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by halfmatthalfcat 1264 days ago
The US doesn't have software "engineering" degrees, so how does one exactly study software engineering? Computer science, too, is not "engineering".
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There are colleges and universities in the USA that offer SE degrees, CMU is of note[0]

[0] https://www.ece.cmu.edu/academics/ms-se/index.html

The UK does, you can get chartered engineer status with a BSc & MSc in Software Engineering or Computer Science if it's applied enough with the IET. When I looked at the US i'm 99% sure I found similar degrees in Software Engineering too.
I’ve never seen a “software engineering” degree on a resume as an interviewer in the us.
Fwiw, I have. They're becoming more common - and probably a good thing too, covering important non-CS skills like requirements engineering that are mostly made up in small tech companies without that experience.
It does…
NCEES even offered a Professional Engineering license in it for awhile. Since discontinued due to lack of interest.

https://ncees.org/ncees-discontinuing-pe-software-engineerin...