Graduate Studies in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Program Overview

The Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) graduate program at UCSB offers MS and PhD degrees in three research areas: Communications, Controls & Signal Processing, Computer Engineering, and Electronics & Photonics. Students work closely with faculty to tailor their program of study to their interests and needs, and the program is flexible to accommodate changes in requirements. Graduates are prepared for careers in industry, academia, and research.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

Graduate studies in ECE are broad and encompass many diverse areas such as computers and digital systems, control, communications, electronics, signal processing, electromagnetics, electro-optics, physics of electronic devices, and device fabrication. As in most areas of engineering, knowledge of mathematics and the natural sciences are combined with engineering fundamentals and applied to the theory, design, analysis, and implementation of devices and systems for the benefit of society. ECE's research is focused in four areas and offers MS and PhD degrees in three major program areas of research: Communications, Controls & Signal Processing (CCSP), Computer Engineering (CE), and Electronics & Photonics (EP). In addition, graduate students determine and choose their program of study and will work with a faculty. Note: the research area of Control Systems is combined with Communications and Signal Processing.

Other:

All graduate degrees have a set of requirements that must be fulfilled for UCSB to grant a degree: UCSB Graduate Division: requirements common to all graduate programs Electrical and Computer Engineering Department: requirements vary according to program area (CCSP, CE, and EP). Degree requirements for the three areas are intended to be flexible so the program of study can be tailored as much as possible to the needs and interests of the student and they may petition for a variation or waiver of any given requirement. Requirements are sometimes altered to accommodate for technical, academic, or administrative changes. However, students are held to the requirements in effect when they enter the ECE graduate program unless they have written permission for an exception by either the UCSB Graduate Division or ECE Department. Further information on requirements and procedures may be obtained from the UCSB Graduate Division, ECE Graduate Student Office, and the Masters of Science and Doctor of Philosophy sections of this website. The student is also expected to read relevant sections in the: ECE Graduate Student Survival Manual (year of entrance) UCSB General Catalog.