Can I become an aerospace engineer by studying mechanical engineering for undergraduate and then joining an aerospace engineering university for masters degree?
Yes that is a route that can be taken. Mechanical and aerospace engineering overlap signficantly with mechanical being considered the broader discipline of the two and thus employment opportuniteis for mechanical stretch to more indusatries than aerospace. At the same time, many mechanical engineers work within the aerospace industry.
There are several prior posts concerning this question. Search them and be advised that aerospace engineering firms hire ME majors ALL THE TIME, as a regular course of business. AE is essentially a subset of ME.
Yes, that can be a way to become a working aerospace engineer. Aerospace engineering is basically a focused subset of mechanical, like LakeWashington said. I take it the universities you are likely to attend don’t offer aerospace engineering?
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I worked in the aerospace world working on all kinds of space hardware. My degree is in civil structural engineering. The principles of engineering apply just as much to aerospace hardware as it does to anything else. Aerospace is where I wanted to find work after I graduated and that’s what I did.
The aerospace world needs all kinds of engineering specialties; structural, electrical, materials, fluids, and just about anything you can think of. Most aerospace engineers DO NOT have degrees in aerospace engineering.
^^^ But nothing precludes an aerospace major from working as an aerospace engineer, I’m guessing. Mechanical can suffice just as well.
ditto @HPuck35. Most aerospace are EE, SE and ME specialties at my husband’s company.
Boeing newly appointed CEO graduate from Iowa state with a degree in Aerospace Engineering.
http://www.boeing.com/company/bios/dennis-a-muilenburg.page
Bottom line. To be an aerospace engineer, you need a degree in engineering. What flavor it is doesn’t matter.