Bachelor of Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering (BAI (in latin), BEng, or BE) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded to a student after three, four or five years of studying engineering at an accredited university in the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Nigeria, China and India.
A Bachelor of Engineering is a Professional Degree and therefore a requirement for undertaking some engineering work. This is controlled by the national professional engineering society or institute who accredit the universities and is also often controlled by law.
Baccalaureus in Arte Ingeniaria (BAI) (Latin), literally meaning Bachelor in the Art of Engineering, is a less common variety of the degree and is awarded by the University of Dublin, Ireland and more usually referred to Bachelor of Engineering.
Although some colleges award either a Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Applied Science degree to graduates of engineering study, a Bachelor of Engineering degree is typically given to students who take engineering courses as a majority of their course load. However, some universities in Canada award only the Bachelor of Applied Science degree to those finishing the undergraduate engineering program (never the Bachelor of Engineering or Bachelor of Science degree).
In Germany the Bachelor of Engineering was introduced as part of implementation of the bologna process. However, this degree is in fact only offered by German Fachhochschule-institutions. German technical universities award a Bachelor of Science in engineering rather than the BEng degree. A German BEng is somewhat unusual since it generally lasts for three and a half years.
A BEng will usually be undertaken in one of the fields:
- Aeronautical engineering
- Automotive engineering
- Biochemical engineering
- Biomedical engineering
- Building engineering
- Computer engineering
- Civil engineering
- Chemical engineering
- Industrial engineering
- Electrical engineering
- Electronics engineering
- Manufacturing Systems
- Mechanical engineering
- Materials engineering
- Mechatronics engineering
- Mining engineering
- Nuclear engineering
- Software engineering
- Systems engineering
The field is sometimes noted in the degree postnominals, e.g. BE(Aero) or BEng(Elec).
Bachelor of Engineering (BE) (English), is a degree awarded by many universities in India.
A Bachelor of Engineering will usually be undertaken in one of the fields:
- Aeronautical engineering
- Automobile engineering
- Biotechnology engineering
- Biomedical engineering
- Building engineering
- Computer engineering
- Civil engineering
- Chemical engineering
- Electrical engineering
- Electronics and Communication engineering
- Mechanical engineering
- Telecommunication engineering
- Textile engineering
- Medical Electronics engineering
- Information Science engineering
- Information Technology engineering
- Mining engineering
- Nuclear engineering
- Software engineering
- Mechatronics engineering
The field is sometimes noted in the degree postnominals, e.g. BE(Aero) or BEng(Elec).
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