List of engineering branches. Engineering is the discipline and profession that applies scientific theories, mathematical methods, and empirical evidence to design, create, and analyze technological solutions, balancing technical requirements with concerns or constraints on safety, human factors, physical limits, regulations, practicality, and cost, and often at an industrial scale. In the contemporary era, engineering is generally considered to consist of the major primary branches of biomedical engineering, chemical engineering, civil engineering, electrical engineering, materials engineering and mechanical engineering. There are numerous other engineering sub-disciplines and interdisciplinary subjects that may or may not be grouped with these major engineering branches.

Biomedical engineering
Biomedical engineering is the application of engineering principles and design concepts to medicine and biology for healthcare applications (e.g., diagnostic or therapeutic purposes).

Chemical engineering
Chemical engineering is the application of chemical, physical, and biological sciences to developing technological solutions from raw materials or chemicals.

Civil engineering
Civil engineering comprises the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and natural built environments.

Electrical engineering
Electrical engineering comprises the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism.

Material engineering 
Materials engineering is the application of material science and engineering principles to understand the properties of materials. Material science emerged in the mid-20th century, grouping together fields which had previously been considered unrelated. Materials engineering is thus much more interdisciplinary than the other major engineering branches.

Mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering comprises the design and analysis of heat and mechanical power for the operation of machines and mechanical systems.

Interdisciplinary

See also

 Outline of engineering

 History of engineering
 Glossary of engineering: A–L
 Glossary of engineering: M–Z
 :Category:Engineering disciplines
 Engineering techniques:
 Computer-aided engineering
Model-driven engineering
 Concurrent engineering
 Engineering analysis
 Engineering design process (engineering method)
 Engineering mathematics
 Engineering notation
 Engineering optimization
 Engineering statistics
 Front-end engineering
 Knowledge engineering
 Life-cycle engineering
 Redundancy (engineering)
 Reverse engineering 
 Sustainable engineering
 Traditional engineering
 Value engineering
 Non-technical fields:
 Cost engineering
 Demographic engineering
 Engineering management
 Financial engineering
 Market engineering
 Memetic engineering
 Political engineering
 Sales engineering
 Social engineering (political science)
 Social engineering (security)
 Tariff engineering
Exploratory engineering – the design and analysis of hypothetical models of systems not feasible with current technologies
Astronomical engineering
Megascale engineering
Planetary engineering
Stellar engineering
Engineering studies – the study of engineers
Engineering economics
Engineering ethics
Engineering law
Engineering psychology
Philosophy of engineering

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Branches