Rare Engineering Branches – Ignite Engineers (2024)

While thinking about which branch to choose before taking admission to aBachelorof Engineering Program, the following branches come into mind:

(i) Computer Science Engineering

(ii) Electrical Engineering

(iii) Electronics and Communication Engineering

(iv) Mechanical Engineering

(v) Civil Engineering

Other than these branches there are many other engineering branches in which an aspirant can take admission. Of-course a student should go for a particular branch in which he/she has special interest. Have a look on the post “Which Engineering Branch Should I Choose??“. In case someone could not have developed any special interest for any particular engineering branch and still is interested to go for engineering study, then he/she can opt for thebelow mentionedbranches rather than going with the similar trends as others with the majorly followed branches mentioned above. The following branches are not commonly available in many engineering institutions and can be named as “rare engineering branches“. As a result the number of applicants for jobs in these fields are less, hence scope of jobs and higher study is more likely in these branches. But still I would suggest to find out your interest before choosing a particular engineering branch.

List of Rare Engineering Branches

1. Aerospace Engineering

Study of engineering principles of aerospace systems such as aircraft, spacecraft etc.Formerly known as aeronautical engineering.

2. Agricultural Engineering

Deals with the study of the application of engineering principles to agricultural fields such as farm power and machinery, biological material process etc.

3. Automobile Engineering

Study of engineering which deals with different components like mechanical, electronic, software etc.applied to the design, manufacture and operation ofautomobiles.

4. Biotechnology

The study of engineering which covers biology and medicine.

5. Ceramic Engineering

Ceramic engineeringis the science and technology of creating objects from inorganic, non-metallic materials.

6. Chemical Engineering

Chemical engineeringis a branch of engineering that applies the natural sciences and life sciences together with mathematics and economics to produce, transform, transport, and properly use chemicals, materials and energy.

7. Earthquake Engineering

Earthquake engineeringis the studyconcerned with protecting society, the natural and the man-made environment from earthquakes by limiting the seismic risk to socioeconomically acceptable levels.

8. Environmental Engineering

Environmental engineeringis the integration ofscienceandengineeringprinciples to improve the natural environment, to provide healthy water, air, and land for human habitation and for other organisms, and to clean up pollution sites.

9. Fashion Technology

Fashion technologyis theartof the application ofdesignandaestheticsor natural beauty toclothingandaccessories.

10. Food Engineering

Study of technology behindfood processing, food machinery, packaging, ingredient manufacturing etc.

11. Marine Engineering /Ocean engineering

Marine engineeringbroadly refers to the engineering of boats, ships, oil rigs and any other marine vessel or structure. Specifically, marine engineering is the discipline of applying engineering sciences, mostly mechanical and electrical engineering, to the development, design, operation and maintenance ofwatercraft propulsionand on-board systems.

12. Mechatronics

Mechatronicsis a design process that includes a combination ofmechanical engineering,electrical engineering,telecommunications engineering,control engineeringand computer engineering.

13. Metallurgical Engineering

Metallurgyis a domain ofmaterials science and engineeringthat studies the physical and chemical behavior ofmetallicelements, their inter-metallic compounds, and their mixtures, which are calledalloys.

14. Mining Engineering

Mining engineeringis anengineeringdiscipline that involves the practice, the theory, the science, the technology, and application of extracting and processingmineralsfrom a naturally occurringenvironment.

15. Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology is the manipulation of matter on anatomic,molecular, and supra-molecular scale.

16. Paper Engineering

Study of thedesign of the production process of paper products

17. Petroleum Engineering

Petroleum engineeringis a field ofengineeringconcerned with the activities related to the production ofhydrocarbons, which can be eithercrude oilornatural gas.

18. Plastics Engineering

Plastics engineeringencompasses the processing, design, development, and manufacture ofplasticsproducts.

19. Polymer Engineering

Polymer engineeringis generally anengineeringfield that designs, analyses, and/or modifies polymer materials.

20. Textile engineering

Textile engineering courses deal with the application of scientific and engineering principles to the design and control of all aspects of fiber, textile, and apparel processes, products, and machinery.

Courtesy: Wikipedia;from where most of the definitions of different engineering branches have been collected.

Hope this information would be useful for many engineering aspirants. If you need any more informationregarding rare engineering branches or if you want to add up anything to this list, feel free to drop a comment andIgEnwill definitely respond to it. We would appreciate if you can give valuable information and suggestions to the other students who need it, under this post.

Rare Engineering Branches