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Confused between astronautical engineering and physics

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Hi, hope everyone is doing good. Im about to complete my alevels. I want to study astronautical engineering and cosmology. So I have heard that i can study one thing at undergrad and then switch to other at masters level 
My question is what should i study at undergraduate? 
I have heard that its easier for a phyiscs major to get into engineering at masters but relatively difficult for an engineering student to get into programmes such as cosmology 
Please someone guide me on this, thankyou

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Donna Norton
Tue, 11/03/2020 - 23:40 Permalink

I guess you'd better start with the general study, which is physics. And yes, it'll be much easier to continue with astronomy when you already know the basics. 

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Thankyou for replying!
Yes, you are absolutely right about starting with the general study. If I wanted to study just astronomy, I'd have started with physics but the thing is i also really want to study aerospace engineering. So which one should I study first in a way that I'll also be able to study the other one later on.
I have heard that its easier for a physics major to study engineering later on but the problem is this may reduce my scope of working as a physicist because you usually need a PhD to work as a physicist but i would only have a bachelor's in phyiscs.
To summarise, I think that it will be easier for me to get degrees in both physics and engineering if i choose to do bachelor's in phyiscs but this may reduce my chances of working as a physicist because i won't have a PhD in physics.
And if i choose to study engineering first and then do PhD in physics, I'll be probably able to work as a physicist but the problem is it will be difficult to get into the phyiscs PhD programme

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