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.

>>4
I am studying engineering physics at the university of oklahoma and it is not half assed. it is ABET accredited. you take all of the physics courses the physics majors take and ~6 3000 - 4000 level engineering courses in what ever field you choose. though this might differ in other universities and in colleges outside the US. but what you should take depends on what you want to do. if you know you want to be an engineering than major in an engineering field. if you are not sure like i was than engineering physics is a good choice since it exposes you to both.

>>2
I have heard just the opposite but they are usually talking about   a Phd in physics. then you have a very wide range of job opertunities. about 70% of physics graduates go into indestry working for companies like intel, ratheon, IBM, boeing, etc and a some work for bussinesses doing technical consulting and the like since their math skill are far greater than bussiness majors. and by taking physics you will have a much better understanding of physics than an engineer. since they take different physics courses and the physics for physics majors focus more on understainding the concepts rather than just being able to do it.