Mechanical vs Electrical Engineering

There are 5 main branches of engineering: Mechanical, Electrical, Software, Chemical, and Civil. So, in this video, we’ll compare the two most popular ones: Mechanical and Electrical. If you’re deciding between these two majors OR maybe you’re just curious to know a little more about each…this video is for you. If you’re also curious to know which is harder, you’ll find your answer in this video! Timestamps are as follows:

00:00 Intro
00:46 Mechanical Engineering
03:16 Electrical Engineering
05:13 Why Electrical Engineering is Harder?
06:59 Similarities and Differences
08:10 Which one to Choose?
08:55 Career Projects

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ABOUT ME:
My name is Tamer Shaheen and I am a recent mechanical engineering graduate from the University of Waterloo, currently working as a Mechanical Design Engineer. I like to make videos about university/college, engineering, and personal development. Thank you so much for watching!!

P.S. I uploaded this video for a few minutes, but realized I made some editing errors, so had to delete it, fix it and reupload it :)

[nasim]

Please don't worry about job opportunities for either of them. I am graduating this semester in EE, and I am getting an average of 2 interviews per week from companies like Tesla, GM, SpaceX, and startups. Just love your craft and be good at it and you will be sought after, and you will make great things!

[Lolwthify]

I think what's great about engineering is that you get a general understanding of all branches and can basically just choose what you want to work with depending on what you enjoy, regardless of what education you chose. I was struggling a lot with choosing either ME or programming. I then learned about CFD where I use all the knowledge of my ME degree, but basically write code all day.

[nuwarimpaseaman]

The way u diffirentiated electrical and mechanical engineering using the human body, was creativity at its peak. The way you advised on how to choose a course to persue by looking at the topics one enjoyed in high school, was incredible. Lastly, giving us an open mind on how u can relate the two(ee & me) no matter wat u specialise in, is a very big motivation in the engineering field. Long live science.

[EEShyama]

Would love to see more electrical engineering related content!

[turbocoupe]

Great breakdown of the difference between the degrees. As a BSEE and now an MD, I would add that the EE degree has more electives and is more flexible. My first computer was a slide rule.

[youngman]

I’ve always wanted to become an Electrical engineer, but I felt I was too dumb, so I became apprentice electrician instead, the job was ok but I wasn’t content, I left my job 2 months ago and enrolled in a community college currently I’m playing catch-up, i’m in College alg and I will be taking summer and winter semester so I can get my associates in 2 years and then hopefully transfer to get my bachelors degree, I watch all your vids and you tips and vids are the reason I’m pursing my dreams.

[jren]

At least in Australia, a big part of electrical engineering is working with power (which is something you didn't discuss - perhaps it's less of a focus area in American universities). A lot of the electromagnetism that we learn is to prepare us for working with power lines, converting electrical power into mechanical work through motors (and vice versa for generators), and safely and efficiently transmitting power across large distances. I'd personally break down the career trajectories of EE into:

1. Power engineer - You'll be working in industry or on the power grid, on the generation, transmission or use of electrical power. This can mean maintaining the grid, helping companies select the right motor for a particular application, integrating a new housing development or building into the grid (and modelling power consumption, etc)
2. Analog - This is really the heart of EE. This involves designing electronic circuits using Resistors, Capacitors, opamps, etc. A lot of analog circuitry relates to communications, audio and power (converting AC to DC)
3. Digital/Embedded engineer - heavily programming focused; your job will be to design programs that will be run on microcontrollers and interact with sensors.

There are also audio and Telecommunications engineers, who are have an EE qualification

[shirazqasmi]

0:53 I love how you used fire bending to show thermodynamics

[maik]

Back then I wanted to study ME because my friends also did that. But during an Internship my colleagues said that ME is about excavators: heavy, bulky, dirty and metal stuff. He recommend EE to me and I followed his advice. Now I am about to finish my master degree and super happy that I chose EE.

[talhajat]

EE are badasses, no other discipline competes. It’s black magic. Heck some of the math is harder then what what majors do.

[storytrailing]

I just started my undergrad Electrical Engineering. It helps to have at least an understanding of electrical! But either is a blast to be apart of and getting to do labs is super fun!. It is a LOT of work but as long as you visualize all the cool things you can do in engineering in the future and remember, it'll all be worth it in the end. Happy studying fellow engineers, we got this! :D

[yourbestie]

Thank you so much for this video! I'm starting university soon and want to choose a engineering degree that interests me. I could choose mechatronics but it is alot harder. So far I'm leaning to mechanical.

[khairx]

so far this is the best explanation of engineering I've ever heard. Best lesson for a amateur like me

[factswithrankings]

Electrical engineering is the best. Love how electrical engineers can dive into robotics easily

[pranavgupta]

this man should be on a million subs by noww, he is so good at explaining things, thanks man

[Bilalkhan-vkfd]

At start i was also stuck at this question should i chose ME or EE? But at last I choose I choose EE and I didnt regret it i am right now doing EE. It is so cool you will interact with how robots works and circuits.. I dont know how people call it to difficult to visualize. For me it is so cool that everything you study at the time when u peroform it in lab is same it is so cool.... But i would suggest everyone that choose major with your interest . Thanks :)

[allabouttheracks]

This is AWESOME! It brought me great value! Thank you!👍🏿

[shathan.]

This is the best video on channel, ME and EE has been a big struggle to narrow down and pick on for me. I am a third yr ME student and still idk if its the right thing for me or EE because I honestly love both same level and I chose ME since its broader. I can’t really change my major to EE rn cz its late and idk if its possible by any chance to work as EE in the future if i acquire and demonstrate the skills of EE job without the need to go back to college for EE degree, i hope i can, because its really hard to know what im gonna enjoy working on until i try it

[cloroxbleach]

As an ME student, it's definitely EE that's more difficult. Just the fact that it's more theoretical because the people there work with literal imaginary numbers (i), and that's just one of the many reasons why.

[cleuziosilva]

Great video. As a person who does not understand any of these both universe, I understood pretty well.