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My recomendation would be to go for electrical.

At the uni I went to the electrical / mechatronic / telecommunications etc. engineers all did basically the same degree with a few subjects towards the end that gave you the specialisation. I got my degree in telecommunications engineering, what I wasn't told was that there are very few specific telecommunications engineering jobs. I've worked for a few years as an electronics engineer and now I'm working in the HVAC field basically as an electrical/project engineer.

The problem I've found is that the HR person that receives your resume might not know exactly what that speciality can do so have no idea why a telecommunications engineer is applying for say a computer systems engineering job, however most would recognise the old staple of 'electrical engineer'.

I would think that most uni's now would have bridging programs if you didn't to the correct maths etc. at school. I know mine did.

As for takeing a year off to save money etc. I think the two things you'll be as an engineering student is poor and drunk :D

That's my 2 cents anyway.

Righto, thanks for the info mate.. Yeah, they do still have bridging courses.. I'll have to look into them.. My careers advisor is getting me some info from all the uni's about their bridging courses and their engineering programs etc..

Hahahaha.. That'll probably be me.. lol I'll see what happens though regarding the taking a year off..

By tutor, I meant the people who run the tutorials at uni. You do like 2-3 hours of lectures and 1 hour of tutorials a week in each subject. Getting a good tutor in these sessions is hit and miss, I don't think you get to choose. Not being racist or anything like that, I found a lot of Asian (later year) students were tutors, and I had a lot of trouble getting through the language barrier.

Yeah.. Oh well.. I'm hoping that I get a good one..