Top Computer Engineering Graduate Schools
Computer engineering combines the elements of computer science and electrical engineering. A computer engineering program teaches students to analyze and design the software, hardware and operating systems for computers and their networks. Students enrolled in this program learn about computer architecture, computer networks, operating systems, robotics and artificial intelligence. Career opportunities are available within engineering firms, government agencies and research laboratories.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology combines its electrical engineering and computer science program into one department. Graduate degree programs are available at the master's and doctoral levels. Graduate research areas include systems, communication, control and signal processing; computer science; electronics, computers and systems; engineering physics and bioelectrical engineering. Applicants to this program must have a bachelor's degree and a strong background in computer science, engineering, math and physics.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02139
(617) 253-4600
mit.edu.
University of California -- Berkeley
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The electrical engineering and computer science program at University of California -- Berkeley offers degrees at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The graduate program offers Ph.D. candidates the opportunity to emphasize computation and statistics, computational and genomic biology, computational science and engineering, energy science and technology, nanoscale science and engineering and new media. Research opportunities take place in the Berkeley Center for New Media and Berkeley Quantum Information and Computation Center.
University of California -- Berkeley
253 Cory Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720
(510) 642-3214
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University of Illinois at Urbana -- Champaign
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The University of Illinois' Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering offers a master's and Ph.D. program. The master's degree program is 32-credit hours and combines core and elective courses. Required courses include computing systems, analog signal processing, digital communications, computer systems engineering and electric and electronic circuits. The Ph.D. program in computer engineering requires students to complete 96-credit hours and a thesis. The first stage of the program involves completing the master's degree program, before moving on to the second stage and taking courses in coding theory, controlled fusion systems and computational electromagnetics. The third stage of the program requires students to submit a thesis project.
University of Illinois at Urbana -- Champaign
1406 W. Green Street
Urbana, Illinois 61801
(217) 333-2300
illinois.edu
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