MECHATRONICS vs MECHANICAL/ELECTRICAL engineering

[han1994]

I'm in year 12, and I've decided I'm going to study engineering at uni.
But i really can't decide. I'm thinking maybe either doing mechatronics or aerospace.
But some people say mechatronics is stupid, and its better either doing mechanical or electrical engineering. While some people say mechatronics is good, and there will be a lot of jobs and a lot of opportunities later on.
So would like some advice on which area would be good to study. Also could you give me some advice on aerospace eng, and tell me the good and bad things about it.
Thank you.

 

[Bad-Wolf]

That's interesting that your university has a mechatronics degree plan. I'm graduating with a mechanical engineering degree this summer and most of my job interests are mechatronics related. If I find out more information I will definitely add some more information.

Regardless, all of those degree plans will be invaluable to you. However, do you know what are your interests in mechatronics? It is not that well defined and quite large encompassing many sciences.

Aerospace is loads of fluid and aerodynamics.
EE deals a lot with signals, IC etc and is pretty broad like ME
ME deals with just about anything that moves, ME tends to incorporate science related to both Aero and EE as well.

My description doesn't do any of those fields complete justice but they can give you somewhat of an idea.