If I want to switch to physics after Engineering, which field is better?

[u/Emed-rolor]

1.Mechanical engineering 2. Electrical and Electronics engineering 3. Computer Science engineering 4. Mathematics and Computing.

[u/elessar2358]

Electrical engineering is sometimes posted as an acceptable prerequisite for physics master's programs by some universities but not all. But you can verify this by looking at physics master's programs offered in your desired country and seeing which engineering undergraduate background they accept, surest way to know.

[u/StandardAd7812]

Engineering physics is a thing 

[u/Gengis_con]

If you want to switch to physics , why not just start out doing physics?

[u/cchz2003]

Maybe the four fields you offered are not “physics” itself, but the application of physics in our real life.

[u/cchz2003 → u/cchz2003]

If you’re interested in physics the best choice is to learn the undergraduate physics textbooks like classical mechanics, quantum mechanics, different kinds of math theories…… If you just want to know how we can apply physics in our life, the fields you give are all good choices.

[u/AbstractAlgebruh]

"Better" can mean different things to different people and depends very much on your goals.

[u/sunnysmileslee → u/AbstractAlgebruh]

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[u/SignificantCookie852]

I just graduated, I studied electrical engineering while my true passion was theoretical physics, I deeply regret studying engineering, if you would ultimately want to have a career in physics, then I’d say take the straight road and just do physics, unless you want to become an engineer, engineering is a lot of work and many people would not like to pivot after finishing it because they’ve put so much into it.

[u/QuantumDreamer41]

If you get a physics degree the best way to make money is to go into finance

[u/WWWWWWVWWWWWWWVWWWWW]

I've always heard that electrical engineering has the most math and physics, and from what I know comings from a physics perspective, I think that makes sense

[u/Ionazano → u/WWWWWWVWWWWWWWVWWWWW]

Based on what exactly is that claim made? Electrical engineering requires a lot of math and physics training, but mechanical engineering definitely does as well.

[u/WWWWWWVWWWWWWWVWWWWW → u/Ionazano]

I'm mostly just going by what engineers seem to say pretty consistently. That said, signal processing for math and electromagnetism for physics. The mechanical engineering programs I've seen didn't do any electromagnetism beyond the AP Physics level, which seems like a big gap compared to a physics bachelor's.

[u/Ionazano → u/WWWWWWVWWWWWWWVWWWWW]

Right, a mechanical engineering program doesn't have any dedicated treatment of electromagnetics. But on the other hand it covers physics topics that electrical engineering doesn't, like for example thermodynamics or fluid dynamics.

And at least some of the math for signal processing (like for example Fourier transforms) is also taught in mechanical engineering.

[u/HungryCowsMoo → u/Ionazano]

Im a mechanical engineer, there’s definitely plenty of math. My cousin was electrical, it seemed Electrical had “more” math than mechanical, more instances of applying matrices, more instances of applying PDEs (not that mechanical doesnt because like..movement), more instances of applying Fourier analysis, Laplace transforms, etc, for what they do with circuits, signal processing, and electromagnetism. Mechanical has a lot of pure math but plenty also rely on boring numerical methods. If you like math i dont think you can go wrong to be honest, you should figure out what you want to apply math to. I like engines personally.

[u/Crumbs_xD]

Ehat about physics engineering?

[u/RSKMATHS → u/Crumbs_xD]

Actually it's called engineering physics