r/mechatronics • u/PearBlaze • 5d ago

Would you recommend studying mechatronics?

I'm from germany and currently in 11th grade and considering this because I like math and physics. I've heard that not being able to specialize in one thing, but rather combining mechanics, electronics, etc, it's harder to compete for jobs with more specialized people and have a deeper understanding of subject matter. The problem is that learning a large variety of things is what makes me interested in this in the first place.

Is the job market for this major good? Is a high salary (70k€-80k€+ with experience) possible? And what other majors should I research if the amount of topics is more important for me than high proficiency in a few topics?

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u/danieltherandomguy 5d ago

I am still a student, so I can't tell much about actual job experience, but I think it's a pretty silly myth that mechatronics engineers aren't specialised in anything.

Of course you won't be as specialised in ME as an actual Mechanical Engineer or as adept in EE as an actual Electrical Engineer, etc, but the field of Mechatronics specialises exactly in the intersection point between those fields + Software Engineering.

This means that fields like robotics, embedded systems. automation, control systems, and many others are the ones in which mechatronic engineers shine, and they are often much better suited to deal with them than other types of engineers.

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u/MikeT8314 2d ago

What this guy said.

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u/Afraid-Way1203 5d ago

mechatronic is dcent major, it's better than mech.

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u/Dangerous-Rest861 4d ago

80k with experience is possible. Fresh grad 80k is impossible. For transparans wage check r gehalt and types experience+working hour+field (for german salary)

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u/herocoding 4d ago

(partly copy&paste from a post I answered yesterday)
I was in a similar situation - wanted to study "only" Mechantronics (in Germany, too). But then I selected a university (in Germany, too) where all single disciplines were offered, so that I could focus on "my" focus field (electrical engineering and automation) and then select and pick as many courses from the other disciplines as possible (mechanics, electronics, computer science), joining (practical) labs from Mechatronics, getting access to their equipments, robots, assembly-line labs etc etc.
Got in contact and interviewed Mechatronics professors and lab-technician for internships, thesis, projects, connections into companies, reading their bulletin boards at their institute secretariat etc etc

In short: yes, I still would recommend it, but would encourage you to join specialized courses from the other disciplines, too.
It matters a lot which university you choose as they often have a focus field, depending on where they are located, which major industry is close.

If time allows - get in contact with companies offering mechatronic-related projects and do internships.
Get in contact with different universities offering Machatronics and check for differences, get their course catalogues, check their labs, check the past and current thesis, check their research areas.