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Shanvi
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Possible Colleges for Hardware Engineering
The reason to ask is because of curiosity and a project that I am doing and this information is the one thing I need to get for both purposes and support that. #hardwarecomputerengineer
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Rudy Bauer
Cyber Security, Hardware Engineering, Systems Engineering
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Shanvi, not knowing where you are located or if you can relocate to go to college.
Here in the US Northeast are a variety of excellent choices for Hardware Engineering - WPI, Northeastern University, MIT, Carnegie Mellon, NYU, UConn, and many more.
However, from personal experience, most universities will give you a great education. I put a link below with a listing of colleges in the region
https://best-engineering-colleges.com/computer-engineering/northeast
Here in the US Northeast are a variety of excellent choices for Hardware Engineering - WPI, Northeastern University, MIT, Carnegie Mellon, NYU, UConn, and many more.
However, from personal experience, most universities will give you a great education. I put a link below with a listing of colleges in the region
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Bill DePatie
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Hi Shanvi,
Another aspect of choosing the right engineering college for you is the ability for you to get real-world experience in the particular field of hardware engineering you are interested in. Many schools provide excellent intern and/or COOP programs that will give you this experience prior to graduation. Northeastern University in Boston offers an excellent COOP program as an example. This will allow you to determine which aspect of hardware engineering you are interested in. For instance, if you were to get a BSEE (Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering) you could specialize in computer design or power systems design just to name a few. In addition, you might also consider a career in low level firmware or BIOS development with the same BSEE. A BSEE will give you the skills you need to follow a career path in many directions based on your interests.
Another aspect of choosing the right engineering college for you is the ability for you to get real-world experience in the particular field of hardware engineering you are interested in. Many schools provide excellent intern and/or COOP programs that will give you this experience prior to graduation. Northeastern University in Boston offers an excellent COOP program as an example. This will allow you to determine which aspect of hardware engineering you are interested in. For instance, if you were to get a BSEE (Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering) you could specialize in computer design or power systems design just to name a few. In addition, you might also consider a career in low level firmware or BIOS development with the same BSEE. A BSEE will give you the skills you need to follow a career path in many directions based on your interests.
Dilip Mathew
Sr. Engineering Manager at Okta, Inc.
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MIT, UC Berkeley, Yale are some of the top universities. You should try to look at what exactly in hardware you want to study, and investigate the job possibilities for those.
Dilip's choices aren't the only ones though. Basically any state school will have some kind of an engineering program. A school engineering program that specifically has the general degree title of "hardware engineer" is uncommon, like Washington State University has a Master's degree program in Engineering and Technology Management. I would counter-argue that, depending on what you mean by hardware, it might be more beneficial to get a Physics or Mathematics Doctoral degree. For example, look up the degrees held by folks who developed the Pentium chip and see how many of them came from an engineering background vs. math/science. Vinod Dham for example has his Bachelor's in electrical engineering, but his Master's in Physics.
Andy Tennant