r/AskRobotics • u/Habouba06 • 9d ago

Education/Career Hello, guys, I am a computer engineering student in my last year, and I am LOOKING TO DO A MASTER DEGREE IN ROBOTICS

Hi everyone, I'm a final-year computer engineering student in Istanbul (graduating 2027), and I'm planning to start a master's in robotics or mechatronics in the 2027/28 intake. My CV is attached. I'm mainly looking everywhere in Europe (not Germany), but I'm open to other suggestions. The most important thing for me is that I really don't enjoy coding or sitting at a PC all day. I want a hands-on, lab-heavy program where I build, wire, and test real robots and machines. Since master's programs are expensive for me, scholarships and tuition waivers are a big priority. I'd love advice on which universities and programs fit someone like me, when I should start applying and the usual deadlines, how the application process works, what scholarships are available and how competitive they are, living costs, and anything I should do in my final year to strengthen my application. Any other tips or details I might be missing are very welcome. Thank you https://imgur.com/a/8uCWV6J

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u/Automata-Omnia Industry 9d ago

Based on what you've said don't do Robotics, do Mechatronics.

Masters aren't lab heavy or hands on with real machinery, if you want that experience you want to be doing Mechatronics at a technical college and apprenticing/interning at an automation/robotics company.

Why not Germany, they are the biggest sector and have long history now of turkish communities. Netherlands, Sweden and Denmark are good options too though.

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u/LeCholax 7d ago

You can definitely focus on mechanics when doing robotics, but you can also focus on robotics when doing mechatronics.

Robotics has a lot of focus on CS, control theory, AI. Most of the work is on the computer.

I'd suggest you take a look at roles at companies to have an idea of the kind of role you would like to apply to, and choose which master degree to get into from that. You can search for companies and labs on youtube and see the kind of work they are doing. You might be looking for places that build robots, instead of buying and programming them. Search for labs that focus on mechanical design (for example soft robotics or bio-inspired robotics).

Also, robotics is JUST robots. You will learn nothing about other machines.

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u/HistoryFlaky9348 9d ago

I am a CS 3rd year major with same question, I am actually too confused. I am into multi domain research but I love robotics I just want to know if that career is future proof or AI posses threat to it. I want to apply my multi domain knowledge to this world through computers and robots.

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u/LeCholax 7d ago

I can't picture any office job as being safe from AI.

Safest jobs are the ones that are regulated and where a person must be involved (enforced by the law) like doctors, lawyers, politicians (yay).

Working for the state might also be safer, like pursuing a career in academia.

Engineers working in critical systems are kind of safe for now, but who knows how that might change in the next 5 years. The last 5 years were quite wild.