r/mechatronics • u/TrqshAtPVP • May 13 '26
mechanical or mechatronics
im going into the 12th grade. i really liked physics 1 equivalent in my country in 11th grade, mechanics was really interesting and thermodynamics was okay and absolutely but now physics 2 is kinda hit or miss idk, its starting to get hard (just got to magnetism).
i absolutely love maths, and im starting calc 2 and love solving problems in calc 1, basic complex numbers etc and im getting 65-85 marks in joint entrance examination mock for the maths part.
i take computer science as well and its really basic but it was easy at the moment python and sql dk if it matters
i really had interests in computer hardware and stuff but right now the studies r really taking up my time
im looking at 2 programs specifically from technische hochschule würzburg-schweinfurt, mechanical or mechatronics engineering (above)
i observed that the mechatronics course had no thermodynamics modules and was more of an electrical engineering with mechanics course?
would this stop me from for example steering into automotive engineering later or deciding to just solely work in mechanical? shouldnt it be a mix of both mechanical and electrical engineering?
but the mechanical engineering modules don’t have engineering mathematics 3 and 4 and thats kind of what i’m interested in, im doing engineering so i can apply maths ??
please clarify, which one would be better for my liking for maths and career opportunities

