After leaving school, each graduate faces the most important question of choosing a future profession. Based on personal preferences, as well as the abilities of schoolchildren, they are most often divided into two main groups: humanities and techies. The most popular profession among students of the second type is a variety of engineering specialties. Today in our article we will talk about the features of this career, as well as what items must be taken for admission.
What kind of profession?
The engineering profession is very complex, but interesting. In order to become a highly qualified specialist, demanded in the labor market among employers, you need to know a lot of specialized information, as well as have a lot of professional skills.
Today, all engineering specialists can be divided into several categories. For example, they distinguish designers, physicists, technologists, mechanics, designers, testers, military engineers, and many others. Thus, we can conclude that a specialist who has acquired an engineering education will be able to apply his professional knowledge, skills in almost all areas of life. However, it should be borne in mind that In addition to professional characteristics, requirements are also put forward for the personal qualities of a specialist. So, the engineer must be neat and attentive, sociable and responsible, have logical thinking and analytical mindset, etc.
Like any other profession, an engineering specialty has its own individual characteristics (both positive and negative). Among the advantages are:
- high salary (at the same time, material remuneration for the specialist’s work may vary depending on the region of residence, the specific place of work, qualifications and work experience);
- high demand (a person who has a diploma in engineering, will not be left without a job, as these specialists are in demand throughout our country);
- opportunity for career growth (a responsible and proactive employee can subsequently become the head of the department or even the director of the enterprise), etc.
The disadvantages include:
- irregular working hours (despite a well-defined work schedule, situations very often happen when engineers are delayed at work);
- traditional (engineers cannot work from home or on a free schedule);
- long and difficult educational process (entering a engineering specialty is quite difficult - for this you need to take technical subjects, in addition, the learning process itself cannot be called easy, high demands are placed on students).
Thus, before making a final decision and forever connecting your life with the profession of an engineer, it is important to evaluate in advance all the advantages and disadvantages of the profession.
What school subjects need to be handed over to an engineer?
If you have finally chosen the profession of engineer as your future career, then you should tighten items that you will subsequently have to take on the exam. So, for admission to a technical specialty, you need to take such school subjects as mathematics, physics and Russian. However, in some cases, the list does not end with these disciplines - you may also need chemistry or a foreign language (usually English).
Thus, we can conclude that the preparation for entering the engineer requires a lot of your work and time. Be prepared for this in advance.
Entry exams
You can apply for an engineer not only after leaving school (after grade 9 to college or after grade 11 to university), but also after graduating from a secondary school. At the same time, you can choose the full-time form of study and devote yourself fully to the acquisition of knowledge or choose the correspondence option and combine study at the university with work. So, if you decide to enroll in an engineer after receiving a diploma of secondary vocational education, then you do not need to take the exam. The first thing to do is to visit the admissions office of the educational institution and clarify what subjects are required for passing the entrance exams.
It should be borne in mind that you will have to take entrance exams not in general subjects (as after graduation), but in highly specialized disciplines. The specific disciplines required for passing the internal exam will depend on your chosen field of study and training program.
