Engineering >>> Physics ?

Hi, somehow i've got the feeling that engineering has a higher value and is more versatile in the (e.g.) US than Physics.

http://web.mit.edu/research/category/ph.html#links
Institutes for Physics....

http://web.mit.edu/research/category/nano.html#links

http://web.mit.edu/research/category/ee.html#links

http://web.mit.edu/research/category/bio.html#links

For engineering just to mention a few.

In the country i live in, Physics is still highly regarded and engineering here is too conservative in my opinion.

What to do?
Go for Engineering here and try to go to the US for the Master?

I don't think that i can apply with a Bachelor in Physics for Engineering programmes, especially since here the courses are strictly regulated and given.

in america i hear from physics grads that the physics jobs that are available are generally given to competent engineers, because they can physics and do other things. (US)

also apparently it is sometimes difficult to obtain graduate funding for physics in america.