Graduate Studies

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) offers three graduate degree programs leading to the following Master of Science (MS) degrees: MS in Computer Engineering, and MS in Electrical Engineering. It offers the Doctor of Philosophy either as a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, or as a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering. The Department's graduate studies and research program are organized along the lines of faculty interests and expertise. The faculty members are grouped together in interrelated but distinct research areas. This structure allows the critical mass necessary to facilitate innovative research efforts. Graduate programs, providing a balance between the formal classroom instruction and research, are tailored to the student's professional goals.

The graduate programs involve more than 270 full-time and 70 part-time graduate students. The graduate research and education programs are well funded by internal and external research resources with a total of $6.9 million awarded last year. This provides excellent opportunities to work on exciting and challenging projects funded by national and state research agencies such as National Science Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Army Research Office, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Office of Naval Research, Batelle Memorial Institute, Dayton Area Graduate Studies Institute, and Ohio Department of Transportation. The collaborative research projects are also well funded by the international, national and local industry such as Lucent Technologies, Texas Instruments, Procter and Gamble, General Electric, Motorola, EDAptive Computing, Taitech, Von Durpin Inc., and Dow-Corning.

The rules and regulations which govern the graduate program can be found in the Graduate Student Handbook (PDF Format) of the Department of ECE.

Please visit our more detailed pages about our Graduate Programs.