How to become an Electrical Engineer
Official title: Electrical Engineers
Researches, plans, designs and directs the building and maintenance of electrical systems, equipment and components.
Main tasks
- Design and plan power generation, transmission and distribution systems, and supervise and control their operation
- Supervise and design systems such as generators, electric traction motors and other equipment or household appliances, and specify the installation and use of electrical systems in industrial plants and other buildings
- Set control standards and procedures to make sure power generation and transmission systems run efficiently and safely
- Develop methods of manufacturing electrical equipment
Ways in
- University department: Engineering degrees, Offered by 93 universities in Taiwan
- Licence (national exam): Regulated profession. To practise as a professional electrical engineer you must pass the national Professional and Technical Examination (專門職業及技術人員考試) for 電機工程技師 and hold the certificate. Listed in the annex to article 2 of the Enforcement Rules of the Professional and Technical Examinations Act, item 4.
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Average pay: NT$1,406,000 a year
- Demand for Science and engineering jobs is projected at about 952,000 in 2024 and about 1,072,000 in 2030. (+12.6%)
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
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Questions people ask
How do I become an Electrical Engineer?
Ways in include: Engineering degrees.
How much does an Electrical Engineer earn in Taiwan?
Average pay is NT$1,406,000 a year (Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics).
Is an Electrical Engineer a growing career in Taiwan?
Demand for this job family is projected to change 12.6% from 2024 to 2030 (National Development Council).
Will AI change the work of an Electrical Engineer?
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics: Occupational Wage Survey (職類別薪資調查) (2025 survey (July 2025 monthly, 2024 annual), released 2026-05-29), Open Government Data License, version 1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- National Development Council: Final manpower demand projections by occupation (職業別最終人力需求推估) (2025 to 2030 (base 2024), 13 job families), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026