Apart from these traditional branches there are many new branches like Electronics and communication, Mechatronics, Biotechnology, Instrumentation, Information Technology and many more. Engineering has both under graduate and graduate courses in many streams. A person is termed as a Professional Engineer once he completes an engineering course in one of the many Engineering University. Such Universities generally have a number of affiliated to them. There are a number of engineering colleges all over the world and especially in US and UK. The top Engineering Universities in US are
?Massachusetts Institute Of Technology
?Stanford University
?California Institute Of Technology
?University Of Michigan
?Cornell University
The high ranked in UK are
?The University Of Salford
?University Of Bristol
?University Of Glasgow
?Cornwall Engineering College
?Aston University
Generally a university offers most of these engineering courses. The duration of an undergraduate (UG) course is 4 years and that of a graduate course is 2 years. There are many tests to take up to enroll in an engineering course. For UG admissions a student must take the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). They are of two types ? Reasoning Tests (consisting of Verbal and Quantitative mathematics multiple choice questions) and Subject Tests (consisting of specific subject multiple choice questions). The requisites of the test vary from one engineering college to the other.
For graduate courses the students need to take up Graduate record Examination (GRE). This exam consists of a verbal section and a quantitative mathematics section. Sometimes the students have to take Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or International English Language Testing System (IELTS) for non-native English speakers. There are authorized websites and books which provide samples of the engineering practice tests. These engineering practice tests can be booked online through the internet and taken up at any of the Educational Testing Service (ETS) authorized centre all around the world. The whole procedure is simple if you are well informed of the details. On the whole an engineering degree is completed only by a well deserving candidate and such a candidate enjoys a privileged status in the society.
