<p>How good is UC davis for mechanical engineering??</p>
<p>kindly, explain in terms of research opportunities, employments opportunities after graduation and other things which you feel are important</p>
<p>thank you</p>
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<p>One of the most frustrating things for me is that engineering departments don’t provide adequate descriptions or videos of their facilities. I toured UC Davis’ engineering department about a year ago and it was pretty nice. I will be going again this weekend as well. They have a nice big machine shop with mills, lathes, some sweet CNC machines, welding area, and fabrication area. There are quite a few labs but I wasn’t able to access them. Being a UC they have a bit more money and pull than the state colleges so they have acquired quite a few cool machines over there. They have an automated plasma cutter table and this ion sectioning device which allows you to cut a metal sample so cleanly you can look at it under a microscope and see the grain structure without hardly any preparation.</p>
<p>As far as teaching style I believe the standard “UC’s are more theoretical than state colleges” idea probably holds true. They are ranked fairly high on websites like US News, for whatever thats worth to you… </p>
<p>In my opinion it is what you make it, UC Davis will only provide you with the tools to learn. As far as Research opportunities I’d contact the department directly as the website is a little bland. Same goes for employment/internship opportunities.</p>
<p>I’ll try to take some pictures this weekend if I can to share what the facilities look like.</p>
<p>@mstarr thank you for replying, i would love to see some pics :)</p>