Bachelor of Engineering
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Bachelor of Engineering (BEng or BE) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded to a student after four or five years of studying engineering at an accredited university in the United Kingdom and other countries, such as Australia. Some universities in the United States also award a BEng rather than the Bachelor of Science degree. An example of this is the Vanderbilt University School of Engineering (http://frontweb.vuse.vanderbilt.edu/vuse_web/departments/degrees.asp)
Baccalaureus in Arte Ingeniaria (BAI) (Latin), literally meaning Bachelor in the Art of Engineering, is a less common variety of the degree and is awarded by the University of Dublin, Ireland and more usually referred to Bachelor of Engineering.
Although some colleges award either a Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Applied Science degree to graduates of engineering study, a Bachelor of Engineering degree is typically given to students who take engineering courses as a majority of their course load.
A BEng will usually be undertaken in one of the fields:
- Computer engineering
- Civil engineering
- Chemical engineering
- Electrical engineering
- Electronics engineering
- Mechanical engineering
- Materials engineering
- Mining engineering
- Software engineering