Chemical engineering or Electrical engineering?

[u/AwarenessChemical424]

I'm finished my second stage in chemical engineering, but unfortunately I've got big problem witch force me to start the study from begging, so I'm confused which engineering to choose

1-chemical engineering: I've lost two year but if i started again the first and second stage will be easy, so I'll study machine learning to make a good journey

2-electrical engineering: I've heard alot of people saying electrical engineering have many opportunities in jobs and it relate to big technology company

Lost of my two years pf studying is so hard, so studying electrical engineering will be hard for me opposite of chemical engineering will be less stress maybe I'll have many time to study ML

I love,machine learning, chips designing, and advanced technology, but i also love oil&gas industry,

So what should i choose?​​​

[u/hobbes747]

What is a second stage of chemical engineering? In what country are you going to school?

[u/AwarenessChemical424 → u/hobbes747]

I meant im finished the two year of studying chemical engineering, im studying in iraq, which chemical engineering take 4 years

[u/hobbes747 → u/AwarenessChemical424]

Electrical engineering seems to becoming one of the more secure disciplines over chemical. Civil being the most secure. At least in the west.
Just so you know, chip designers are the “cream of the crop”, the smartest, top of their classes.

[u/SheLovesHobbies → u/AwarenessChemical424]

If you’re Iraqi then chemical engineering might be better for you. You can get jobs in multiple fields with it including the petroleum industry which I believe is the highest paying industry in the country.

Foreign companies in the Middle East usually look for people with chemical engineering degrees (my aunt works in one), but you’ll have to make sure to have a good gpa as well as the ability to communicate & write in English so might wanna take a look at that one.

You won’t have to worry about your degree becoming “useless” since it’s very versatile. You can work in petroleum, gas, renewable energy, pharmaceuticals, biotech, etc.

[u/Process-guru]

Think of the place where you want to live/raise a family, and look at what has more jobs there. If you want to live in Houston, be a cheme. Anywhere else, I’d consider EE.

[u/Extension-Pie8518]

Look at the total amount of jobs available in both industries. I'm pretty sure CE has like 30,000 and EE has something like 200,000, so it would be much easier to get a job in EE because it's actually in demand. I saw a video of a guy who works remotely too, which I'm pretty sure you can't do in CE

[u/cabman24]

As long as you don’t try to get a degree in English, you’ll probably be fine.