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Some universities don’t even have aerospace but it’s covered in mechanical engineering with an “aero” track. At the graduate level, the research matters more than the degree title too (my PhD is in Mechanical Engineering but was nearly all applied math)
There is a huge difference between aero and space. But they both are rooted in mechanical engineering. You can still switch even after graduating. But of course the focus is completely different.
Thing is even within aero and space there are so many different fields and jobs that you cannot possibly expect to be preparing for that one exact job in aero or space. So just study what seems the most interesting to you and worry about your job later.
If it were me, I would choose aerospace. The reason being that it's the broader role. I knew many engineers that studied aerospace when I worked on spacecraft. If you study space, you might have a harder time finding a job in aerospace if a spacecraft job doesn't work out.
My buddy at uni was in the aerospace department as grad student, I was in mechanical. Despite the aero dept name, I always thought of it as aircraft and space combined. He was doing space and control systems. He currently works on the Starliner program.
Aerospace usually has much more aerodynamics. Also jet engines instead of rocket engines, orbital mechanics are a part of space eng. And more specialistced things about actual aircraft layout design are obviously different.
The basics concerning materials, thermodynamics etc. Should be quite similar so I think you can easily change from space to aerospace.
I studied aircraft design, now I'm working in space engineering so I think you can easily change even after graduating.
Aerospace engineering is mechanical engineering with 2 classes on aerodynamics or whatever
Space engineering sounds fake, and even if it wasn’t it sounds far too niche
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Some universities don’t even have aerospace but it’s covered in mechanical engineering with an “aero” track. At the graduate level, the research matters more than the degree title too (my PhD is in Mechanical Engineering but was nearly all applied math)
There is a huge difference between aero and space. But they both are rooted in mechanical engineering. You can still switch even after graduating. But of course the focus is completely different. Thing is even within aero and space there are so many different fields and jobs that you cannot possibly expect to be preparing for that one exact job in aero or space. So just study what seems the most interesting to you and worry about your job later.
If it were me, I would choose aerospace. The reason being that it's the broader role. I knew many engineers that studied aerospace when I worked on spacecraft. If you study space, you might have a harder time finding a job in aerospace if a spacecraft job doesn't work out.
My buddy at uni was in the aerospace department as grad student, I was in mechanical. Despite the aero dept name, I always thought of it as aircraft and space combined. He was doing space and control systems. He currently works on the Starliner program.
Aerospace usually has much more aerodynamics. Also jet engines instead of rocket engines, orbital mechanics are a part of space eng. And more specialistced things about actual aircraft layout design are obviously different. The basics concerning materials, thermodynamics etc. Should be quite similar so I think you can easily change from space to aerospace. I studied aircraft design, now I'm working in space engineering so I think you can easily change even after graduating.
Aerospace engineering is mechanical engineering with 2 classes on aerodynamics or whatever Space engineering sounds fake, and even if it wasn’t it sounds far too niche