Electrical & Computer Engineering Graduate Degree Program

Description
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) is a broad field encompassing 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 is combined with engineering fundamentals and applied to the theory, design, analysis, and implementation of devices and systems for the benefit of society. Graduate studies leading to the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees are offered in three major areas of specialization:
  • Computer engineering
  • Communications, control and signal processing
  • Electronic and photonics

    • General Information
    Website http://www.ece.ucsb.edu/
    Address Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
    University of California, Santa Barbara
    Attn: Graduate Program Assistant
    Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9560
    (USA)
    Phone (805) 893-3114
    Email erika@ece.ucsb.edu
    Degrees Offered MS, MS/PhD, PhD
    Requirements
    • Online application: https://www.graddiv.ucsb.edu/eapp
    • ECE Graduate Studies Application Information page: http://www.ece.ucsb.edu/grad-app
    • ECE Statement of Purpose Document Upload Site: https://www.ece.ucsb.edu/GradData/documentUpload.php
    • Statement of Purpose with completed coversheets (2 copies)
    • Statement of Personal Achievements/Contributions (2 copies)
    • Brief resume or curriculum vitae (CV) of your academic career (2 copies). Note: Please do not include papers, technical reports, or copies of bachelor or master's theses as these will be discarded: a mention of their existence in your resume or curriculum vitae is sufficient.
    • Three Letters of Recommendation (Submitted online. Note: if submitted via postal mail, please attach required coversheets)
    • Official transcripts from all post-secondary institutions attended (2 copies)
    • GRE General test scores
    • TOEFL scores 550 Paper-Based Test (PBT), 80 Internet-Based Test (IBT) or IELTS (International English Language Testing System) Overall Band score of 7 or higher (if applicable)
    Pre-Application No Pre-Application necessary
    Deadlines
    • Fall - December 15, 2009 - Financial support and admission consideration (MS, MS/PhD, PhD)
    • Fall - January 15, 2010 - Admission only (MS, MS/PhD, PhD)
    • Winter - November 1, 2009 - Admission only (PhD)
    • Spring - January 1, 2010 - Admission only (PhD)
    Emphases Computer Engineering; Communications, Control & Signal Processing; Electronics & Photonics. Optional Ph.D. Emphasis in Computational Science & Engineering