> In many countries Software Engineering is a proper engineering degree, sharing many of the same lectures as other engineering degrees, including an engineering college and professional titles certification, not just something one calls themselves because it is cool.

I didn't know this! Thank you for correcting me.

> Likewise in many of those countries, nursing is an university degree with many lectures shared with medicine degree, during the initial years.

That's how it is where I live as well. My point was just that an undergraduate education doesn't really prepare a person to easily keep up with the research of specialists (although it might orient one enough to get through it with some effort and possibly some lingering questions).