How open is consultancy/finance to me after an engineering degree apprenticeship?

I have been offered a degree apprenticeship at Rolls Royce in materials science and engineering. I don't necessarily plan to leave engineering, but if I wasn't enjoying it, how easy would it be for me to move into consultancy/finance and what would be the best route? How would this compare to the ease of moving into finance after a materials engineering degree from Imperial as this is my other option?

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kckc252

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Following - in a very similar situation and would be most interested in others' thoughts on this.

Original post by Athilo

I have been offered a degree apprenticeship at Rolls Royce in materials science and engineering. I don't necessarily plan to leave engineering, but if I wasn't enjoying it, how easy would it be for me to move into consultancy/finance and what would be the best route? How would this compare to the ease of moving into finance after a materials engineering degree from Imperial as this is my other option?

Original post by kckc252

Following - in a very similar situation and would be most interested in others' thoughts on this.

It's an impossible question to answer. If you leave engineering after 6 months and there's a financial crisis - probably impossible to make the move. If you get an engineering job designing cash machines or vaults or security measures, then 5 years in they might bite your arm off. If you get an engineering job that's all numbers, then you might have a half decent chance in a few years - but you'd have many more easier options within the very broad range of work that is 'engineering'.

If you want to work in finance, get a finance degree. If you want to work in engineering, get an engineering degree. You can't hedge against every future life option.

Original post by Athilo

I have been offered a degree apprenticeship at Rolls Royce in materials science and engineering. I don't necessarily plan to leave engineering, but if I wasn't enjoying it, how easy would it be for me to move into consultancy/finance and what would be the best route? How would this compare to the ease of moving into finance after a materials engineering degree from Imperial as this is my other option?

'Consultancy and Finance' are too broad as sectors to appropriately discuss how easy a move would be to move into either after a engineering degree apprenticeship. What roles or type of firms in finance/consulting do you mean specifically? What university is the degree apprenticeship with?

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Original post by BenRyan99

'Consultancy and Finance' are too broad as sectors to appropriately discuss how easy a move would be to move into either after a engineering degree apprenticeship. What roles or type of firms in finance/consulting do you mean specifically? What university is the degree apprenticeship with?

The degree is a Beng in materials engineering from Derby University. My main areas of interest would probably be in strategy or finical advisory consulting (M+A and risk management seem interesting to me). These areas seem like they would provide a high level of challenge and financial reward that would be appealing if didn't enjoy engineering as much as I think I should. If you need any more detail please let me know and I can do some more research and get back to you. Thanks for your reply

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