Program Overview

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering offers a range of programs, including undergraduate and graduate degrees.

Undergraduate Programs

• Electrical Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Computer Engineering Direct Entry
• Accelerated Master's

Electrical Engineering Program

The Electrical Engineering program is a broad discipline that spans from the physical world to the purely information-based world. Electrical Engineers develop electronic circuits, semiconductor lasers, microprocessors, electric motors, communications networks, robotic systems, medical instruments, avionics, and more.

What You'll Learn

In this program, you will study:

• Electric circuits and motors
• Electromagnetics
• Microelectronics
• Signal processing
• Communications
• Robotics and control
• Mechatronics
• Digital logic
• Microprocessors

You will build on a base of applied mathematics and physics and learn to use the laws of physics that govern electrical systems to design new products and services.

Apply Your Learning

As an Electrical Engineering student, you will have opportunities to take part in lab work and design projects that have real-world applications. In your fourth year, you will have the opportunity to take a project-based course to propose, design, build, test, and present a viable project that produces a tangible result.

Admission and Application

The Electrical Engineering Program is a discipline within our common core program. Apply to general engineering, and at the end of first year, you are guaranteed your program of choice.

Skills You'll Learn

• Energy and Power Systems
• Nanoelectronics and Photonics
• Biomedical and Intelligent Systems
• Communications and Wireless Systems
• Mechatronics and Robotics

Course Highlights

• Biomedical Signal and Image Processing
• Introduction to Robotics
• Bioinformatic Analytics
• Fiber Optic Communications
• Machine Vision
• Microwave and RF Circuits and Systems
• Energy and Power Systems
• Wireless Communications

Streams

While choosing technical electives, you can tailor your program by following a stream. Streams offer a suggestion of courses focused on a particular area of electrical engineering. You can mix and match between streams or create your own stream. Stream options include:

• Biomedical Engineering
• Communications and Signal Processing
• Communications Systems and Networks
• Microelectronics and Photonics
• Mechatronics
• Power Electronics and Systems
• Robotics and Control

Internships

The Queen's Undergraduate Internship Program (QUIP) gives students the opportunity to take a full-time, paid 1216-month internship. Apply your skills to the workplace and gain on-the-job experience as you work with one of our many industry partners.

Careers in Electrical Engineering

A career in electrical engineering can take you in many different directions, with opportunities in a wide range of fields, including energy, communications, robotics, and more.

Graduate Programs

• Master of Engineering (MEng)
• Master of Applied Science (MASc)
• Master of Applied Science in Artificial Intelligence (MASc in AI)
• Accelerated Master's
• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Research Areas

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering has research areas in:

• AI & Machine Learning
• Antennas
• Biomedical and Human-Machine Systems
• Communications and Signal Processing
• Engineering Education and Technology
• High Performance and Next Generation Computing
• Information and Software Security
• Networks and The Internet of Things
• Photonics, Nanotechnology & Integrated Circuits
• Power Electronics and Energy Systems
• Robotics, Autonomous Systems and Control
• Software Engineering