Which one is better: plastic engineering or bio-medical engineering?

Hi Serena, First of all, let's see what these branches are all about. Biomedical engineers typically do the following: Design biomedical equipment and devices, such as artificial internal organs, replacements for body parts, and machines for diagnosing medical problems. Plastics engineering encompasses the processing, design, development, and manufacture of plastics products. A plastic is a polymeric material that is in a semi-liquid state, having the property of plasticity and exhibiting flow. Plastics engineering encompasses plastics material and plastic machinery. Although they somewhat relate to chemistry or chemical engineering, they are completely different. You should study the domain of both of these streams separately and then decide as per your interests! All the best.

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Biomedical engineering: Will be a huge help with understanding what went into the engineering of surgical equipment. From the pulse oximeter monitoring the patient's vitals to the tools you operate with, you understand why it works to some extent. You'll possibly have a better theoretical understanding of how the body works at a thermodynamics level and certainly will look at the body itself from an engineering perspective. This may well make physiology more intuitive to you. You may need a few extra courses for medical school applying because you may not get enough, or the right, chemistry and biology. Molecular biology You may well have a better sense of raw cell biology and will have more raw encyclopedic knowledge of bio-molecules. You might have more of a biology background overall, and maybe chemistry. You might need to take extra courses in math and physics to apply to M.Ed school. It won't teach a different paradigm than medical school would.

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