Which course is more valuable.. .Computer science and engineering or electronics and communication engineering?

Hi Vicky

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You have to first go through your state of mind and your career goals in future.



Just introspect yourself and think where you want to see yourself after 58 years.



CSE AND ECE both has its pros and cons



Let me start with CSE-

Coding is at a boom these days, rising no. of startups need developers and coders. Options are wide in computer science, lots of computer and assembly languages to be learned. But the thing is apart from being so much wide, CSE people often bound themselves in areas which they dont think they or are sure of in excelling! Dont look for CSE if youre just seeing that its cut-offs are more or everyone else you know who pursued CSE is settling abroad. Lots of people have mis-conceptions that people who are CSE grads have well fortune waiting for them in the west. But thats not true in all the cases. Plus, in CSE youll find a lot of people in race and youll end up being one of them. Im not saying it happens with everyone, but yes let your passion decide.



2. Now the ECE thing: Its a evergreen field, it really is! Believe me. I have been into three domains and excelled two of them. Three in the sense: Electronics(Embedded systems, robotics, VLSI etc. to be named a few), Communication (Networks i.e. Networking) and Coding. I was much more comfortable and was more of a enthusiast for networking. Did many certifications and almost excelled in that. This what helps for ECE grads. They can SWITCH. This is the best thing. Switching is the only thing which can be possible in ECE. You can code, you can assemble or you can manage networks. There is a lot a ECE grad can go for. Yes the curriculum is more vast than any other Stream. But a little more hardwork can open a whole different world for you. You get a less competition. You can also be eligible for some exams which only need core stream grads like ECE! There are jobs where only ECE students are req but not the Cse one. But the vice-versa is not that much common.



So be aware what you want to do, and what you want to achieve. If youre sure of that.

Hii Vicky Radan,

Well true that it all comes down to preferences but let's have a look at what the branches are meant to be.



Computer science engineering: where you learn about processors, compilers develop algorithms etc. But at the end of the day it all comes down to your coding skills.Companies recruit you on the basics of how good a coder you are.



Electornics and communication engineering: well you learn about microcontrollers and communication but keeping in mind that microcontrollers need to be programmed so you have to learn coding anyhow. And if you are dedicated enough you can use your little bit of coding knowledge on sites like codechef and develop your algorithms alongside.



Since most of the things are getting automated these days. People do need programmers. But automation also means lot of electronics. If you're an Indian and are willing to stay here then you must have heard about the H1B visa ban making most Indian programmers unfit for jobs in the silicon Valley. Well that is where all the big boys that can fetch you high paychecks recite. Also this news was well promoted that a mechanical engineer student was able to get job in Google developing his coding skills online which just proves that you can really replicate CSE course through a bit of dedication.



So my personal view would be ECE is better than CSE as it makes you fit for both worlds equally and with a bit of efforts you could do very well in your ECE curriculum as well as compete with most of your CSE mates too. Not to forget how well your CV will shine if you are able to do that.



Cheers.

Hello,

Both the courses have their importance in their own respective ways. If you are more interested towards computers and programming, then you should seriously opt for Computer science and engineering. But if you are more interested towards electronics and communication systems and in the respective Industry, then you should opt for Electronics and Communication engineering.



Both the courses are valuable and cannot be compared with each other. So it depends on an individuals interests and aspirations.





For more details on CSE go to

https://www.google.com/amp/s/engineering.careers360.com/articles/computer-science-engineering-0/amp



For more details on ECE go to

https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/electronics-and-communication-engineering-0/amp





All the best.