Talk:Bachelor of Engineering

Not in my experience

'Although some colleges award a Bachelor of 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'

I have not seen this be the case here in the US. All major universities I looked into offered only BS degrees in Engineering disciplines. Do other have experiences that might be of help?
I think a {Disputed} or {Limitedgeographicscope} might be in order. Anyone concur?
Mike Graham Notthe9 19:19, 5 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I think that's normal in Thailand. If it is an engineering course, it is very rare to get BSc/BS. In United Kingdom, even there's no BEng but there's MEng. Master of Engineering, in most case, will be awarded only to graduates from 4-year engineering program (bachelor + master). May be this MEng is something like German's Diplom. But I'm not sure about it. -- Bact 19:06, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)

The Cooper Union (New York, NY) is an ABET accredited school that awards Bachelor of Engineering degrees. I should know because I'm trying to graduate.

Sort this out?

Ok, I think this page really needs some sorting out. In engineering in particular, I think there are very different usages from coutry to country (or least geographical area to geographical area). Contrary to the comment above, for example, the UK does award BEng but also BSc; the distribution among Unis is pretty random. The MEng is not a five year course as mentioned in the article (unless it follows a foundation course of 1 year) and nor is it a (bachelor + master) in most Unis. Regrettably, there seem to be many different ways of constructing the Engineering hierarchy. Perhaps, then, for Wikipedia, we should have a Disambig page, with a list of the countries on it. However, there is alredy a page for Engineer's degrees but these are of a flavour that doesn't really include bachelors or the UK masters. I think my vote is for a Disambiguation page which can also give a link to the Engineer's degree page. -Splash 18:36, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)

I have found that in England you can do a BEng (3 years) or MEng (4 years). If you opt for the latter, but then decide to graduate in your 3rd year instead, you are awarded a BSc because you do not have sufficent engineering content. - TJ

There are BE's in the US

I am at a school earning a BE. There are only about half a dozen schools in the US that offer BE's. I go to Stevens Institute of Technology. The article is a little confusing abou what it really is. It is a broad engineering curiculum. I need 156 credits to get my under grad, which breaks down to about 18-20 a semester. I take multiple classes in EE, CE, CmE, Navel Eng, Cmath, chem, physics, etc etc. The idea is that it makes a rounded engineer that can not depend on other engineers to fix problems. Good luck finding a school that offers them, its now a choice at stevens not manditory.

-- Yeah, but there are also schools that offer BE's while still being specialized. B.E.ChE, B.E.EE, B.E.CE etc.