polymer engineering
• Power engineering
• Process engineering
• Quality engineering (quality assurance engineering)
• Reliability engineering
• Safety engineering
• Sanitation engineering
• Security engineering
• Sewage engineering
• Software engineering
• Structural engineering
• Surveying
• Systems engineering (systems design engineering)
• Thermodynamic engineering
• Tissue engineering
• Traffic engineering
• Transportation engineering (transport engineering)
• Vacuum engineering
• Value engineering
• Textile engineering

Fair enough, but it's more than just the glitz and glamour. An engineering education is a meat grinder, to put it mildly, and one would stand the best chance of success if one picked a field one demonstrated some aptitude for.

Robotics is a complex field, and requires people with different skillsets to really achieve. You need computer software engineers for the OS/AI development of the robot, computer hardware engineers to design custom chipsets to run said software on, which also fit into the confines of the robot's assembly. You need electrical engineers to deal with the power issues, and mechanical engineers to deal with the articulation and locomotion issues. And some engineering physics might be a good thing to have too, for the nanoscale considerations.

Multiple disciplines, all leading to the same awesome thing. You'd do well to pick the one you've demonstrated aptitude for in the past.

I'm starting to look into process engineering. I think it'll be important now that manufacturing here in the States is starting to pick back up. I found some sites that have worked on some very cool projects.

http://www.spec-eng.com/projects.html

i would look into what you're interests are. its not an easy field and if you really do not like what you're doing it'll suck for you..