Overview

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering / Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is located in Madison, WI, in an urban setting.

Degrees & Awards

Degrees Offered

Degree	Concentration	Sub-concentration
Master of Science (MS)	Electrical engineering: research
Master of Science (MS)	Electrical engineering: machine learning and signal processing
Master of Science (MS)	Electrical engineering: power engineering
Master of Science (MS)	Electrical engineering: professional
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	Electrical engineering

Degrees Awarded

Degree	Number Awarded
Master's Degrees	82
Doctoral Degrees	30

Earning Your Degree

Evening/weekend programs available?	No
Distance learning programs available?
Terminal master's degree available?

Degree Requirements

Degree	Requirement
Master's Degrees	Entrance Exam GRE Comp Exam Required for some Thesis Required for some
Doctoral Degrees	Entrance Exam GRE Comp Exam Required Thesis Required

Admissions

Acceptance Rate

1,045

Applied

409

Accepted

67

Enrolled

Applying

75

Application Fee - Domestic

81

Application Fee - International

Yes

Electronic
applications accepted?

Application Deadlines

Type	Domestic	International	Priority date
Fall deadline	December 15th	December 15th	No

Entrance Requirements

Exam	Details
Master's Degree Exam	GRE
Master's Degree Requirements	A minimum undergraduate grade-point average (GPA) of 3.00 on the equivalent of the last 60 semester hours (approximately two years of work) or a masterÔÇÖs degree with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 is required.
Doctoral Degree Exam	GRE
Doctoral Degree Requirements	A minimum undergraduate grade-point average (GPA) of 3.00 on the equivalent of the last 60 semester hours (approximately two years of work) or a masterÔÇÖs degree with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 is required.

International Students

Exam	Details
TOEFL: Required	TOEFL Paper score: 580 TOEFL IBT score: 92
IELTS: Required	IELTS Paper score: 7

Tuition & Fees

Tuition & Fees

$12,197

Tuition & Fees

Financial Support

Financial award applicants must submit:	FAFSA
Application deadlines for financial awards	December 1
Types of financial support available	Fellowships Research Assistantships Teaching Assistantships Health Care Benefits Institutionally-sponsored Loans Scholarship and/or loans

Student Body

335

Total Graduate Students

61%

International Breakout (representing other countries)

Race/Ethnicity

Hispanic/Latino	2.69%
Black or African American	0.9%
White or Caucasian	25%
American Indian or Alaska Native	0%
Asian	5.37%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0%
Two or more races	0.9%
Unknown	3.28%

Gender

Male (82%)

Female (17%)

Faculty

45

Total faculty

Full-time - 45

Part-time - 0

Male (36)

Female (9)

Research

Focus of faculty research:	Computer Architecture; Data Science; Database Systems; Graphics/Visual Computing; Human Computer Interaction; Machine Learning, Computer Vision and Artificial Intelligence; Networks; Numerical Analysis; Optimization; Programming Languages and Software Engineering;
Externally sponsored research expenditures last year:	18,796,710

Location & Contact

Address 2416 Engineering Hall
1415 Engineering Drive
Madison, WI  53706-1380
United States

Contact Susan Hagness
Dept. Chair
Email: office@ece.wisc.edu
Phone: 608-2623840

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