<p>Are engineering majors (specifically ME) so prescripted that you really can't study abroad for a semester? Are there any English-speaking engineering programs abroad?</p>
<p>I would imagine studying abroad for engineering would be difficult. You would probably be limited in which countries offer courses that meet the Engineering requirements. You could, however, study abroad for a semester and just knock out college/university requirements, like breadths and what not.</p>
<p>I've never met any engineers who have studied abroad.</p>
<p>Never?! That does not sound promising.</p>
<p>Well, maybe some of my not-so-close engineering friends have studied abroad and not told me about it. No engineers who I really <em>know</em> have ever studied abroad, and I've never heard of this being done. However, I can't comment on the actual facts, so I would take my comment with a huge grain of salt.</p>
<p>Note that this probably has something to do with the fact that many engineers have no interest in studying abroad.</p>
<p>this is my opinion, but studying engineering abroad doesn't seem that useful. berkeley is one of the world's best engineering institutions. why would you go elsewhere?</p>
<p>riyam:</p>
<p>A lot of my friends have studied abroad because they want to travel, become more worldly, meet different types of people, etc.</p>
<p>i'm more on taking advantage of the superior system here and you can always travel and do stuff later, but hey it depends on who you are so i won't say anything against studying abroad.</p>
<p>It's possible to study abroad, but you need to talk to your faculty adviser and student affairs officer early on in your college career in order to sort everything out.</p>
<p>well engineers who do it would probably take care of their humanities requirements while abroad, rather than the tech classes. so the whole "superior system" thing wouldn't really be an issue. I'm an engineer and would have liked to have done study abroad but I didn't really want to put the work in to make it happen. I think saying that many engineers do not have an interest in studying abroad is a pretty silly generalization</p>