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Atheistan:
Its a dying course...
Organizations are moving away from on-premises infrastructure to cloud so fewer hardware lay within their environment.

Cloud storage still require data centres which is also a big physical warehouse of human size hard-disk drives as critical infrastructure.

poweredcom:
Hahaha na waste of time ...any eediort can scatter a computer and arrange it back lol without any four years course in any useless Nigerian university

Don't be deceived by those eediots as you called them. I asked one calling himself Computer Engineer at Garrison PH back in 2014 the difference between hyper threading and overclocking amidst Core i5 and Core i7 CPUs during system operations.

He dropped his screwdriver and was dumbfounded , gaping at me speechless for minutes. I told him point blank to come over to my car, let me give him admission form.

At Op, don't be deceived by anyone, Computer Engineering is an art, it permeates across almost every Engineering field you can think of. Self development is the goal beyond classroom basics.

Vision247:
I was thinking it's B.ENG not BSc...

B.ENg and B.sc , no difference.
If it is MENg and MSc, then there is difference.
Most universities wont accept MENG for PhD. They see them as taught masters degree and not a masters degree with research component, and PhD are hot cake now due to AI. Lots of Machine Learning jobs often require PhD in engineering nowadays.

Thank you all. Its actually my daughter seeking admission and she scored 285 in JAMB

CodeTemplar:
Maybe your colleague is in charge of changing from generator to Taiwanese/Korean NEPA. Lol.

I hope you work where your colleague works.

Interestingly, I work in Transmission and Distribution. Software or hardware is not my thing.

CodeTemplar:
average 2026 car has over a dozen computers in them. Computer is not only PC or laptop or tablet.
Anything that performs computation is a computer. There was mechanical computer before electronic ones emerged. Your brain is biological one.

And Electrical/Electronics Engineers can still apply for any computer engineering job. So, whats your point exactly?

However, computer engr graduates applications would get bounced for a lot of other jobs that Electrical/Electronics engr graduates would still be eligible for.

It seems I got all these computer engineering graduates triggered. Sorry oo. I don't mean to

captainbangz:
For undergrad, do EEE instead. You'll thank me later.

💯
For similar level of academic stress, better to go EEE and have access to more opportunities when one graduates.
With EEE, a graduate can still get computer engineering jobs easily.

rottenPussy:
I would say study electrical engineering, then pivot to computer engineering for your postgraduate.
Reason being that electrical engineering is by far the most immune career to AI, and computer engineering is only a subsection of electrical engineering.

I somehow missed this post.
This is exactly my point. Why narrow yourself to a specialization from undergrad when you can still practice as a computer engineer with a Elect Elec degree..., but vice versa won't be possible.

A good example, instead of studying chemical engineering, you decide to study petroleum engineering.
A vacancy for a petroleum engineer would still allow those with degree in chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering e.t.c to apply.

What now happens when there is a bad economy and petrolleum engineering jobs are scarce. How easy would it be for a petroleum engineering graduate to pivot?

Flangelo12:
What kind of micro thinking is this ?

The OP is asking questions in the Nigerian context, dont come and tell us he will get a job in AWS ireland after he grads from Nigerian highschool without experience.

Goodvibes007:
And Electrical/Electronics Engineers can still apply for any computer engineering job. So, whats your point exactly?

However, computer engr graduates applications would get bounced for a lot of other jobs that Electrical/Electronics engr graduates would still be eligible for.

It seems I got all these computer engineering graduates triggered. Sorry oo. I don't mean to

Not in Taiwan or USA or China where actual computers are built.
Maybe in roadside repair spots and banks/offices.

Gbadugbakun:
AI still falls under software engineering. In fact artificial intelligence is a course of its own in software engineering.

You're not understanding. With AI, one programmer can do the job of 5 programmers.

Those 5 extra programmers, what do you think happens to them? They get sacked.

spiSeyi:
There's nothing like a roadside computer repairs and besides dem dey make money pass some bankers or even doctors. If repair no come you go sell laptops or accessories that stuff is a low-key passive income generator plus if you are well educated you can write proposals to ministries, MDAs, NGOs to train ppl for empowerment or even partner as service center or repair centers with some distributors

In your Rice n Beans logic, income level can justify transforming someone who cannot define what computer or computation is, into an actual engineer. In Taiwan and USA where real semiconductor industry actually exists, there are also computer repairers there but they dont adopt your rice n beans logic of calling repairs of power circuitry within Personal Computers, Computer Engineering.
Let me give you a clue. In the whole of Africa, there is not a single computer engineering company of repute. Repair is not engineering.
If it was then the guy who repairs TV sets will be TV engineers ans study same in uni/poly
Sound systems will sound system engineers.

Computer engineering graduate that cannot fix a common blue screen error

Goodvibes007:
B.ENg and B.sc , no difference.
If it is MENg and MSc, then there is difference.
Most universities wont accept MENG for PhD. They see them as taught masters degree and not a masters degree with research component, and PhD are hot cake now due to AI. Lots of Machine Learning jobs often require PhD in engineering nowadays.

Thanks a million times, Sir!

VeeVeeMyLuv:
Yes as long as you are willing to apply it

No course is useless

The problem is people not willing to apply these course giving flimsy excuses

Some courses are useless

Goodvibes007:
Yeah. My colleagues working in Samsung and AMD hold degrees in Electrical/Electronics not Computer Engineering.

