Multiple Areas of Specialization
Within the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, you can: design your own program from one of these focus areas - or combine some of them:
- bio-electrical engineering
- computer engineering and digital systems
- information, systems, and networks
- solid-state devices, electronics, and photonics
- space science and plasma physics
- Specialization in Energy Systems
- Specialization in Complex Systems Design
- Specialization in ECE Technology Management
- Minor in Systems Engineering
or choose a more structured specialization or minor in:
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In addition, we encourage you to explore the hundreds of courses offered throughout the College of Engineering and cross-disciplinary opportunities all across campus. In Cornell’s highly collaborative culture, you will have access to the world-class faculty and research facilities in multiple areas. Adding business skills to your engineering base is as easy as walking across the street to the Johnson School, one of the nation’s most renowned graduate schools of management. Pursuing specialized knowledge in life sciences may take you to the new nearby Weill Hall, across campus, or around the world. The opportunities are nearly endless.
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“I chose to attend Cornell University’s Electrical and Computer Engineering Department for the simple fact that the PhD program is structured in such a way to enhance each student’s learning experience with respect to their individualized research topic. There are very few other Electrical and Computer Engineering programs which allow students the freedom and flexibility to conduct meaningful research in a relaxed and comfortable atmosphere. Lastly, be not least one of the main reasons why I decided to attend Cornell University’s Electrical and Computer Engineering Department was because of the founding father’s, Ezra Cornell, motto - ‘I would found an institution where any person can find instruction in any study’.”
- Coalton Bennett, ECE MS/PhD Student