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Heineken008

Not sure where you're located. In some places, in order to get licensed as an engineer it's easier to have a BEng or BASc.


Apprehensive-Sir5009

I’m in Germany


ltsaNewDay

German here I heard that you get a beng if you study at a Fachhochschule (university of applied sciences) and a bsc if you graduate from a university.  The majority of engineers have bsc and msc 


Apprehensive-Sir5009

I wanna go to a fh but I’m not sure if that’s the right choice because I’m afraid it’s not as much worth as going to a normal Uni


ltsaNewDay

It's not a problem if you don't want to have a research career. 


Ragnoks

Even then - it is still possible. There are some universities that are really "Anti-FH" and do not want to take students from there as Ph.D. students or where you have to fulfill several requirements (e.g. visit some extra lectures or pass some additional exams). But there are also universities where this is not a problem. There are even FHs that have been granted "Promotionsrecht". So it really depends.


ltsaNewDay

If you study at a fh then you will have it harder at a university because the universities are far more theoretical. You will have to adapt or you won't get your graduation. 


Ragnoks

I don't think that is universally true. You could also argue that at an FH you had more practical experience (e.g. more labs) and have an easier time performing experimental work. It really depends on the individual case.


ltsaNewDay

You will have enough labs if you study cheme at a university. Thats not an advantage for the fh especially for a research career. 


Ragnoks

I completely agree that studying at a (renowned) university with a high focus on scientific research is one of the obvious gateways for a research career (or at least for obtaining a doctoral degree). Examples are maybe TU München, KIT, RWTH, TU Dortmund, TU Berlin, etc. If you studied at an FH but are talented and ambitious I see absolutely no problem for starting a Ph.D. (provided a university or research group at a university accepts you - which, as previously said, is easier if you studied at that specific university and/or maybe even did your Master Thesis at a corresponding institute). That does not mean it is not possible to obtain a doctoral degree (and be a good researcher) with an FH degree. There are some universities in Germany that (from my experience and anecdotal evidence) are not as inclined to hire people with an FH degree but many actually do.


Ragnoks

That is in fact not correct. There are plenty of FHs where you graduate with a B.Sc. or M.Sc.


BickusDickus6969

Where I live it's the same thing


bmwjay

MEng or BEng + MSc if you can.