<p>I am going to major in engineering but I love math. I am wondering, of the typical types of engineering, which is the most math-intensive? It is not an option to major in math since I am accepting a Tier-one Naval ROTC scholarship so please don't tell me to major in math. I am just wondering which engineering is the most math based?</p>
<p>They are all very math-oriented. The small differences are in the type of math used most.</p>
<p>Congrats from an ex-sailor! EE is probably one of the most math intensive from what I hear.</p>
<p>Different subareas in each major may have different levels of math intensity, or different kinds of math involved. Control systems (EE or ME), signals/fields/waves (EE), optimization (IE), CS theory (computer science and engineering) can all be math intensive, but not necessarily the same kinds of math.</p>
<p>KA’s answer - all of them :). </p>
<p>Personal experience: computational fluid dynamics, finite element analysis (of structures), control theory, most modern simulation methods are all heavily based on advanced calculus and matrix mathematics. Aerospace/aero-astro involves all of them to some degree, depending on program and concentration. I’d put EE next (remove CFD and FEA but add information theory and related communications models), I am sure the amount of of advanced mathematics in EE is as much, just different. However, the other major engineering disciplines make just as great a use of advanced mathematics, so KA’s fundamentally correct. By the time you have to select an engineering major, you will have other criteria to make your decision.</p>
<p>What KamelAkbar and ucbalumnus said. What kind(s) of math are you interested in?</p>
<p>Civil Engineering uses a lot of math. However, it’s the major where you spend a lot of time on and then have a hard time finding a job… and even if you find a job it’ll be unlikely that you can make as much money as the EE ChemE people XD</p>