Degrees at Every Level
The electrical and computer engineering (ECE) department offers degrees at the bachelor's, master's and doctoral levels. Our bachelor's programs are accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET.
A broad core of undergraduate courses leads into a large set of advanced graduate courses with hands-on lab work running through the undergraduate years up to the senior capstone.
Who We Are
The department has 653 undergraduate and 177 graduate students (fall 2026) and 31 full-time faculty: 25 tenured or tenure-track and six teaching. Their internationally recognized research covers computational electromagnetics, photonics, computer engineering, nanomaterials, renewable energy, space science and instrumentation, Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) design, control theory, biosensors and image processing.
ECE faculty take part in six university centers and nine labs, organized into eight research clusters.
A Capstone That Serves People
Through the Assistive Technology Program, senior capstone teams design and build custom devices for clients with disabilities. The program has delivered more than 1,500 products to local agencies and their clients.
Work-Ready Graduates
ECE works closely with the companies that hire our graduates to keep the curriculum relevant, including through the Industrial Advisory Board, which meets every semester.
Our place in the Massachusetts high-tech corridor and focus on experiential learning give students many chances for co-ops, internships and part-time and summer jobs.