i graduated mechatronics but 10 years ago . i know the course contents has changed a lot so bear that in mind i dont know what the course teaches now . because i was the second lot to graduate back then there was a real struggle with how to be classified as there wasnt a classification for us back then . i spent the first few years pretending to be mechanical because it was easier than to try and explain mechatronics . but really i was never that skilled in mechanical . we shared classes with mechanical for 2 . 5 years and thats it . the course lends itself very much to being a generalist rather than a specialist . ended up with a wide but shallow working knowledge of a whole lot of other disciplines mechanical , materials , electrical , electronics , computer systems , software . in the workplace i found i could discuss and converse reasonably well and ask intelligent questions across all those fields but buggered if i can actually do the work . so you would probably end up as a link or contact point between all those . which ultimately lends itself very well as a project manager for projects that incorporates all those fields , so automation , building management systems , or anything that you are using a computer to control something in the real world would be places where a mechatronics would have a good advantage