High demand for Research Engineers in the UK

If you are unsure who a Research Engineer is, have you seen Big Bang Theory? If not, it’s a show based on the life of research engineers or also known as scientists. Students who wish to pursue a postgraduate degree in engineering have two options: taught degree(MEng) or research degree(MPhil/Ph.D).

The students who choose taught programme work in the industry after they graduate, and students who choose research would work with the universities to solve the problems of the 21st century. From global warming to lowering emissions from the engines, building efficient electric powered engines, making cyberspace more secure, utilising more solar energy, and even sustaining the clean water for the living beings.

According to Royal Academy of Engineers, by 2020 there will be a demand for more than a million engineers and technicians to meet the demand of the industry. Also, their report suggested that in 2012, only 3.2% of UK engineering graduates went on for further research or study.

The stats may seem surprising, but not to academics. There are many students in masters degree who show great demonstration that they could be successful researchers, but those students usually get good job offers from the industry, and they prefer that than doing Ph.D.

Why students don’t prefer research?

Well, most engineers are not exposed to a career in research until the final year of studies where they have to submit a project. They are exposed to career possibilities in industry but not in research. Science graduates, on the other hand, are exposed to a career in research much earlier.

Researchers are the backbone of the future technology, it’s the work they do behind the door that becomes future technology or helps solve a problem. With high demand for research engineers in future, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to opt for a career in research.

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