<p>What would you guys say is the most difficult branch of Engineering as far as getting the degree goes? Like, which has the hardest math, hardest physics, hardest whatever?</p>
<p>My guess is either Biomed, or Mechanical. I'm wondering as I'm not entirely sure what field of engineering I wanna do (or if I even should, don't wanna get in over my head and waste time/money), so I figured I'd ask you guys here.</p>
<p>At Georgia Tech, electrical engineering is often regarded as the most difficult major. Certainly it is the most competitive.</p>
<p>So you wouldn't really say there is a universal hard? It just varies by school? I don't really wanna do EE. Not super interested in Elec/Computers, as least aside from using em.</p>
<p>I'm thinking Civil or Mechanical.</p>
<p>It varies by school a lot. There is no universal hardest. In general things that don't deal with steady states or linear, mechanical systems tend to have harder math (cheme, biomede, ee, etc...) but it really depends on the school and department.</p>
<p>At UW-Madison, ChemE is regarded as the hardest branch.</p>
<p>BME is the toughest here at UT (at least its the most selective major, and they're continuously pulling $$$ into it), with ChemE a close second. But, it varies by school.</p>
<p>Hmmm, okay. Also, as far as job prospects, outside of CS, which has the best job prospects?</p>
<p>electrical / computer engineer</p>
<p>Comp Sci at UIUC, hahahaha</p>
<p>I would think aerospace engineering probably has the most advanced math and physics in general.</p>
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<p>Actually, engineering physics would be most math/physics intensive, but very few schools offer this major.</p>
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I wouldn't be surprised. I didn't even think about engineering physics actually. My school has an applied physics and math major... is that the same as eng physics?</p>
<p>Chaoses. EE/ CS as hardest, or most job prospects?</p>
<p>supposedly chemical and electrical are the most difficult and comp sci is the most math intensive</p>
<p>Aerospace. Two words; rocket science.</p>
<p>Nuclear Eng is the hardest major in my school, Chem E comes second.
and third- EE.</p>
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<p>I think it depends on what you mean by 'hard'. For example, do you mean 'hard' in the sense that there is a lot of busy-work that has to be done, or 'hard' as in that the concepts are extremely difficult for most people to grasp (but take very little actual time if you are one of those people that can grasp the concepts quickly)? </p>
<p>As an example of the latter, I would point to theoretical computer science, which is very similar to theoretical mathematics. In each case, most things come down to a matter of understanding and devising of theorems and proofs. You need a certain type of mind in order to successful do that kind of work. If you just don't have that sort of brain, you can spend your whole lifetime trying to prove some theorem and never be able to do it, whereas somebody else (who's a genius) can come up with the proof in a snap. Such a person would find theoretical CS to be extremely easy, as he would always be able to just "see" the proofs that others cannot see. </p>
<p>On the other hand, those engineering disciplines that just have lots of extremely time consuming labs (i.e. chemical engineering) are difficult in terms of time commitment no matter how much of a genius you are. Being able to make brilliant logical insights isn't really going to speed up the chemical labs you're running. It isn't going to really help you to write up your lab notebooks and complete your lab oral presentations any faster.</p>
<p>agreed...Aerospace! My oldest has a degree in aero, mech, and elect engineering and that is also the order of hardness... I heard civil is by far the easiest</p>
<p>I guess I mean difficult concepts to grasp. I'm no math genius is what I'm saying, but with a good teacher, and good time management, I do well enough.</p>
<p>astronautical engineering SOUNDS hardest.</p>