UQ0006

Are engineering reports difficult?

Engineering reports can feel difficult depending on the subject and your individual strengths. They may require organizing experimental results, performing calculations, creating graphs, discussing the findings, and listing references. In addition to reaching the correct answer, you need to explain the process logically. However, learning the required format and basic knowledge, and starting early, can make them easier to manage.

Key points

  • In experimental reports, discussion and logical explanation may be valued more than the results alone.
  • Carefully recording procedures, conditions, and results during experiments makes reports easier to write.
  • It is important not to let assignments accumulate and to check the required format and assessment criteria first.

Things to check

  • The amount, difficulty, and submission format of reports vary by university, department, and course, so check official information such as the syllabus.