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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