The department, with nearly $6 million in annual research expenditures, hosts three interdisciplinary research centers. Recent awards include a multi-university research initiative grant for advanced study of RF photonics.
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Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering
The Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering (ECEE) Department at CU dates back to the 1890s and the earliest days of the Engineering College. There are 40 full-time faculty members in ECEE along with a host of adjunct, research, and jointly appointed faculty. Annual research expenditures are near $6M. Research grants from NASA, DARPA, the National Science Foundation, NOAA, and collaborative industrial and military funding provide support for qualified graduate students. The program also has unique facilities and equipment for experimental and theoretical training, and for conducting subject-specific research.
Concentration Areas of Study and Research
Biomedical engineering, communications and signal processing, computer and software engineering, dynamics, robotics, and controls, electromagnetics, RF and microwaves, optics and photonics, power electronics and renewable energy systems, remote sensing, nanostructures and devices and VLSI/CAD.
Degrees Offered
ME
The master of engineering (ME) is a technical management oriented degree, specially tailored for those individuals who anticipate becoming technical managers or entrepreneurs. The ME requires 30 semester hours of course work. Up to half of the course work is allowed to be business and/or management courses.
MS
The master of science (MS) degree is the first postgraduate degree for individuals seeking a technical or research career in ECEE. Students can do either a thesis or non-thesis option. The MS requires completion of 30 credit hours. In the non-thesis option, all 30 hours are technical course work; in the thesis option, 4-6 hours of the total 30 are thesis study.
PhD
The doctor of philosophy (PhD) is the terminal degree for individuals seeking a technical or research career in ECEE. It requires completion of an MS, 30 hours of dissertation, passing of a preliminary and comprehensive examination, and a successful dissertation defense. There is a foreign language requirement.
NOTE: If you intend ultimately to pursue the PhD degree, it is best to apply directly to our PhD program rather than first apply to our MS program.
Graduate School Minimum Admissions Standards
Individual graduate departments may have additional or more restrictive standards by which they evaluate graduate applicants. However, the Graduate School at CU-Boulder has established minimum standards for graduate admission. Applicants must:
- Hold a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university, or have done work equivalent to that required for such a degree.
- Show promise of ability to pursue advanced study and research, as judged by the student's scholastic record.
- Have adequate preparation to enter graduate study in the chosen field.
- Have at least a 3.00 (3.00=B) undergraduate grade point average. Note: Applicants who cannot meet this undergraduate standard may still secure regular admission if they have completed 9 semester hours of relevant graduate course work with at least a 3.25 average.
Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering Admission Requirements
Applicants must:
- Hold a baccalaureate degree from a college or university of recognized standing (or the equivalent), submit transcripts evidencing same.
- Have adequate technical preparation to enter graduate study in ECEE.
- Have an undergraduate grade point average (GPA) of 3.00 of higher. NOTE: Provisional admission is sometimes possible for applicants with lower GPAs.
- Submit GRE general exam scores if applying for the MS or Ph.D. degrees (GRE scores are not required for admission to the ME program).
- Provide four letters of recommendation from qualified referees.
- Provide a statement of purpose describing the applicant’s goals and interests.
- Provide, for non-native English speakers only, certification of adequate spoken and written English. A TOEFL score greater than 600 (paper-based), 250 (computer-based) or 100 (internet-based) is desired. Equivalently 1+ years (evidenced by transcripts) of prior instruction at a U.S. university or at a university in a country with English as one of its official languages may suffice.
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Contact Information
University of Colorado at Boulder
Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering
425 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309-0425
Phone: 303-735-0490
Fax: 303-492-2758
E-mail: ecegrad@colorado.edu
Website: ecee.colorado.edu
