10 Good Reasons to Study Electrical Engineering Abroad

1. It's easy to get your first job

Electrical Engineering students find their first job fairly easily, because most employers search for fresh minds with good training. They are glad to get young people they can mould to their own specific needs and turn them into experts. This is also the reason why electrical engineers are the most valued on the job market.

2. You can work in another country

Working as an electrical engineer creates lots of opportunities in other countries. The laws of math, electricity, and physics are universal, and your gained knowledge doesn't limit you to only the country you studied in. 

There are a lot of international companies that need electricalengineers, and they are willing to employ people from other countries. Also, most of them operate on an international level, which offers you additional options for travelling while working. Besides, you are usually getting paid well for it!

3. Electricity won’t be your only focus

Although it is in the title, being an electrical engineer doesn’t mean you will work your whole life plugging and unplugging electronics.

Electrical Engineering has the immense advantage of covering tens of specialisations, making the field very flexible and offering you a great chance of simply throwing a dart at a list and trying on areas like a nervous person tries clothes before a date: many, in a short period of time.

Some specialisations you could find interesting are:

• Radio-Frequency Engineering
• Signal Processing
• Microelectronics
• Control Systems
• Power Engineering
• Telecommunications

4. Top-ranked Engineering schools

The best schools in the world provide top-quality Electrical Engineering programmes. You'll learn the secrets of the trade from the best international professors, in classes equipped with top-notch technology.

5. The adrenaline rush as a graduate of Electrical Engineering

Maybe adrenaline isn't the first thing that pops into your mind when you think about Electrical Engineering, but trust me: there will be a lot of adrenaline rush moments if you get in this field.

Occasional jolts of electrical charge that hit you when you aren't paying attention and accidentally touch the leads of charged capacitors, or when you connect 2 wires that you shouldn't, or an electrical component more or less explodes in front of your eyes, because you connected it to the testing board in the wrong way...

Those events make you jump out of your chair and definitely raise your adrenaline level! And, on the plus side, you’ll most likely never do the same mistake again.

6. Plenty of affordable study options

Electrical Engineering Master's degrees are some of the most popular in the world, after MBAs, and many can have steep tuition fees.

However, not all Electrical Engineering Masters are expensive!

You just have to know where to look and find the perfect location in terms of price and quality. More affordable doesn't mean you'll get an inferior learning experience, but you can find low-tuition Electrical Engineering Master's degrees in countries like Finland, Austria, Denmark, Belgium or Sweden, among many others.

7. You will develop great DIY techniques

DIY or "Do It Yourself" is one of the more exciting reasons to get into Electrical Engineering. When you know how stuff works, what usually malfunctions and what are the basic rules of Electrical Engineering, you can make your own stuff, instead of searching for it and buying it.

And it’s not just everyday fixes, like changing a light bulb or a faulty fuse: you will also be able to cope with more complex problems within your household and those of your friends and family. And that doesn't only save you money, but also works great as a pick-up line...

8. It will never be boring, as new gadgets get out all the time

Electrical and electronic components are modified, invented and reinvented every day, so you will never be bored! You won’t be using the same processor component for more than 10 years.

New and exciting stuff is available all the time and you will have lots of fun testing and assembling it.