Choosing a future profession: A beautiful name or a successful engineering career?
Below is information about one of the department's best graduates from previous years.
A hot time is coming for many Belarusian families. One of the members of their family - a son, daughter, grandson - wants to continue his education and he is faced with the task of choosing a future profession and entering a higher educational institution. The correctness of this choice is extremely important, as it sometimes determines the rest of your life. Some young people aspire to enroll in economic and legal specialties that have been fashionable in recent years. Promising job titles seem to guarantee financial wealth and a successful career. Somehow, at a meeting with applicants, the authors jokingly proposed two “new” specialties: “Management of financial flows in Switzerland” and “Management of financial flows in Nigeria”. There were many who wanted to “go” to Switzerland, but for some reason no one wanted to go to Nigeria to “manage finances” ...
Unfortunately, many of these resonant specialties do not give the graduate the main thing - a profession. They do nothing but waste time and money! How many of them walk around the country, deceived graduates with diplomas that no one needs. But a lot of people got education for free! Why do we need such a higher education, which gives only a beautiful diploma, but does not give a profession and prosperity? So certified economists and lawyers of international law work as sellers, loaders for private entrepreneurs or auxiliary workers at numerous public and private construction sites.
In our opinion, young people who have chosen technical specialties as their future field of activity are in much more favorable conditions. "Techies" have always been and will be needed in large numbers. These specialists were valued always and everywhere. By the way, BNTU "techies" are known and in demand abroad.
MATERIALS ENGINEER IN THE 21st CENTURY
Materials and the technology of their processing in the 21st century are one of the defining directions of the progress of modern civilization. Developed Western countries are leaders in the production of not only computer equipment, but also various alloys and other materials.
Materials specialists determine the optimal choice of metallic and non-metallic materials, the technology for manufacturing parts, reliability and durability in the operation of equipment and building structures. They study the nature of the origin of materials, processing methods, chemical and physical properties, as well as methods and instruments for monitoring and testing their properties. This knowledge is also necessary when finding out and eliminating the causes of failure of mechanisms and devices and increasing their reliability and durability. Future materials scientists study a wide range of modern materials, methods and equipment for thermal and chemical-thermal treatment of tools and machine parts, chemical, physical, atomic emission, X-ray spectral, metallographic, ultrasonic, magnetic and other methods for determining the composition, structure and properties of metals,
Specialists in the field of materials science and heat treatment find worthy application of their knowledge in almost many modern industrial, educational and scientific organizations and are in high demand. The statistics of the distribution of young specialists of BNTU in recent years shows that the need for materials and metallurgists in recent years is satisfied by educational institutions only by two thirds. Even this year, the number of applications traditionally exceeds the number of graduates. Foreign enterprises with their representative offices in Belarus show particular interest in materials engineers.
The nature of the work of materials scientists and thermists is diverse. For people who are inclined to a thoughtful scientific approach, the specialties "Materials Science in Mechanical Engineering" and "Metal Science, Technology and Equipment for Heat Treatment of Metals" provide unlimited opportunities in scientific activity. It should be noted that in the developed countries of the world, materials scientists annually develop and patent new materials, methods and processing equipment, publish the results of dozens of scientific studies in this area, and defend dissertations of candidates and doctors of technical sciences.
SPECIALTY 1-42 01 01 "METALLURGICAL PRODUCTION AND MATERIAL PROCESSING"
SPECIALIZATION 1-42 01 01-01 03 "METAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND EQUIPMENT FOR HEAT TREATMENT OF METALS"
Qualification - engineer, training period 4 years, full-time only.
SPECIALTY 1-36 01 02 "MATERIAL SCIENCE IN ENGINEERING"
Qualification - engineer, training period 4 years, full-time only. During the training period, all students study information technology, specialized application software packages, modern hardware and software tools for studying the physical and mechanical properties of various types of metallic and non-metallic materials.
The staff of the department, the management of various types of enterprises invites you to study at the department of "Materials Science in Mechanical Engineering" of the Belarusian National Technical University for the specialization "Metal Science, Technology and Equipment for Heat Treatment" 1-42 01 01-01 03 or the specialty "Materials Science in Mechanical Engineering" 1-36 01 02.
