<p>I wonder what are the career opportunities for EECS majors, since EECS is similar is computer engineering (software and hardware), but strangely when I type “Computer Engineer” in Apple jobs, Google jobs and microsoft jobs, there isn’t a job for that.</p>
<p>So what exactly does taking EECS give you that a normal CS or EE major cannot?</p>
<p>P.S.: I don’t mean similar, but I mean a EECS major has both EE and CS knowledge, just like a computer engineer has both hardware and software knowledge.</p>
<p>If you study EECS at MIT, literally every single company at Silicon Valley will want you (Apple, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, etc). So you don’t have to worry. Come visit for CPW to see what I mean.</p>
<p>Thank you for replying! Yes of course I understand MIT students are on the list in Silicon Valley, but I mean why aren’t there any “Computer Engineering” positions in Apple or Google, if true then what is the main point of studying both EE and CS if you only want to be, say, a software engineer?</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>Sorry for reposting this, I posted once at 4am, only 1 person replied since then so I guess this is it…</p>
<p>I wonder what are the career opportunities for EECS majors, since EECS is similar is computer engineering (software and hardware), but strangely when I type “Computer Engineer” in Apple jobs, Google jobs and microsoft jobs, there isn’t a job for that.</p>
<p>So what exactly does taking EECS give you that a normal CS or EE major cannot? Thank you I appreciate your help!</p>
<p>You’re asking the wrong questions.</p>
<p>EECS / 6-2 allows you to take both EE and CS classes to earn your degree. If you’re interested in both of these areas, 6-2 allows you to explore your interests while still earning your degree.</p>
<p>One of my friends who’s 6-2 really likes microprocessors and he’s doing a lot of work around that. Microprocessors are a great example of something that requires both EE and CS knowledge. Some of my 6-2 friends are taking software jobs as well.</p>
<p>You need to ask yourself what you want to do, not ask us what will give you the best job.</p>
<p>And, just for the record, not only was it 4am, it was 4am on a Friday. Mollie, Piper, and I do sleep, and we do have social lives, so please try to be a little more patient next time if your question doesn’t get answered right away.</p>
<p>^At this point in grad school, sleep is my social life. (I’m getting my permission-to-defend paperwork signed next week and scheduling a defense date! …and trying to write three papers and two review articles!)</p>
<p>OP, it’s important to realize that the exact wording on your diploma will not dictate the types of jobs you can apply for and receive. An undergraduate degree from MIT is a fairly generalist degree, even if you choose to specialize in a particular area of interest to you, and you’ll be able to get jobs with a wide range of specific titles.</p>
<p>Hello k4r3n2,</p>
<p>I’ve always thought that there is no Masters course for pure CS in MIT Since I checked for a masters course concerning the “Computer Science & Engineering” Major and there are none?</p>
<p>There are two paths to a master’s degree in course 6 at MIT: for MIT undergrads, there is the MEng program, and for MIT undergrads and others, there is the PhD program (which would lead to an MS if you complete the requirements for an MS and leave before completing PhD qualifying exams).</p>
<p>The topic of a master’s degree is whatever you do your thesis research on – if you want to do a CS master’s, you would choose an advisor who does research in CS. There is no need to name the master’s program differently according to the research topic you want to pursue.</p>
<p>Mollie is correct, and in fact I am working towards earning my M. Eng. in computer science right now. More information about the different degree programs can be found on the MIT EECS website.</p>
<p>As you know, in the computer industry engineers are divided into two fields - software engineers and hardware engineers. In the US Department of Labor there is no such job as Computer Engineer (Engineers that do both).</p>
<p>So if no one could do both things at the same thing, what is the purpose/outcome of study EECS? </p>
<p>Thank you very much!</p>
<p>You have definitely already asked this question here: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/massachusetts-institute-technology/1323702-eecs-careers.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/massachusetts-institute-technology/1323702-eecs-careers.html</a></p>
<p>Maybe you should read the responses in that thread again instead of reposting.</p>
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Someone could absolutely do both things at the same time. The categories at the US Department of Labor, or the exact wording of the job title on the plaque on your desk, have very little to do with your actual life as an engineer.</p>
<p>As another example, there is a major at MIT called “Math and Computer Science” (18C). There is no job title at the US Department of Labor called “mathematician and computer scientist”, and no job position at any company in the US with that name. But surely you can see the utility of studying both math and computer science at the undergraduate level for someone who wants to do one or the other.</p>