which is better ? medicine or engineering ?

What do you mean by “better” and “better” in what way? Are you talking about the different courses available for medicine and engineering, how competitive those courses are in those areas for entry, the number or type of career pathways later, the ease to get a job after, how much money you’ll earn, etc.? That’s a really open ended question that we’ll be unable to answer without more context and especially knowledge of your own personal skills and interests. Please provide a more specific question and we’ll be happy to help. 😊

    AngelWings hi sorry for the bad wording but I'm in year 11 at the moment and I have no clue wether should I do eng or med. I don't know what work we do I either of them so Im have lot of trouble and confusion between deciding

      No worries. It’s hard deciding a career and isn’t a single day decision! I’d advise you do your research or try career quizzes, particularly from government websites. For example, here’s a few career resources:

      Both are quite broad areas, but I’ll give a quick gist about either and who they might be suited for.

      Medicine: generally leads to becoming a doctor or a medical specialist of some description e.g. cardiology, neurology, paediatrics, or is a pathway for further study e.g. surgeon, psychiatrist, medical research lead. It’s many years of study, but allows you to work with patients, providing them health advice, care and support through disease, disorders and other maladies. If you’re good with people, love biology (particularly the human body), don’t mind blood and guts, and want to be able to help heal people, this is probably for you.

      Medicine courses are super competitive to get into and often require other tests e.g. UCAT, interview, besides ATAR for entry. There’s only one undergraduate course in Victoria (Monash), so many also apply interstate.

      Engineering: you’ll see them doing anything practical, often applying maths and science to solve problems, build/ invent and design things or keep things maintained. This could vary from computer software/ hardware, civil, electrical, mechanical, aerospace, environmental, chemical and so forth. Depending on the area you choose, you could work in industries such as resources (e.g. mining, water, chemicals, environment), construction, vehicles (e.g. planes, cars, spacecraft), IT and government. This might be best for you if you’re good with your hands (especially building/ tinkering with things), practical-minded, or really like maths/ physics/ science.

      Engineering courses in Australia are accredited, meaning you’ll be completing the requirements to join an engineering authority body afterwards (I.e. be a certified engineer) and you’ll have similar experiences no matter which Uni you go to (same goes with medicine though). Requirements are lower than med, is less study and time in uni, but you’ll also have to choose your specialisations earlier, typically in first or second year uni.

      Hopefully I did them both justice! You’ll need to do your own research and introspection to know which is better for you personally. 🙂 If you have any more specific questions, feel free to add more!

        AngelWings First of all thank you so much for the websites and knowledge you gave me. I researched about the careers and work that both engineers and doctors do, and I definitely liked doctors work more. But I have a problem. I don't do biology, so I have no idea about the studies doctors do. Should I still chose that pathway ? Also I'm bad at English which puts me at a very big disadvantage.

          You can still choose medicine, as not all medicine degrees have biology as a prereq, but chemistry and English minimum. If you are unsure what they do, I’d ask your any doctors you know in their spare time what they do, do your research and check up certain fields of interest. Read up on what the medicine course involves too, as that might help you realise that it may/ may not be the path for you.

          If you’re able to fit biology into your Year 12 subjects, I probably would as U3/4 biology includes some medicine-focused style things like an AoS on immunology. If you can’t, no drama! I’ve heard of some people not taking VCE bio and later study med, but it’d probably help you to study up on some medical topics simply to keep the knowledge in your brain. As for English, please see my other post on your other thread.

            AngelWings I think its too late now to pick bio since the course counselling is already done

              Some schools have an opportunity to switch subjects during the first few weeks of Term 1/ Year 12 headstart/ orientation, although success will depend on the biology classes available and the way they fit into you timetable, so you may still have one last chance to take Bio, if it’s something you really want to study.

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