First, professional introduction:

Category: engineering, subject: electronic information, educational system: four years, elective subject: physics.

Communication engineering mainly studies the basic theory, composition principle and design method of communication technology, communication system and communication network, so as to design, develop, debug and apply modern communication systems and networks. For example, the development of mobile communication from 2G/3G/4G to 5G, the design of communication systems such as telephone network, internet of things and car network, and the development and maintenance of wireless local area network (WiFi).

Second, the employment prospects:

1, hardware direction: PCB plate-making engineer, RF engineer, FPGA engineer, EDA engineer.

2. Software direction: embedded software engineer, driver engineer, protocol software engineer, FAE (technical support) engineer and communication network engineer.

3. Non-R&D category: test engineer, verification engineer and sales agent.

Third, pay attention to application:

Do you recommend studying?

Highly recommended for three reasons:

① The employment salary is high. Looking at all majors, the average employment salary of communication engineering major can rank in the top ten, which is the most direct recommendation reason.

② The technical level determines the quality of employment. The only indicator that can determine the employment quality of graduates is the technical level, which provides a very fair competition platform for students of this major. Whoever has good skills will earn more money.

③ High occupational barriers. If you don't study communication engineering, it's difficult for you to enter the major through the postgraduate entrance examination.

Which students are suitable for the exam?

Suitable for students who meet the following conditions: ① Good grades in mathematics and physics. ② Strong self-study ability.

Communication engineering is based on circuit and electromagnetic field, which requires students to have a solid electrical foundation; Because the specialized course of communication engineering involves signal processing, students are required to have strong mathematical thinking, especially advanced mathematical thinking.

Specific work usually requires students to skillfully use one or two software and hardware development tools, some of which, such as FPGA, will also be involved in university courses, but they do not study in depth and often need students to learn by themselves.

Representative employment unit:

1. State-owned enterprises: China Mobile, China Unicom, China Telecom, China Electronic Information Industry Group, China Post, State Grid, etc.

2. Private enterprises: Huawei, ZTE, JD.COM, Tencent, Alibaba and Baidu.

3. Foreign capital and Sino-foreign joint ventures: Ericsson, Qualcomm and other universities, research institutes and enterprises.

Fourth, the university academic advice:

Accumulate more project experience

As mentioned above, it is the technical level that determines the quality of employment, and the best way to accumulate technical level is to follow the project. Ways include doing scientific research with teachers, participating in various college students' competitions, and internship in related enterprises in winter and summer vacations.

Reasonable planning time

There are many courses in communication engineering, and the courses are difficult, accompanied by many experimental teaching. Students should plan their study time reasonably and try not to leave all the review tasks in the exam week.

Do you want to go to graduate school?

If the starting point of your undergraduate college does not reach the level of 2 1 1, it is recommended to take the postgraduate entrance examination 2 1 1. This is done in order to get the employment ticket to enter the big factory and investigate the recruitment dynamics of the head enterprise. You will find that 2 1 1 or above college graduates account for a large part of the staff.

If the starting point of your undergraduate college is high enough and you have rich project experience during your study, you don't need to go to graduate school. The starting salary of the same master's degree is slightly higher than that of undergraduates. In essence, it is actually subsidizing the cost of studying for a master's degree for three years. As for the promotion and salary increase in the enterprise, it depends on personal ability.