To prepare students for a career in this evolving profession, the Bachelor of Electrical Engineering degree stresses the basic ideas on which the profession is built. In addition, we offer a range of choices that shape the details of each student’s program in the junior and senior years. By selecting appropriate technical electives, you can specialize in areas such as electrical engineering, systems and signals engineering, and materials and devices engineering.

Active research ensures that the content of the undergraduate program is constantly renewed and maintained at a challenging technical level and integrates discovery learning into the program. Opportunities abound for electrical engineering undergraduates to work with faculty and graduate students as research assistants, either for pay or independent study credit. We want our graduates to have the skills necessary to pursue advanced degrees.

Research in the department covers a broad range of topics with particular strengths in communications and signal processing, electronic devices and materials, optics and electromagnetics, and computer networks and systems. More detailed information about our research program is available on our website.

Electrical and computer engineering graduates of Delaware have gone on to some very exciting, rewarding, and successful careers. One graduate is a founder of Silicon Graphics, a well-known manufactuer of high-end computer workstations. Another received an Academy Award for technical achievement in motion picture special effects. The proliferation of computer technology over the past several decades has created an abundance of career opportunities.