Overview

Graduate Program in Electrical and Computer Engineering / Graduate Program in Electrical and Computer Engineering is located in Norfolk, VA, in an urban setting.

Degrees & Awards

Degrees Offered

Degree
Doctor of Engineering (D Eng)
Master of Engineering (ME)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Master of Science (MS)

Degrees Awarded

Degree	Number Awarded
Master's Degrees	20
Doctoral Degrees	5

Earning Your Degree

Part-time study available?
Evening/weekend programs available?	No
Distance learning programs available?
Terminal master's degree available?	No

Degree Requirements

Degree	Requirement
Master's Degrees	Entrance Exam GRE Comp Exam Required for some Thesis Required for some
Doctoral Degrees	Entrance Exam GRE Thesis Required Candidacy exam, diagnostic exam, proposal defense

Admissions

Acceptance Rate

106

Applied

78

Accepted

14

Enrolled

Applying

50

Application Fee - Domestic

Yes

Electronic
applications accepted?

Yes

Applications processed
on a rolling basis?

Application Deadlines

Type	Domestic	International	Priority date
Fall deadline	June 1st	April 15th	No
Spring deadline	November 1st	October 1st	No
Summer deadline	March 1st	February 1st	No

Entrance Requirements

Exam	Details
Master's Degree Exam	GRE
Master's Degree Requirements	Two letters of recommendation, resume, personal statement of objectives
Doctoral Degree Exam	GRE
Doctoral Degree Requirements	Three letters of recommendation, resume, personal statement of objectives

International Students

Exam	Details
TOEFL: Required	TOEFL Paper score: 550 TOEFL IBT score: 79
IELTS: Required	IELTS Paper score: 6.5

Tuition & Fees

Tuition & Fees

$37,470

Tuition & Fees

Financial Support

Application deadlines for financial awards	February 15
Types of financial support available	Research Assistantships Teaching Assistantships Scholarship and/or loans Graduate Assistantships

Student Body

125

Total Graduate Students

37%

International Breakout (representing other countries)

Race/Ethnicity

Hispanic/Latino	2.4%
Black or African American	13.6%
White or Caucasian	36%
American Indian or Alaska Native	0%
Asian	4.8%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0%
Two or more races	1.6%
Unknown	3.2%

Gender

Male (79%)

Female (20%)

Faculty

25

Total faculty

Full-time - 25

Part-time - 0

Male (23)

Female (2)

Research

Focus of faculty research:	Cyber-physical systems, cybersecurity, communications and networking, computer vision and computational modeling, controls, hardware, bioelectrics, medical image processing, plasma medicine, signal processing for medical and biological applications, systems biology and computational bioengineering, photovoltaics, plasma processing, thin films and nanotechnology
Externally sponsored research expenditures last year:	3,022,888

Location & Contact

Address 231 Kaufman Hall
Norfolk, VA  23529
United States

Contact Dr. Chunsheng Xin
Graduate Program Director
Email: cxin@odu.edu
Phone: 757-683-5294
Fax: 757-683-3220

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