<p>Hello all!
I'm a transfer student hoping to get into UCF this coming Fall. I plan to major in either MechEngr or EE. If you are currently attending UCF as an engineering major, please share your experience with us.</p>
<p>I was looking for info on this same subject and saw that no one responded to your post. By now, you are in; can you tell us what you think? My D is interested in robotcs and will apply for next fall.</p>
<p>Wikipedia - In total, U.S. News and World Report ranked UCF’s engineering, education, speech-language pathology, public administration and computer science programs all within the top 100 in their respective fields, and five UCF programs as among the nation’s “Best Graduate Schools.”[101] In 2012, the UCF College of Engineering and Computer Science was ranked 70th nationally,[102] while the College of Education was ranked 64th[103] and the Physics program was ranked 86th in 2009.[104] In 2011, the Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy (FIEA) was ranked 2nd in graduate video game design by the Princeton Review</p>
<p>It’s not UF, but it’s not bad.</p>
<p>Thanks, now i’m wondering how much better is UF’s engineering and does it really matter when it comes time to get a job?</p>
<p>UF is significantly better. The rankings support this. Additionally, UF has some of the best career services in the country. UF has the better degree recognition nationally.</p>
<p>UCF, however, has a much better market. Orlando > Gainesville. UCF engineers are recruited by a decent number of companies (ie Lockheed, Harris Corp, Nasa, etc).</p>
<p>Both are very good schools for finding a job.</p>
<p>My boyfriend is an engineering student at UCF who is just finishing up his junior year. His experience has been a disappointing one at UCF. He transferred over from the local state college and felt the quality of education he received there was far better, and the grades he subsequently received compared to his peers who began at UCF seem to agree with this: he has one of the best engineering gpas of his peers due to being solid on the foundations.</p>
<p>In terms of actual engineering courses, he has not been pleased. As far as I know, every class he has taken has been graded on a curve and he has told me that they have largely been teach yourself type courses. He feels that the curve is used because the students can’t possibly teach themselves all the information as they are expected, and that his education has been gimped. The reason he stays is basically what is stated above, that is, the job market around the area. Very nice for internships, etc. However, he has actually said that he is concerned about graduating from UCF due to the quality of education he is receiving- that regardless of his grades I suppose he is concerned that he may know less than is actually expected due to the large curve in every course- and that employers may look down on an engineering degree from UCF for this reason.</p>
<p>Based on his experience, as well as what he has told me his friends also feel, I would go elsewhere for an engineering education- but your experience of course may be far different. </p>
<p>Best.</p>
<p>That’s discouraging. I plan on majoring in engineering at UCF. Perhaps the Honors college courses that are available will be better?</p>
<p>^I hope so too!</p>
<p>I’d like to think that Computer Engineering at UCF is decent, isn’t UCF renowned for it’s CS program? Isn’t there a good amount of overlap?</p>
<p>^ UCF’s comp sci program is fantastic. And yes, some of your comp eng courses will be software courses taught by the same faculty that teaches the comp sci majors.</p>
<p>Alrighty thank you so much! 
Glad to hear that!!</p>
<p>If engineering is truly that bad then I doubt a few Honors college classes would help. </p>
<p>Do you know what engineering sector he was pursuing?</p>
<p>Electrical for one year; then he changed to computer.</p>
<p>“And yes, some of your comp eng courses will be software courses taught by the same faculty that teaches the comp sci majors.” </p>
<p>Yes this statement is true. He is also concerned that comp eng. will be viewed more poorly due to this very reason, and from time to time he considers switching back to EE. This is probably also largely due the fact that he took about all of the programming/software type courses he could before transferring to UCF, and so he feels like the good amount of overlap there means he is learning less/lesser focus on actual engineering courses.</p>
<p>UCF is supposed to have an excellent comp sci and engineering program. That’s what I hear too. I have heard that UF’s is the best in the state though…I have no idea what is true.</p>
<p>I don’t mean to discourage anyone either though; your experience may be very different. UCF eng. may be everything you were looking for. I will say that when someone tells you not to take a certain eng professor at UCF… they are not kidding 
One such prof. was known to make the entire class think they were failing/best students had ‘D’ averages/were told there was no curve… yet final grades said otherwise. Many courses seem to have a pretty heavy curve that can never be assumed…</p>
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<p>The program director for comp sci at UCF said that UCF had a stronger program than UF. Now there might be a SLIGHTTTT conflict of interest there but it’s at least close enough that the program director has the balls to make such a claim.</p>
<p>I’ve definately heard ucf’s is superior. That and it’s video game engineering department is better as well.</p>
<p>Well for comp sci, I believe UF’s program is not accredited like UCF however their comp engin. program is. </p>
<p>Tinuviel8> What might be the professor’s name?</p>
<p>May I ask what school your bf attended before transferring to UCF?</p>
<p>What about the Honors College? I supposed it is better, isn’t it? I have read in many websites that the school of engineering is really good at UCF, so I wonder.</p>