Electrical & Computer Engineering | Graduate Program Finder

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Electrical and Computer Engineering: Ph.D., M.S., M.S./MBA, 4+1, Graduate Certificates

The Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Department offers programs leading to the degrees of Master of Science (M.S.) in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Master of Science (M.S.) in Cybersecurity, and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Electrical and Computer Engineering.

It also offers nine Graduate Certificates in Electrical and Computer Engineering, five Graduate Certificates in Cybersecurity, as well as a dual M.S./MBA and accelerated 4+1 degree programs.

Active areas of research in Electrical and Computer Engineering include cybersecurity, computer systems, network science, big data sciences, machine learning, computational imaging, bioengineering, clean energy, communications, signal processing and controls, quantum science and engineering, computer and sensor networks, electromagnetics and photonics and nanoelectronics materials and devices.

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is housed in Evans Hall and DuPont Hall. The department maintains excellent facilities for teaching and research, including the iSuite, which encompasses a cybersecurity range, maker space laboratory and collaboration hub; and supercomputing and distributed computing systems, and class 10 and class 1000 clean rooms equipped for epitaxial crystal growth, semiconductor device fabrication and nanofabrication. Additional laboratories are well-equipped for electronic, microwave and optical measurements; signal and image capture and processing; computational imaging; millimeter and terahertz imaging; antenna, electromagnetics, high performance computing, communications studies; and biomedical signal capture and investigations. Complementing these facilities are government-funded major research centers supporting the focus areas, including the Institute for Energy Conversion, Center for Composite Materials, Nanotechnology Center and the Delaware Biotechnology Institute.

The department and University have extensive computing facilities for research use. Jointly with the Computer Science Department, the department maintains approximately 200TB of redundant storage, several systems for rapid deployment of virtual machines, and a few general purpose computational and remote-access systems. The University maintains state-of-the-art computational clusters to which ECE graduate students can gain access. Several computing laboratories are available with workstations, PCs and a variety of software to support teaching and research with 24/7 access. Many labs contain specialized computing and networking equipment to aid research in specific areas.

Graduate students are expected to actively participate in research, including the development of presentations and publications detailing their research contributions.

Current UD undergraduate students can be considered for admission to the 4+1 B.E.E./M.S. (i.e., Bachelor of Electrical Engineering plus M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering) or the 4+1 B.Cp.E./M.S. (i.e., Bachelor of Computer Engineering degree plus M.S. in Electrical and Computer engineering). A dual degree combining the MBA and M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering programs is available to graduate students.

Program Concentrations, M.S. and Ph.D. (on campus):

Biomedical Engineering
Computer Systems and Networking
Electromagnetics and Photonics
Materials and Devices
Signal Processing, Communications and Controls

The 30-credit curriculum covers:

Machine learning, information/signal processing, networks and efficient algorithm design
Advanced wireless communications, Wi-Fi and 3G/4G/5G cellular
Cybersecurity and cryptography strategies for electrical and computer engineers

Our expert faculty intentionally architected a responsive curriculum to anticipate and align with industry trends — one that keeps you on the leading edge of the field and provides you with the tools to engineer dynamic and cyber-secure solutions.