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Electrical and Computer Engineering is the technological foundation of modern society, and the unseen force behind today’s intelligent systems. With its impact on clean energy, precision health, cybersecurity, autonomy, communications, the quantum revolution and more, ECE holds the key to a better society.
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ZETIAN MI
Professor
Specialty: Artificial photosynthesis, solar fuels, and solar cells; LEDs; Nanotechnology
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Careers
With your background in electrical and computer engineering, you can be part of a wide range of industries, including the automotive industry, next-generation electronics and computers, information technology and data science, energy and sustainability, robotics and autonomous systems, medical technology and space research, to name a few.
Career paths
- Sustainable power and energy systems
- Computer hardware and circuit design
- AI and Machine Learning
- Electronic devices
- Robotics and Automation
- Wireless Communications
- Medical Instrumentation
- Semiconductor and Electronic Components
- Automotive Industry
- Signal Processing Design
- Scientific Research
Career outlook
Electrical Engineer
Median salary (2020): $103,390
Computer Hardware Engineer
Median salary (2020):
$119,560
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook
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Degrees and specializations
Undergraduate
Degrees
- BSE, Electrical Engineering
- BSE, Computer Engineering
Undergraduate advisor: Catie Lawrence, lenaway@umich.edu
Focus areas/concentrations
Electrical Engineering
- Microwave Circuits
- Monolithic Amplifier Circuits
- Integrated Microsystems Lab
- VLSI Design
- Wireless Link Design
- Advanced Lasers and Optics Lab
- Digital Signal Processing Lab
- Computer Architecture
- Advanced Embedded Systems
Computer Engineering
- VLSI Design
- Digital Signal Processing Lab
- Autonomous Robotics Design Experience
- Computer Architecture
- Advanced Embedded Systems
Popular minors
- Music
- Foreign Language
- Basic Sciences
Master’s
Degrees
- BSE, Electrical Engineering
- BSE, Computer Engineering
Undergraduate advisor: Catie Lawrence, lenaway@umich.edu
Focus areas/concentrations
Electrical Engineering
- Microwave Circuits
- Monolithic Amplifier Circuits
- Integrated Microsystems Lab
- VLSI Design
- Wireless Link Design
- Advanced Lasers and Optics Lab
- Digital Signal Processing Lab
- Computer Architecture
- Advanced Embedded Systems
Computer Engineering
- VLSI Design
- Digital Signal Processing Lab
- Autonomous Robotics Design Experience
- Computer Architecture
- Advanced Embedded Systems
Popular minors
- Music
- Foreign Language
- Basic Sciences
Doctoral
Degree
PHD: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Graduate chair: Prof. Heath Hofmann, hofmann@umich.edu
Graduate advisor: Kristen Thornton, thorntok@umich.edu
Specializations
- Applied Electromagnetics & RF Circuits
- Autonomous systems
- Computer Vision
- Control Systems
- Data Science & Machine Learning
- Embedded Systems
- Integrated Circuits & VLSI
- MEMS & Microsystems
- Network, Communication, and Information Systems
- Optics & Photonics
- Power & Energy
- Robotics
- Signal & Image Processing and Machine Learning
- Solid State & Nanotechnology
- Data Science & Machine Learning
- Any specialty approved by your advisor
Undergraduate programs & admissions | Graduate programs & admissions
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Sequential Undergraduate Graduate Studies
This program allows current U-M students to complete an undergraduate and Master’s degree in five years. Find out more on the Electrical and Computer Engineering website..
Contact: Catie Lawrence, lenaway@umich.edu