PhD Program in Electrical Engineering

The doctorate program in electrical engineering has emphasis areas in Power and Energy Engineering, Telecommunications and Remote Sensing, Electronics Engineering, and Computer Engineering. The program requires a minimum of 49 credits beyond the BS, distributed as follows:

24 credits in core courses and technical electives in the area of specialization, including 6 credits at 8000 level.
6 credits in electives outside the area of specialization.
6 credits in advanced math courses (at least 3 credits should be 6000 level or above).
1 credit of doctoral seminar (INEL 8998).
12 credits of graduate thesis (INEL 8999).

In addition, the students must pass a qualifying exam, a comprehensive exam, and their dissertation defense.

Application:

Fall Admission – 15 February each year, and 15 March (late application fee)
Spring Admission – 15 September each year, and 15 October (late application fee)

Apply here!

Preparing your statement of purpose:

When preparing your statement of purpose you must:

Indicate the areas of emphasis of your interest
Identify faculty that could serve as your thesis advisor
Clearly state your goals and describe any experience in the emphasis area of interest.

Applications to the PhD Program with statements of purpose that do not meet these requirements may be rejected.

Preparing your Plan of Study

All students must complete their plan of study, which includes their advisor and graduate committee, and the courses to be taken to comply with the program requirements, during their first semester of studies. Note that, as ECE Graduate Program policy, students cannot take any courses (deficiency of regular program courses) without approving the courses prerequisites.