<p>I noticed that MIT has an M.Eng EECS open to MIT undergads, and they also have EEE and ECS degrees. What is the difference between an M.Eng and an Engineer degree?</p>
<p>I don’t know for MIT in particular, but typically an “engineer” degree is a consolation prize for people in the phd program who drop out.</p>
<p>If you leave after a year or two, then you usually have enough for a master’s, but if you’re around longer than that, you can get the engineer degree so you didn’t put all those years in without getting some kind of degree.</p>
<p>At MIT the Engineer degree is separate from the PhD program. According to their site it involves more work than a masters but is more practical learning and less research focused than a PhD. I think wikipedia says it is the equivalent to a PhD for an engineer.</p>
<p>I think what jbusc is saying is that at some places, people who start off trying to get a PhD but who can’t hack it leave with an Engineer degree, rather than just a master’s or a “ABD”.</p>
<p>I thought M.Eng was a masters degree with no thesis.</p>
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Depends on the school.</p>