We are pleased to announce the dates for the premier annual event hosted by the UC San Diego Center for Wireless Communications (CWC) and Qualcomm: Thursday, January 22nd & Friday, January 23rd, 2026. The 2026 Summit will focus on the cutting-edge theme of: Wireless Intelligence: Bridging Physical Systems & Human-Centric AI. Full Story
In a first-of-its-kind test, engineers at UC San Diego are experimenting with large, mobile batteries to both charge electric construction vehicles, and also support a more resilient electric grid. Full Story
Engineers have created a new method to make large language models (LLMs) — such as the ones that power chatbots and protein sequencing tools — learn new tasks using significantly less data and computing power. Full Story
The UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering is welcoming six new faculty to its ranks in fall 2025. Full Story
OVERVIEW: The Department of Psychiatry and its Mental Health Tech Center formed an initiative in Fall 2017 to increase research collaborations between psychiatry and engineering. Psychiatry Faculty have created projects that attempt to problem solve an unmet challenge in the clinic or in research.
A Graduate Student Researcher (GSR) performs research related to the student’s degree program in an academic department or research unit under the direction of a faculty member or authorized Principal Investigator. GSR positions are awarded by the professor who is the holder of the research grant. ECE students are encouraged to read about our faculty’s research and contact faculty directly to inquire about GSR opportunities.
ECE's 2022 Orientation will be held on Tuesday, September 20th from 9:30-11:00am in WLH 2001. For admitted ECE majors only. Join us!
Please view the Orientation Playlist on ECE's YouTube Channel before Orientation, and check out the campus-wide resources below:
Electrical and Computer Engineering
PhD Program
The information below pertains ONLY to new international PhD students in the ECE Department. For questions on admissions/deferrals, please contact ECEgradapps@eng.ucsd.edu. Curriculum questions may be directed to your academic student advisor: Teresa Ta (tlta@eng.ucsd.edu) or Begum Asena (basena@eng.ucsd.edu)
OFFICE CLOSURE ANNOUNCEMENTS
ECE Advising will be closed on Tuesday, November 11 for the Veterans Day Holiday. ECE advisors cannot respond to email inquiries or process requests during the UCSD closure.
ECE COURSE INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT CONTACT INFORMATION
OFFICE CLOSURE ANNOUNCEMENTS
ECE Advising will be closed on Tuesday, November 11 for the Veterans Day Holiday. ECE advisors cannot respond to email inquiries or process requests during the UCSD closure.
ECE iSERVICES CONTACT INFORMATION
OFFICE CLOSURE ANNOUNCEMENTS
ECE Advising will be closed on Tuesday, November 11 for the Veterans Day Holiday. ECE advisors cannot respond to email inquiries or process requests during the UCSD closure.
FINANCIAL SUPPORT CONTACT INFORMATION
OFFICE CLOSURE ANNOUNCEMENTS
ECE Advising will be closed on Tuesday, November 11 for the Veterans Day Holiday. ECE advisors cannot respond to email inquiries or process requests during the UCSD closure.
The Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) department traces its roots back to the establishment of the Applied Electrophysics department in 1965, under its founding chair Henry Booker. Through a succession of department realignments emerged today’s ECE in 1987, when the then-combined Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department was split into two departments. Since then, ECE has earned a world-class reputation for producing top-notch engineers for industry and academia.
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