Many engineers don’t realize what wonderful opportunities are available for them in the professional sector, if they go for further studies after their Bachelor of Technology or Bachelor of Engineering. For quite a few engineers, a B. Tech or BE degree, followed sooner or later by a job, ends further studies. Laziness or lack of further ambition (sometimes, the distinction between the two is blurred due to prestige consciousness, societal expectations, and dictates of psychology on a human being’s personality), low self confidence, and lack of knowledge about the benefits are some of the reasons which contribute to the phenomenon. For career-conscious engineers who want to get the best out of the professional sector in terms of money and job satisfaction, further studies are essential.
Master of Technology is a highly rewarding option after B. Tech or BE is over. Representing the next higher educational degree after engineering, it takes the engineers to the higher and more specialized levels of technology. A properly done M. Tech degree is well recognized in the industrial and the educational sectors and provides more paying and satisfying job opportunities than only a B. Tech or BE degree. The reason is not difficult to understand. Logically, a higher educational degree in the same field of study will lead its holder to jobs which will pay more and include more responsibility and trust. The number of years of experience required for a B. Tech or BE to reach a position in the professional sector will in most of the cases be more than that required by an M. Tech to reach the same position. In the field of education, the difference in preference shown is even more glaring as any day and on the face of it, most of the institutes of technology will prefer an M. Tech to a B. Tech or BE and that too with the readiness to pay a noticeably higher pay package. After M. Tech, an engineer, if he / she wishes, can go for a doctorate, which has a big demand in the areas of research and administration in the field of technology with highly lucrative pecuniary rewards and more gratifying work ethic and culture.
Students can also pursue their masters or MS in US universities. US universities offer very advanced & research oriented masters courses in engineering & technology areas. US Universities work on cutting edge & pioneering areas and students can choose to work and study for MS and subsequent PhD there. Students need to take the GRE examinations in general or subject specific GRE. Apart from this they have to take TOEFL exams too. Financials assistance are also available in US universities based on your GRE scores and also areas of work.
An MBA degree is generally considered the best possible option for a graduate of engineering in the professional sector and the sooner it is acquired after B. Tech or BE, the better it is for him / her. Whereas, a candidate with only a B. Tech or BE degree even after immediately getting a job, normally has to wait for several years in the organization before he / she can even be considered for positions of leadership, trust, and responsibility, an engineering graduate along with an MBA degree straightaway starts his career in an organization from the position of a manager. The career growth is much faster and many surveys also show that the pay package is exponentially higher after MBA when compared to the one before it for the same candidate. An MBA degree not only opens up better and more varied professional options but also represents higher societal and professional status for a graduate of engineering. Apart from giving an engineer a chance to display all those skills for which he / she was selected, it gives him / her the chance to exploit a lot of his / her other skills and indulge his / her interests in the professional sector which might prove productive in the long run, an opportunity which he / she may not have got in most of the jobs landed immediately after engineering. In most of the business schools, the percentage of engineers is higher than that of the students of any other discipline. A progressive increase in the percentage over the last few years reflects a growing consciousness among the engineers of the value of an MBA degree along with a B. Tech or BE degree.
As an educational and professional degree, a B. Tech or BE represents the first and necessary stage that a student has to qualify in order to become an engineer. Professionally speaking, it qualifies a student to call himself / herself an engineer and makes him / her eligible for a job. But neither is it the end of engineering studies nor does it represent the ultimate professional degree. Any engineer who wants to really go for value addition and make it count in the professional sector has to seriously consider the option of going for further studies. As has often been said: The more, the merrier.
Indic Institute of Design & Research, we provide inputs to the students about further studies and provide mentoring and counselling support for our students.
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