Q&A: What requirements do you need in school and university to become a computer engineer?

October 19, 2011

Q&A: What requirements do you need in school and university to become a computer engineer?

Posted by: kk : Category: Computer Question Answers

Question by Raees: What requirements do you need in school and university to become a computer engineer?
What subjects do you have to pick in grade 10 (school) to become a computer engineer?
What subjects do you have to pick in university to become a computer engineer?
If you want to become a computer engineer, do you also have to study computer software engineering?
Is computer software engineering and computer programmer the same thing/job?

Best answer:

Answer by Bayes
In grade 10 (check your desired uni’s specific requirements, but generally): maths (calculus, stats), programming & hardware (if you school offers it, otherwise just general CIS), english (good english skills are actually highly desired), physics (not really necessary, but useful) + anything else you want.

At uni: engineering intro course (will cover physical as well), narrow down in next course to computer engineering, year after that will be narrowed down for you and you can choose the most interesting aspects. Again, check your desired uni’s course syllabus – it should be pretty clear what to take.

Are they the same: computer programming is a branch of computer software engineering, but not the only branch.

Hope this helped. Good luck!