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should also be an eager learner as you will have to dedicate years of
learning and practice to master a ?eld of engineering. Never expect
to build a Burj Khalifa within a year of completing your degree.
Secondly, the skills that you learn in an engineering course can
be applied anywhere. They are also incredibly valuable and highly
sought after where people will turn to your to help solve problems
for them. The ability to provide practical solutions to problems is
crucial and will boost your con?dence when thrown into a sticky
condition. Other than that, you will develop an understanding of
the feasibility of a project from a ?nancial and practical perspective,
as well as learning how to manage your time, be a part of a team
and being a true leader.
Thirdly, engineering offers great rewards and opportunities. Yours
will rank amongst the highest-paid professions in the world, as
well as granting you the ability to work in almost any country
in the world with your unique and universal skill set. Not many

careers offer you such an opportunity to gain experience and
explore new cultures and lifestyles at the same time.

Engineering bodies
There is a number of professional bodies in the engineering
industry where you can ?nd speci?c industry-information and seek
further quali?cations, such as the Association of Consultancy and
Engineering (ACENET), Engineering Council (EC), Institution of Civil
Engineers (ICEnet), Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) and
Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) among many others.
In Malaysia, the governing body of engineers is the Institution
of Engineers (IEM) with the primary function of promoting and
advancing the science and profession of engineering in any or all
of its disciplines, as well as facilitating the exchange of information
and ideas related to engineering.

QS World University Rankings by Subject (2012)
Engineering - Chemical

Engineering - Civil and Structural

QS
Rank School Name

QS
Rank School Name

01 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

01 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

02 University of California, Berkeley (UCB)

02 The University of Tokyo

03 University of Cambridge

03 University of California, Berkeley (UCB)

04 ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)

04 Stanford University

05 Stanford University

05 National University of Singapore (NUS)

06 University of Oxford

06 Imperial College London

07 National University of Singapore (NUS)

07 University of Cambridge

08 Yale University

08 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

09 Imperial College London

09 Kyoto University

10 The University of Tokyo

10 University of Oxford

11 Princeton University

11 ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)

12 University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

12 University of Texas at Austin

13 California Institute of Technology (Ca