Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering

The fields of electrical and computer engineering are in an extraordinary period of growth; new application areas and increased expectations are accelerating due to new technologies and decreased costs. The Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, is involved in graduate teaching and research in many of these areas, including communications and signal processing, networking, computer engineering, power engineering, semiconductor devices and quantum electronics, circuits and VLSI. The department has laboratories devoted to research and advanced teaching in the following areas: computing, engineering design methodology, high-performance computing and networking, parallel and neural processing, machine vision, fiber optic sensors and computer graphics, micro and optoelectronics, power electronics, electric power and energy systems, VLSI, telerobotics, DNA sequencing, digital signal processing, and communications.

For admission to graduate study in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, the minimum requirements are: A. A bachelor’s degree in electrical or computer engineering or computer science from an accredited college or university. Outstanding applicants in other technical or scientific fields will be considered, though special make-up coursework over and above the normal requirements for a graduate degree may be required. B. A minimum grade point average of B in all courses in engineering, mathematics, and science. GRE V150, Q159, WA3 (if required by the graduate school); TOEFL 80, IELTS 6.5 (for international applicants); 3 recommendation letters. These are the minimum requirements. See ECE graduate admission page for more details. C. Acceptance by both the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Graduate School.