My point is that you don't need a degree in computer engineering to work as a computer engineer.

Go for a more general course that makes you more versatile and open more doors of opportunities. Don't narrow yourself to computer engineering from the get go, which some universities even still classify as a course under Elect/Elct.

Computer Engineering is not all about hardware. I'm not supposed to be telling you this since you said you studied the course, but then I don't know the course outline they use where you studied.

DeOTR:
Computer Engineering is not all about hardware. I'm not supposed to be telling you this since you said you studied the course, but then I don't know the course outline they use where you studied.

Where did I say it was all about hardware?

Or did anyone tell you its only hardware they deal with in Samsung or AMD? Infact, Electrical/Electronics Engineers also do software/programming.

My point is why study computer engineering when you can study Elect Elect. Computer Engr. itself is a specialization of Elect Elect degree. Why specialize and limit yourself from undergraduate?

I hope the guy make use of your advice elect/elect and mech eng are the most diverse engineering course to study in Nigeria maybe chem eng too.

From most job applications I’ve seen, out of 10 roles, about 7 are for electr/elect and mech engineering before you see other engineering fields.

Goodvibes007:
Yeah. My colleagues working in Samsung and AMD hold degrees in Electrical/Electronics not Computer Engineering.

My point is that you don't need a degree in computer engineering to work as a computer engineer.

Go for a more general course that makes you more versatile and open more doors of opportunities. Don't narrow yourself to computer engineering from the get go, which some universities even still classify as a course under Elect/Elct.

AI Overview Google

Based on historical impact in high-performance computing, the most significant achievement of a Nigerian in the computer engineering industry is arguably Philip Emeagwali's pioneering work in parallel computing, for which he won the 1989 Gordon Bell Prize


Now left for you to decided whether to be another Nigerian from Nigeria to revolutionize the computer engineering industry o. 🤷‍♂️

Lawalemi:
Is Computer Engineering Great Course to Study in Nigeria?

Please advise

VeeVeeMyLuv:
Yes as long as you are willing to apply it

No course is useless

The problem is people not willing to apply these course giving flimsy excuses

Precisely! Even Library Science dey useful of the person knows how to apply the knowledge well.🥱

Chijeep:
Yes.
It also help in entrepreneurship.
You can set up a repair shop of your own if job offers ain't working out

Yah head dey dia joor yah head get oil 💯 👌👍👍

Flangelo12:
Because I would not stand and watch you mislead him.

Computer engineering is perhaps the most lucrative, and adaptable course in the world today.

Stop misleading him.

Completely untrue. Better Elect/Elect which is vast and versatile.

Goodvibes007:
Yeah. My colleagues working in Samsung and AMD hold degrees in Electrical/Electronics not Computer Engineering.

My point is that you don't need a degree in computer engineering to work as a computer engineer.

Go for a more general course that makes you more versatile and open more doors of opportunities. Don't narrow yourself to computer engineering from the get go, which some universities even still classify as a course under Elect/Elct.

Yes. OP,

This is a much better explanation.

Goodvibes007:
Where did I say it was all about hardware?

Or did anyone tell you its only hardware they deal with in Samsung or AMD? Infact, Electrical/Electronics Engineers also do software/programming.

My point is why study computer engineering when you can study Elect Elect. Computer Engr. itself is a specialization of Elect Elect degree. Why specialize and limit yourself from undergraduate?

I wonder why they find it hard to grasp the bold. When oil jobs were scarce in the country, those who studied petroleum engineering found it more difficult to pivot or had it harder to apply for jobs where specific engineering courses were required.

For a beginner level, it's better to generalise than specialise.

Gerrard59:
I wonder why they find it hard to grasp the bold. When oil jobs were scarce in the country, those who studied petroleum engineering found it more difficult to pivot or had it harder to apply for jobs where specific engineering courses were required.

For a beginner level, it's better to generalise than specialise.

Computer engineering is totally different from electrical engineering . it's like saying computer science came out from the field of mathematics.

Goodvibes007:
Yeah. My colleagues working in Samsung and AMD hold degrees in Electrical/Electronics not Computer Engineering.

My point is that you don't need a degree in computer engineering to work as a computer engineer.

Go for a more general course that makes you more versatile and open more doors of opportunities. Don't narrow yourself to computer engineering from the get go, which some universities even still classify as a course under Elect/Elct.

Working in tech has less with to do with degrees except you going for job based in hardware.

VeeVeeMyLuv:
Yes as long as you are willing to apply it

No course is useless

The problem is people not willing to apply these course giving flimsy excuses

what of Igbo, Yoruba?

maryalloy:
Las las na to dey computer village dey fix people phones

and what is wrong with that,at least he is solving a problem in his field

Gerrard59:
I wonder why they find it hard to grasp the bold. When oil jobs were scarce in the country, those who studied petroleum engineering found it more difficult to pivot or had it harder to apply for jobs where specific engineering courses were required.

For a beginner level, it's better to generalise than specialise.

you are right,I remember when software jobs were hotcakes we all pivoted to computer engineering but now that AI has taken most of the jobs and solar energy systems is hot cake now,I was able to pivot back to electrical engineering since thats my first degree but some of my colleagues that read computer engineering as first degree are finding it difficult to get solar jobs