Bachelor Degrees in Engineering

Bachelor of Engineering (BAI (in latin), BEng, or BE) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded to a student after three or four years of studying engineering at an accredited university in the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and India or five years of studying engineering at an accredited university in Nigeria. A Bachelor of Engineering is a Professional Degree and therefore a requirement for undertaking some engineering work. This is controlled by the national professional engineering society or institute who accredit the universities and is also often controlled by law.

A Bachelor of Science (B.S., B.Sc. or less commonly, S.B. or Sc.B. from the Latin Scientiae Baccalaureus) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for completed courses that generally last three years in Australia, Austria, Croatia, Denmark, England, Germany, Hong Kong, India, the Republic of Ireland, Israel, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Poland, Quebec, Malaysia, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, Wales and South Africa; or four years in North America, Iceland, Iran, Japan, Pakistan, the Philippines, Scotland and Brazil; or five years in Nigeria.

Baccalaureus in Arte Ingeniaria (BAI) (Latin), literally meaning Bachelor in the Art of Engineering, is a less common variety of the degree and is awarded by the University of Dublin, Ireland and more usually referred to Bachelor of Engineering.

Bachelor of Technology is an undergraduate academic degree conferred after completion of a three or four year program of studies at an accredited university or accredited university-degree level college in the Commonwealth of Nations, Norway, Republic of Ireland, the United States, and other countries. The common abbreviation for Bachelor of Technology is BTech, or BTech(Hons),if awarded with honours. Also written as B. Tech. The degree is awarded to those who have undertaken a Bachelor of Science degree program supplemented by either occupational placements (e.g., supervised practica , internships, industrial training) or practice-based classroom courses. Due to the supplemental requirements, the degree normally takes at least four years.

In Australia, the Bachelor of Technology programs are three to four years in duration. The BTech(Hons) designation is awarded to graduates of the four year program. In India, the Bachelor of Technology degree is used by the highly ranked Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT formerly UDCT) for professional engineering programs. Most other institutions in India use the Bachelor of Engineering (BE) degree. In Canada, most programs are four years in duration. The degree is no longer awarded in the United Kingdom. Those who take such programs are more commonly awarded a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree.

A Bachelor of Applied Science is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course of study that generally lasts three years in the UK or four or five years in North America. A Bachelor of Applied Science usually requires a student to take a majority of their courses in the applied sciences, specializing in a specific area. A Bachelor of Applied Science does not necessarily require the study of an engineering discipline, although many universities only offer Engineering Degrees as BASc (in Canada), instead of the traditional B.Sc.. For example, a Nursing degree is often offered a Bachelor of Applied Science. Majors may be taken in more practical applications of sciences such as applied physics or applied chemistry. Most universities that offer this degree require a rigorous course schedule (at the University of British Columbia, for example, Engineering students take on average twice the credit load as Arts students). A graduate of a Bachelor of Applied Science program receives the designation BAS, B.ASc., B.App.Sc or B.Appl.Sc for a major or pass degree and BAS(Hons), B.ASc.(Hons) or others for an honours degree.

Although some universities award either a Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Applied Science degree to graduates of engineering study, a Bachelor of Engineering degree is typically given to students who take engineering courses as a majority of their course load. However, some universities in Canada award only the Bachelor of Applied Science degree to those finishing the undergraduate engineering program (never the Bachelor of Engineering or Bachelor of Science degree).

In Germany the Bachelor of Engineering was introduced as part of implementation of the bologna process. However, this degree is in fact only offered by German Fachhochschule-institutions. German technical universities award a Bachelor of Science in engineering rather than the BEng degree. A German BEng is somewhat unusual since it generally lasts for three and a half years.

Bachelor of Engineering (BE) (English), is a degree awarded by many universities in India.

The field is sometimes noted in the degree postnominals, e.g. BE(Aero) or BEng(Elec).