Undergraduate major decision - electrical engineering vs mechanical engineering

ucbalumnus
Mon, 22 Aug 2022 04:02:13 +0000

Both ME and EE (as well as CS, individual engineering, and materials engineering) will be useful in the automotive industry (for any kind of car – EE is not limited to electric vehicles). The industry also includes suppliers like Lear, Recaro, Johnson Controls, Bosch, LG, Panasonic, Magna, etc… Some of the most obvious suppliers are tire companies like Michelin, Goodyear, Bridgestone, Continental, Hankook, etc… Glass companies like Carlex / Carlite, Fuyao, Saint Gobain Sekurit, etc. are also noticeable suppliers.

Some colleges do have a first year engineering program where students declare the specific major later. However, some (e.g. Pittsburgh) have capacity in all majors, but others (e.g. Texas A&M) are capacity limited in at least some majors, so those majors may require a high college GPA or competitive admission based on first year grades and sometimes essays.