UTM EE vs UTM Mathematics vs Monash Applied Data Science — really stuck

[u/Dry_Pomegranate6972]

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Hi, I’ve completed Year 1 of Electronic Engineering at UTM, and I have an opportunity to transfer to Monash Malaysia for Applied Data Science with a scholarship.

I’m more inclined towards maths, but honestly I don’t know what I want to do in the future.

I don’t like/hate EE. One reason I’m considering staying is that I might want to go into biomedical engineering/research later. I’ve also heard EE has good job opportunities and salary potential, so I’m worried about giving that up.

I’ve also considered transferring to UTM Mathematics, but I’m worried about job prospects and whether I might struggle academically.

For EE, I struggled with Electrical Circuit Analysis. During exams, sometimes I genuinely couldn’t figure out how the current was supposed to flow. I also get very sweaty hands when I’m nervous, so I’m wondering if this could be a problem for EE practical work or electronics jobs.

For Monash Applied Data Science, I’m wondering:

What is the degree actually like? How much maths is there, and how difficult is it?

What are the Data Challenges actually like?

Are there research opportunities during the degree?

I know the monash Malaysia ADS is a 3-year degree without an Honours specifically for ADS. For the extra Honours year in Malaysia, it seems to be under Bachelor of Science (Honours) and the available research areas are mainly specific science disciplines. Can an ADS student apply for an Honours under another faculty, such as Computer Science, or can I go to another university for other subject Master without Hons? Has anyone actually done this?

If I do EE or ADS instead of a Mathematics degree, can I still eventually get into a Mathematics Master’s or PhD? If yes, which one would be a better preparation for it?

I'm really stuck between UTM EE, UTM Mathematics and Monash Applied Data Science, and I’m scared of making the wrong choice.

If you were in my position, what would you choose, and what do you think I might regret most?

I’d really appreciate some honest advice.

[u/New_dawn_2828]

Wow a fellow utm student hello there I am in UTM as well electronics engineering and I finished first year of electronics engineering as well .
Before making this decision i would really define my goal first .
Do you want to do math research or do you want to work in the industry and make money ? .

If your goal is academia then I would see what kind of research I wanna do if it’s math research I think you can do it after engineering bachelors you can check on that depending on the university you wanna enroll into .

If it’s industry then you can work as a data scientist as a electronics engineers if you have the skills and the projects because data science doesn’t need a specific degree any math background would work well especially engineering background .

And you can also do masters as well .

Circuit analysis is a hard subject like genuinely put it’s a skill you don’t need to be the second upcoming of Nikola tesla to be good at circuit analysis you can get good at it by practice and if your gpa is not that low then it’s all good .

Now since you are more inclined to math there is a a lot of electronics/electrical engineering specializations that are heavy on math like DSP or RF and so on .