Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

    Graduate

    The department offers M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical and computer engineering with a concentration in electrical engineering (EE) or computer engineering (CpE). 

    The department also offers a professional Master of Engineering degree in electrical engineering and computer science (M.Eng - EECS). You can learn more about the program specializations, admission requirements, and deadlines at meng.eng.uci.edu. To compare the different master’s degree options, please check out this chart.

    The department also offers graduate degrees in networked systems, a program administered by an interdisciplinary group of faculty from the Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science and the Donald Bren School of Information & Computer Science

    Electrical engineering research areas include:

    • Analog, radio-frequency and millimeter-wave integrated circuits and systems
    • Antenna and propagation
    • Bioelectronics, biotechnologies, flexible and wearable devices
    • Control systems and robotics
    • Communications and signal processing
    • Information theory
    • Machine learning
    • Optical devices and circuits, microscopy, nano optics
    • Power electronics 
    • Semiconductor devices

    Computer engineering thrusts encompass:

    • Computer architecture
    • Computer networks
    • Cyberphysical systems
    • Digital and VLSI
    • Distributed system
    • Embedded systems
    • High-level synthesis
    • Security 

    Master of Engineering tracks include:

    • Communications Circuits & Systems
    • Digital & Image Signal Processing
    • Machine Learning and Data Science

    Program learning outcomes (PLOs) for Electrical Engineering and Computer Enginering may be found here

    We also offer a separate professional Master of Engineering program with an electrical engineering and computer science concentration. You can learn more about the program specializations, admission requirements, and deadlines at meng.eng.uci.edu. To compare the different master’s degree options, please check out this chart.

    Prospective and Incoming Students

    Quick Links

    Ph.D. Graduate Program Coordinator

    Marisa Mendoza

    marisbm1@uci.edu 
    (949) 824-5489

    M.S. Graduate Coordinator

    Stephany Monterroso

    s.monterroso@uci.edu
    (949) 824-6012

    Graduate Advisors

    Professor Aparna Chandramowlishwaran

    amowli@uci.edu
    (949) 824-9447 Office


    Professor Syed Jafar

    syed@uci.edu
    (949) 824-1684 Office

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