Hey guys, I’m an International student from India. I was accepted to Umich and Imperial for Mechanical engineering.
My main concern is which one to choose. I do not care about the cost or location or weather.
I’m interested in the quality of education, and most imortantly where would I get the best job. My aim is to land a top job in a company like Tesla or Rolls Royce (Europe) But I also want to go to a top school for Masters in engineering (Like berkeley stanford MIT) and I also want a top MBA program (HYPSM)
Which undergraduate education would give me the best opportunity and best job? I ultimately want to work in the US. Given that imperial is very prestigious, will it help me get into a top MBA program?
Thanks in advance guys!
If your goal is to live and work in the US, Michigan makes better sense. The two universities are roughly equal academically, and both have equally excellent reputations in academe and industry, but the Michigan will have far more on-campus recruitment activity by US-based firms than Imperial. Also, is a giant in Mechanical Engineering (on par with MIT, Stanford and Berkeley), and getting your masters in Mechanical Engineering there if you do well would be very realistic.
That being said, Imperial is just as excellent, and if your instincts tell you to go to Imperial, you will do just as well.
The experience would be very different. Imperial will be very academically-minded. It’s commuter vs. UMich which is residential (with dorm life, sports, clubs, activities); while the program is very rigorous at UMich you have more time to explore things outsie of Mechanical Engineering. In terms of having a job, I’d go with Imperial, since the US has become impossible (limited H1B’s, sometims problems with OPT’s…)
MYOS, you are assuming that fining a job in the UK is easier. That is not the case.
Thank you for your replies! @Alexandre Is it possible if you can find where Umich students generally go to grad school? Like I dont want a chance of 1 in 100 kids get to do masters of eng at berkeley. Are there any links which tell us which universities berkeley recruits their masters students from?
Also would it be easier to transfer to berkeley from imperial or Umich in the third year?
Grad schools would definitely take from everywhere.
The educational experience at Imperial will be very different from that at UMich/Cal (the 2 American publics would be close to identical except for the geography and weather). Please explore those differences as they would matter more.
Rohit, why are you obsessed with Berkeley? In Mechanical Engineering, Michigan is at least as good, if not better. It is ranked between #1 and #5 in the country. But if you want to transfer, I recommend you enroll at a community college in California that has an agreement with Berkeley. Your chances of getting into Berkeley are much better that way.