<p>Hello, I am interested in designing and making computer hardware. The problem is that I don't know which of the following two majors I should choose to give me the best practice: Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering. Thank you in advance for anyone that can give me some helpful advice.</p>
<p>I also want to study in computer engineering because I have a huge passion for it. I'm not an engineer by any means, but if computer hardware is what you're interested in, I do think computer engineering would be a good choice. </p>
<p>Computer engineering focuses both on software and hardware. I don't know why, but whenever people say electrical engineering, I think of power lines and I see an image of mechanics fixing broken elevators.</p>
<p>You should probably go with electrical engineering though, so I have one less person to compete with in the future.</p>
<p>You'll be fine with either major if you want to design computer hardware though EE might be a better choice if all you care about is hardware.</p>
<p>Otherwise CE with a focus on hardware (odds are you have a series of electives) would be equally as good.</p>
<p>I believe electrical would be better if you like hardware...</p>
<p>Also, you'll have a greater variety of knowledge about electronics in general...which could come to use if computer design changes over the next couple of years...</p>
<p>I have a recommendation:
If your school has a CSE department, then pick EE.
If your school has an ECE department, then pick CE.</p>
<p>So if Computer and Electrical are in same department, there will be enough hardware in the curriculum. But if CE is joint with Computer Science you may be better off with EE.</p>
<p>I think these 2 majors are very similar. They might be 1 or 2 semester difference of classes to complete. If you want you can do both for 5 years. Or maybe consider electrical engineering for your major and computer science as a minor?</p>
<p>I think for undergraduate, EE is a better choice since you're exposed to many other topics (microelectronics, controls, electrophysics, laser...) you might find these more interesting. Whereas if you are comp eng major, you have to take certain capstone or lab courses in computer engineering.</p>
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I have a recommendation:
If your school has a CSE department, then pick EE.
If your school has an ECE department, then pick CE.</p>
<p>So if Computer and Electrical are in same department, there will be enough hardware in the curriculum. But if CE is joint with Computer Science you may be better off with EE.
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<p>That's pretty good advice actually. A CE program in the CS department sometimes aren't really engineering...just CS with hardware electives picked out for them.</p>