Careers in engineering after Uni?

[mobius1]

I'm thinking of taking either an Aerospace or Automotive Engineering degree (with a year in industry) in Uni. But, in doing some research, I'm finding it hard to find out whether there are more jobs in the automotive industry or the aerospace side. I am more sided to Aerospace as of this moment but I really want to keep my options open before finalising my personal statement.

Does anybody know (at least roughly, maybe) the answer to this?

I also need to know whether writing my statement about both subjects would reduce my chances of getting onto either of the courses, as opposed to siding it to just one of these two.

Cheers for any help.

 

[mobius1]

Thanks for all the replies, got a lot of think abouting going on!

Regrettably, I didn't take Maths at A-Level and so I'm applying for some Unis that don't require a Maths A Level but I'm also applying for Liverpool Uni and Manchester Uni for the Foundation engineering courses.

I read up a little on the pure Mechanical Engineering courses and they seem very similar (at least the first two years!). So maybe if I get into places by doing a foundation year beforehand I'll have an extra year to decide on which course to specialise in. Although the pure mech eng seems logical being the broadest of the lot.

Oasin, Manchester Met is one of my choices down for Automotive Eng. Are/have you enjoying/enjoyed being there? And is the department well-equipped?

 

[mobius1]

It would be nice to get onto a course other than engineering (so's no Maths requirements are there) but for the life of me, I can't think of any other course I'd be interested in doing!

In response to mglover - Loughborough open day booked, I've seen that Uni mentioned a lot whilst looking into the lists of top Unis etc so cheers for the extra heads up.

Does anyone know how well Manchester (proper one) gets ranked at all?