Curriculum & Faculty
Cornell's M.Eng. program in electrical and computer engineering is distinguished by an unusual degree of flexibility, professional projects, and outstanding teaching.
Our curriculum is built on a core of four technical courses. But unlike many other schools, you select these from a roster of core courses, choosing those that will best prepare you for your individual goals. A required two-credit-hour course in professional practice helps to prepare you for the workplace. For electives, you can choose from courses within ECE, as well as hundreds of other engineering and technical courses all across campus, including business courses, that allow you to prepare for multiple areas of specialization - or create your own.
The centerpiece of the M.Eng. program is the professional project, in which you apply theory to a real problem, with the guidance from faculty, and often in collaboration with other students.
| ECE M.ENG Curriculum | CREDIT HOURS |
|---|---|
| Technical core courses (students choose 4 courses) | 12-16 |
| Professional Practice – Course 5010 | 2 |
| Project | 3-8 |
| Business electives | 0-9 |
| Other engineering/technical | 1-13 |
| Total | 30 |
So Many Choices
Making choices within a highly flexible curriculum turns out to be a challenge not unlike some that students face later on. "Having a lot of freedom to choose my courses was sometimes frustrating; it’s a lot easier to have one-stop shopping!" says Jason Christopher, M.Eng. 2007. "But when you realize you have such an abundance of resources, it’s a great thing."
Christopher, who came to Cornell to study energy systems and renewable energy, was able to tailor his program to meet those goals by combining courses from ECE and several other Cornell schools, and he also added in Entrepreneurship for Engineers and Operations Management at the Johnson Graduate School of Management.
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“I chose Cornell primarily because of the strong faculty support and
the research facilities. I was impressed by the open academic
environment with ‘Any person any study’ philosophy. I saw myself
thriving in such an environment gaining an unique experience as I
worked towards achieving my goals.”
- Animashree Anandkumar, ECE MS/PhD Student