What is Electrical and Computer Engineering?

bullet Electrical Engineering

The profession of electrical engineering encompasses a variety of technical specializations as diverse as computers and digital systems, microelectronics, photonics, materials, controls, communication systems and signal processing, energy conversion and power distribution, antenna design and electromagnetic scattering, and robotics in manufacturing. Electrical engineers create, research, design, develop, manufacture, and market new devices.

color bullet Computer Engineering

Computer engineering is the development, design, and application of advanced computer technology - from both hardware and software backgrounds. Computer engineering includes multimedia systems, robots, microprocessors, memory systems, networks, the Internet, chip design, supercomputers and all other aspects of computer organization, design, and programming.

What can you do with an Electrical and Computer Engineering degree?

The enormous breadth of ECE means you can pursue many possible career paths, including

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Or get a general, broad ECE degree to maximize your versatility!