Program Overview
The electrical engineering curriculum provides a balance of engineering science and design and allows students to specialize in both the traditional topics and the latest subjects in electrical engineering. Students may concentrate their electives in the areas of electronics and optics or communications, signals, systems, and controls. The major is designed to attract motivated students who, upon graduation, will be sought by employers in the high-tech industry. The electrical engineering program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Major
- Minor
- 4+1 Bachelors & Masters
- Engineering & Technology
Career Outcomes
- Analog electronics
- Antenna design
- Biomedical electronics
- Biophotonics
- Communications
- Control systems
- Digital electronics
- Electronics packaging
- Fiber optics
- Information theory
- Microwave circuits
- Nanotechnology
- Opto-electronics
- Radar systems
- Remote sensing
- Semiconductor device physics
- Signal/image/video processing
- Wireless communications
- VLSI design
These are only samples of the field’s many possibilities.
Many students find internships and fieldwork to be a valuable part of their academic experience. They work closely with faculty and career advisers in the BSOE and in the UC Santa Cruz Career Center to identify existing opportunities and often to create their own internships with local companies or in nearby Silicon Valley. For more information about internships, visit the Internships & Volunteering page.
The Wall Street Journal recently ranked UCSC as the number two public university in the nation for high-paying jobs in engineering.
Program Contact
apartment Baskin School of Engineering Building
email soeadmissions@soe.ucsc.edu
phone (831) 459-5840
