Civil or Mechanical Engineering: Which Path Should I Choose?

[Sakriya]

I am in dilemma, don't know whether to do mechanical or civil engineering. Civil engineering has lots of scope in my country but mechanical has got none. I have chance to study them both at scholarships. Which should i choose?

 

[PhanthomJay]

Do you mean that mechanical engineering opportunities are few in your country? Civil engineering encompasses highway design, road layouts, grading, transportation, bridge design, building design, foundations, structure design, environmental affairs, utility work, etc...a very varied field. Mechanical engineering involves heating, ventilating, air conditioning systems, motors, engines, dynamics, thermodymnamics, fluid flow, electric generation, just to name a few. After a year or 2 at college., you'll have a better feel as to what interests you, and where the opportunities are. Many civil engineers work in mechanical engineeing, and vice versa...the 2 are often intertwined.