Standards and documents to study before graduation

[crypton]

Hey,

I once met a guy who suggested to gulp as much info from standards and other documentation as possible, that would be available through universities.
I got fascinated by this idea, since most of the useful stuff are quite expensive to access while f.i working.

So in contrary to the awesome sticky about freely available documents, maybe anyone of you have suggestions, what kind of standards (the ones that aren't free) you have found useful in the field of electronics and what any decent electronics engineer should study or have?

[Benta]

At some point in your career, you'll run into the following (and they are very relevant to how you design your product).
In order of probability that you'll need them, most probable first:

Low Voltage Directive
EMC Directive
Radio Equipment Directive (supercedes R&TTE)
RoHS/REACH
WEEE

All of them refer to associated Harmonised Standards.

I wouldn't read it all in detail, but skim through to get a feel for what is demanded from the authorities.

[Jeroen3]

Smart guy.

ISO 16750, ISO 11898, IPC 2221 come to mind.
Maybe misra?

Recently purchased j1939, but that is very specific.

[ebastler]

At some point in your career, you'll run into the following (and they are very relevant to how you design your product).
In order of probability that you'll need them, most probable first:

Low Voltage Directive
EMC Directive
Radio Equipment Directive (supercedes R&TTE)
RoHS/REACH
WEEE

All of them refer to associated Harmonised Standards.

Not sure whether this is actually helpful. The EU Directives are all available free of charge -- in a surprising number of languages, courtesy of the European Union  . The harmonized standards (i.e. IEC/DIN etc. technical standards) are the expensive ones. And while the Directives do "refer" to them (as in "talk about the need to comply with the relevant harmonized standards"), I don't think they actually list the relevant standards.

I only spot-checked the low voltage directive just now, and did not find any specific technical standards being referred to. Did I overlook these, or where would one find the list of applicable/relevant standards?

[CatalinaWOW]

In addition to the standard knee jerk for safety and em cleanliness standards, look at standards defining interfaces particularly in your field of interest.  Things like GPIB (IEC 60488-1), or WiFi (IEEE 802.11). 

Depending on your universities license, you may be able to download a .pdf (as long as you are not transmitting it to someone else).  Unless your memory is extraordinary that is a feature well worth exploring.