Engineering or Pure science ?

[kimsiang]

Hello everybody,i m studying science in japan now and would like to collect some opinions about why you choose engineering or pure science in tertiary education.Non-science student r of coz welcome to give yr opinion here..hehe

For example:
many may think that studying pure science is not as practical as engineering..etc...
and of coz some may think that some lectures in engineering departments r boring bcoz juz hv to know the formula without really derive it from theory,etc....
Or u may say actually engineering n pure science muz be emphasised equally ..etc...

waiting for yr opinions...thanks
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[white2020]

Well, pure science do have a lot of branhes, so, u will have wide range of opportunities for you.

Well, for engineering, there are a lot of engineering.

Like, for mechanical engineering, i dont think that it is just theory, but it actually DO apply it to our studies.

It is not a abstract like electrical and electronic engineering, which menas mechanical engineering is more concrete. :wink:

[uglyducklai]

chemistry like applied chem,analysis chem n industrial chem more on chem.
engineering like chem engineering,80% mechine 20 % chem. Correct me if im wrong

[bluez_aspic]

"The scientist does not study nature because it is useful to do so. He studies it because he takes pleasure in it, and he takes pleasure in it because it is beautiful. If nature were not beautiful it would not be worth knowing, and life would not be worth living. I am not speaking, of course, of the beauty which strikes the senses, of the beauty of qualities and appearances. I am far from despising this, but it has nothing to do with science. What I mean is that more intimate beauty which comes from the harmonious order of its parts, and which a pure intelligence can grasp." (Poincar?)

The distinction between science and engineering is a bit artificial i.m.o - especially with the applied sciences; there's a convergence which occurs at the later stages. There are differences between research cultures, but people hop from one to another and back again anyway.

btw nice to see another science student around. You're a physics major, right?

[kimsiang]

Yes, I am studying Physics at Kyoto University, Japan. From your message, you seem to be another science student as well. Am I right?
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[bluez_aspic]

Yup, Math major (also an Electrical Engineering dropout). I've done some elementary Physics over the years too.

[kimsiang]

Aha,another mathematics maniac? I assume....
When I was in form6, I put most of my time in studying Mathematics.(for taking further math) Maybe I dont want my life to be filled with numbers and greek alphabets, I chose Physics in the end. XD
But yeah, since my math friends in Japan are kind of maniacs, I feel lucky I am not one of them.LoL
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[Cloudy]

I choose pure science- Physics
just becuse I love it, I think by choosing pure science, I really do get to explore the whole physics
If I choose engineering, some part of it are still industry based, it is more focus on which type you choose, eg chem/ electirical

[Athersin]

What does a pure science major do? Though pure science is a very general and wide branch of course, it is non-specialised and could undermine ur employability since u r not that specialised. Am i rite?

between applied science and pure science, I would choose applied science like mirobiology, astrophysics, biochemistry, geology, chemistry industrial. That is because it could make me to have at least a praticum and the application of tech to industry.
Pure sc involve a lot of theory learning.Probably, u would just ended up becoming a lecturer or sch teacher teaching these subjects.

[chenchow]

Great to see a bunch of real pure science people here, and it is great that you show passion in your field of studies. I am neither pure science or engineering by practice. Yes, I did have an education in engineering, but have never become engineer for one day.

My look on both the field would be that there is some fine line between the two as well. While Engineering is a lot more on applying the theories learned in various pure sciences and mathematics, it would involve a lot of non-engineering aspect as well, in the design of engineering product, as aesthetic value, business value, functional value need to be gauged too. So, in that sense, it is a little more wide spreaded.

On pure science, a lot would have the career path of going into PhD and eventually be a researcher/scientist, or work in lab to research/analyze on stuff.