<p>Hi, guys! I'm a brazilian student who's wondering which major he should do, Industrial or Chemical Engineering. More specifically, I was wondering how the job market for both engineerings is (not only in the U.S., but also in Canada, Europe, even Asia) and if it's possible for a Chemical Engineering to go on a graduate program on Industrial Engineering, therefore being able to work as an industrial engineering too (double major or a major in CE and a minor in IE are out of the question, I really can't do those).
By the way, I've also heard that many engineers (industrial or chemical eng.) tend to become managers in the company they're working within some years. Is that true?
I'd really appreciate it if someone answered me :)
Goodbye, thanks and I'm sorry for any english mistake I made in this post!</p>
<p>Kudos to you for your decent english skills. A lot of foreign exchange students aren’t too good with ingles. Industrial and chemical engineering are kind of on the opposite sides of the engineering spectrum. CE is all about applying chemistry on an enormous scale. IE is about optimization, manufacturing, business, and stuff. Pick which one of those interests you more. UG degree in CE and graduate degree in IE is a very unusual combination. The job markets for IE and CE are both really good. Many sources will have IE at a far lower salary than CE. That is because a lot of business people can be considered an Industrial engineer even though they don’t have a degree in IE. It is true that a lot of IE’s or CE’s become managers of companies.</p>