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Electrical & Computer Engineering Degrees & Programs

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Bachelor of Science

Computer Engineering, BS

Computer Engineering is central to many applications from artificial intelligence to smart appliances to national security. As a computer engineering major, you will learn to design, develop, test and manufacture computer systems using the latest semiconductor chip technologies. You will also learn to analyze and research systems that process, store and communicate digital information between devices and across the world. Computer engineering majors explore cutting-edge systems, including wearable technologies, mobile devices, cloud servers, and embedded systems.

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Bachelor of Science

Electrical Engineering, BS

Electrical Engineering is central to many applications, including power generation, communication, healthcare, and instrumentation. As an electrical engineering major, you will learn to design, develop, analyze, research and create systems that support these diverse fields. You will study both the physical devices and the functional components that make up these systems, ranging from transistors, antennas, lasers and electric machines to signal processing, machine learning and artificial intelligence methods, communication and networking protocols, and control and estimation systems.

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Master's Degrees

Electrical and Computer Engineering: Machine Learning and Signal Processing, MS

As a master’s student in our accelerated machine learning and signal processing program, you can learn quantitative thinking, practical problem-solving and coding – and how to apply those skills in a variety of fields.

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Master's Degrees

Electrical and Computer Engineering: Power Engineering, MS

As a master’s student in our online Power Engineering degree program, you’ll acquire both applied and theoretical knowledge in power electronics, including alternative energy, through research and study of technological and conceptual innovations in electrical and computer engineering.

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Master's Degrees

Electrical and Computer Engineering: Professional, MS

As a master’s student in our accelerated electrical and computer engineering program, you can choose specializations such as networking and security, computer architecture, electric machines and drives, semiconductor device and fabrication technology, and more, or a custom curriculum path that you design yourself.

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Master's Degrees

Electrical and Computer Engineering: Research, MS

As an electrical and computer engineering master’s student, you can work with our outstanding faculty members on research in areas such as energy systems, computer systems and architecture, solid state and quantum technologies, machine learning, signal processing and information theory, and more.

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Doctoral Degrees

Electrical and Computer Engineering, PhD

As a PhD student in electrical and computer engineering, you can engage in creative approaches to solving problems through research in any of several cross-cutting areas of your choosing- among them, data science, healthcare, mobile computing, security and infrastructure resilience, sensors and sensing, and sustainability.

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View the UW-Madison Guide for information on all electrical and computer engineering courses.