<p>I was looking for schools that offer the chance for their students to become Automotive engineers, would I be further ahead to go for Mechanical Engineering and then branch off into Automotive?</p>
<p>You can find an automotive specialization in a number of Mechanical Engineering departments but it is not absolutely necessary in order to get into that field. What might be more important is to find a university that has a lot of automotive companies coming to recruit their graduates.</p>