Electrical & Computer
Engineering

Advance your future with hands-on electrical and computer engineering degrees in Texas focused on robotics, semiconductors, embedded systems, power electronics, and wireless communications.

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Electrical & Computer Engineering at the
Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering

From microchips to megawatts, our programs equip students to power modern life. You’ll study everything from circuits and control systems to robotics, computing, and communications — all while gaining real-world experience in cutting-edge labs and industry-driven research. Whether you're interested in hardware, software, or systems design, our curriculum prepares you to lead innovation across the tech landscape.

Undergraduate Graduate

Power What’s Possible

DRIVE REAL-WORLD INNOVATION

Develop next-generation technologies in robotics, power systems, and embedded computing with one of the most versatile and impactful engineering degrees.

$105K/yr.

Average Starting Salary

State-of-The-Art

Evelyn Davies Robotics Lab

94%

Job Placement At Graduation

Research Areas

Pulsed Power and Power Electronics (P3E)

The Center for Pulsed Power and Power Electronics (P3E) has three primary research areas:High Voltage Plasmas, Pulsed Power, and Power Electronics with applications ranging from pulsed electric field, PEF, treatment of agricultural product to high power microwaves, HPM.

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Computer Vision and Image/Signal Analysis

Computer Vision and Image/Signal Analysis is an area advancing computational technologies to extract or recover meaningful information from various data sets with unwanted noises.

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Nanophotonics and Nanotechnology

Nanophotonics research explores fundamental science in optics and their light-matter interactions at the nanoscale, and it develops various small-scale photonic devices. Nanotechnology is providing the required fabrication and measurement technologies for developing such nanoscale photonic and electronic components.

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Microelectronics and MEMS

Microelectronics and MEMS research investigates semiconductor materials, integrated circuits, energy-efficient solar cells, light-emitting diodes (LEDs), sensor systems, micro-actuators, and RF systems.

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