Listed below are useful Urls linking to more information what commonly available university degree subjects are, to help future students make informed decisions before applying for admission to a university in any country or make a long term career choice which you might later find to be regrettable:
Make something work
- Engineering – general concepts
- Aeronautical Engineering – Aircraft, helicopters etc
- Aerospace Engineering – space technology
- Chemical Engineering – chemical processing, petroleum refinery etc
- Civil Engineering – buildings, bridges, roads dams
- Electrical Engineering – power generation distribution, motors, elevators, heavy machinery, circuit design
- Electronic Engineering – design electronic circuits, gadgets, devices & technology
- Mechatronics Engineering – mechanical machines controlled by electronics
- Mining engineering‘ – metal, mineral exploration and extraction from the earth
- Mechanical engineering – mech equipment design , heating, heavy machinery
- Nano technology / Nanoscience – designing very tiny mechanical parts
- Metallurgy – study of metals, alloys and how it is refined and manufactured
- Robotics – design equipment & instruments that works with minimal human intervention
- Automation – designing equipment and instruments that work automatically, replacing human workers
- BioMedical Engineer – designing prosthetics, electronic & mechanical instrumentation for medical use
Invent a new Video Game
Make new medical products
- Biotechnology– biological engineering, specialised area = genetic engineering
- Biochemistry– study chemical processes in living things
- Biomedical engineering – see above
Help the sick
- Dentist -repair teeth, extract teeth, enhance teeth beauty
- Nursing – Assist doctors, work in hospitals
- Optometry – assess people with vision problems, recommend optical aids like glasses and contact lenses
- Oral hygiene – advice people on how to maintain teeth and mouth health, cleaning, flossing etc
- Pharmacist – dispense prescribed medications to customers, advise on choice of OTC drugs
- Radiography– operate X Ray instruments
- Traditional Chinese Medicine ( Acupuncture, Herbal Medicine )
- Naturopathy– use of foods and herbs to maintain health
- Physiotherapy– specialised physical exercise to help patients recover from injury and illness
- Chiropractic – spine alignment
- Podiatry – feet
- Reflexology – acupuncture focussed on feet
- Iridology – diagnosing health from eye examination, not an exact science
- Osteopathy – bones
Help the animals
- Veterinary Science – animal doctor for pets, farm animals or wildlife
Save Planet Earth, make your world a better place to live
- Renewable energy – Solar, wind farm turbines, geothermal, sea wave biofuel sources of energy
- Solar Power – harnessing energy from sunlight
- Environmental science – making your physical environment sustainable, cleaner and safer by detecting poisons and other hazardous factors, implementing conservation
- Urban planning – plan cities
- OHS – Occupational Health & Safety – enforce laws to make workplace safer
- Ecology – studies the interrelation between living organism in a shared eco system
- Conservation – making your environment cleaner, safer and minimising over exploitation and damage and disturbance to the ecological equilibrium
- Sustainability – Find ways of using natural resources ( energy , minerals, plants) in a manner that doesn’t exhaust natual supply
Make something grow
- Agriculture – the applied science of growing plants, crops for food and material harvesting
- Botany – scientific study of plant life
- Forestry – study of forests and it’s conservation
- Horticulture – plant cultivation for human usage
Connect with people
- Communication studies – how humans commuincate, the medium and technology involved, related to media studies
- Marketing – initiatives involved in promotion of a company’s product to increase public awareness and sales
- Market Research – an interdisciplinary area involving stats, psychology, marketing to gather information about target markets or customers.
Increasing so, this area overlaps with ” Big Data ” / ” Data Science “ - Visual Arts – art forms involving ceramics, drawing, painting, sculpture, and electronically created graphics
- Visual Communication – drawings, signs, grahic design , web design images used to communicate specific messages
- Big Data – IT based Predictive Analysis methods used in Marketing, Criminology , voting analysis etc Degrees required: IT, Math, Stats, Psych,
- Data science – an interdisciplinary field about processes and IT systems to extract knowledge or insights from data in various forms, and is related to ” Big Data”
- Media – Broadcast, Print, Internet media etc – various methods use to mass communicate with the public, newspapers, magazines, publication , internet, radio , television
- English and other languages
Show me the Money !
- Accounting / Accountancy -Balance books, check financial information of companies, forecasting, provide advice
- Economics – the study of what humans and nations do to make a living and create wealth
- Finance – how companies invest and raise money to fund projects and expenses, best path to becoming an Investment Banker
- Marketing – initiatives involved in promoting product to increase public awareness and sales
- Actuarial science – study of risk, assessment and management, best path to become an Actuary
- MBA– Master of Business Administration, best NOT taken immediately after a bachelor…but after several years of work experience….and only if you need it.
Connect with IT
- Computer Engineering – fusion of Electronic engineering and Computer Science concepts to create new computer technology ( at infrastructure level), with focus on hardware design ( microcontrollers, microprocessors, personal computers, and supercomputers, to circuit design )
- Computer Science – programming, software development, database design and computing- more software focus, creating applications ( programs ) for consumers. No hardware focus.
- Software Engineering – writing computer code in a structured , disciplined and organised manner. No hardware focus.
- Informatics – a generic term referring to Computer Science, IT, Information Systems, more commonly known as IT or ICT
- Information Technology – generic term referring to all things Computer related ( Programming , Technical Support, Database , Network / Systems Admin, Big Data etc )
- Bioinformatics – use of IT to make advance in understanding human biology and medicine
- Video and PC Games Development
Stay Healthy, help people eat right
Look to the Stars
- Astrophysics – a specialised branch of Physics studying the cosmos, planets, stars , origin of the universe
- Astronomy – specialised branch of Physics studying the cosmos, planets, stars
Understand the laws of nature
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Biology
- Geology / Earth Science
- Genetics
- Environmental Science
- Ecology – study of the flora and fauna and their interaction with their environment
- Bio-Informatics
- BioPhysics
- Botany
- Biotechnology
- Biochemistry
- Microbiology
Design Buildings
- Architecture design ( not build) the outer shape and inner shape of buildings
Find something old
- Archaeology– digging , finding very old objects used by humans a very long time ago
- Paleontology – studying the history of ancient bones to help us understand where we came from
- Anthropology
Fly, manage airports. work with aircraft
- Aviation
- Aeronautical Engineering / Aeronautics
- Avionics – Specialised electronics used in Aircraft … found in Electrical / Electronics Engineering degree
Enforce justice
- Lawyer
- Policing
- Criminology
- Forensic science
- IT Security
Society
- Political Science – how do societies organise themselves and delegate collect power
- Sociology – Why people behave in certain ways in any given community ie group behaviour as opposed to individual ( Psychology)
- Social Work – help people & communities who are facing social challenges
For Australian university degree courses, have a look here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_Medicine