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Mining Engineering MSc

  • 04-03-2013 04:46PM
    #1
    JohnP1988
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1 ✭


    Hi folks,

    I'm considering applying to do an MSc in Mining Engineering at the University of Exeter next year. I'm currently in final year of a Mech Eng (Level 8) degree.

    I was wondering if anyone here knew much about this in terms of how difficult it is to get a place, employment prospects, etc. I'm hoping that doing Mech Eng as opposed to Chem Eng won't hurt my chances.

    Any help appreciated, thanks.


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  • #2
    trumpettuba
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2 ✭trumpettuba


    JohnP1988 wrote: »
    Hi folks,

    I'm considering applying to do an MSc in Mining Engineering at the University of Exeter next year. I'm currently in final year of a Mech Eng (Level 8) degree.

    I was wondering if anyone here knew much about this in terms of how difficult it is to get a place, employment prospects, etc. I'm hoping that doing Mech Eng as opposed to Chem Eng won't hurt my chances.

    Any help appreciated, thanks.
    Hi JohnP1988;83499238, so you probably have graduated by now and got a job too, if you could help me that would be great thanks, would you recommend university of exeter a good uni considering of studying medicine there?


  • #3
    matthew1998
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 175 ✭✭matthew1998


    trumpettuba wrote: »

    I'm also interested in Mining engineering! It seems to have pay similar to petroleum engineering with a better future. You can also travel around the world really easily....USA, Canada,Austrailia, NZ,Brazil and UK.

    Would mechanical or civil be a more useful undergrad course? Many thanks!

    EDIT: Sorry , just seen your interested in Medicine , not the course :D


  • #4
    onrail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,080 ✭✭✭onrail


    matthew1998 wrote: »
    I'm also interested in Mining engineering! It seems to have pay similar to petroleum engineering with a better future. You can also travel around the world really easily....USA, Canada,Austrailia, NZ,Brazil and UK.

    Would mechanical or civil be a more useful undergrad course? Many thanks!

    Civil Engineering or Geology would definitely be useful to bring into a Mining MSc, but thats not to say that Mechanical wouldn't work. I'd chose based on your interests.

    As a career, you'd be doing well to gain employment in this country; but for any jobs going, you'd have little competition - Golder and SLR are the two main companies based in Ireland which do a bit of consultancy work in the sector.

    I worked in the industry for a few years, travelling near and far, but left due to falling workload and a desire to stay employed in Ireland. It's not as volatile as the Petroleum Industry, but certainly not stable. Any questions, feel free to give me a pm.


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