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Students completing the Electrical Engineering program will (1) pursue careers in academic, industrial, or governmental sectors, (2) drive advancements in electrical engineering through innovative product design, research, and service implementation while demonstrating effective communication, leadership, and entrepreneurial abilities, (3) commit to continuous professional development within the electrical engineering discipline. (These program objectives guide curriculum development, with their attainment being a collaborative effort between students and UCI.)
The Electrical Engineering undergraduate program establishes a foundation through courses in humanities, mathematics, natural sciences, and engineering principles. This structure equips graduates with fundamental design and synthesis skills for immediate industry employment or advanced academic pursuits. UCI's Electrical Engineering curriculum covers network analysis, electronics, system design, signal processing, electromagnetics, and computer engineering, teaching students to create tailored circuits and systems while utilizing modern computing for problem-solving.
Electrical Engineering students can specialize in either Electro-optics/Solid-State Devices or Systems/Signal Processing. Alongside departmental offerings, the program incorporates relevant courses from the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences to enhance the major's scope.
Student must have completed secondary school with excellent grades/marks in academic subjects and have earned a certificate of completion that enables you to be admitted to a university in your home country and is equivalent to a U.S. high school diploma. If your secondary/high school was completed in a country where English was not the language of instruction, or if you have less than three years of high school curriculum instruction in English in the U.S., you are required to demonstrate English proficiency.
Various examinations and scores may be used to demonstrate proficiency in English: Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) examination: Internet-based test (IBT): score 80 or higher; Score 6.5 or higher on the International English Language Testing System (IELTS); Freshman applicants may complete one UC approved English composition course.