At least in europe you can do a 3 year Eng Phys BSc and if it doesn't pan out you can do a master in EE or MEng.
The engineering programs and their curriculums are very different from physics in the science faculties (which I guess was the context here)
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The engineering programs and their curriculums are very different from physics in the science faculties (which I guess was the context here)