News

More News


Microelectronics Go from Lab to Fab at UC San Diego Qualcomm Institute

March 17, 2025

Microelectronics Go from Lab to Fab at UC San Diego Qualcomm Institute

Little more than a year after the Microelectronics Commons program kicked off, University of California San Diego researchers have already made significant strides in bringing novel semiconductor technologies from possibility to prototype and beyond. Full Story


Quantum Properties in Atom-thick Semiconductors Offer New Way to Detect Electrical Signals in Cells

March 3, 2025

Quantum Properties in Atom-thick Semiconductors Offer New Way to Detect Electrical Signals in Cells

For decades, scientists have relied on electrodes and dyes to track the electrical activity of living cells. Now, UC San Diego engineers have discovered that quantum materials just a single atom thick can do the job—using only light. Full Story


UC San Diego Celebrates New Three National Academy of Engineering Members

February 28, 2025

UC San Diego Celebrates New Three National Academy of Engineering Members

Three members of our Jacobs School community have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). Congratulations to Robert W. Heath Jr., Richard Sandstrom and Doug Cameron. Full Story


Exploring the Impact of Generative AI on Education, Research and More

February 27, 2025

Exploring the Impact of Generative AI on Education, Research and More

Better simulations to understand how viruses work. Better ways to model and predict climate change. Better robots that can navigate the real world. Researchers from all across the University of California San Diego and around the world converged on campus last week to explore the promise of generative artificial intelligence (AI). Full Story



Incoming ECE Ph.D. Students

The ECE Student Affairs Office is excited to welcome Ph.D. students to the department and share more information about the graduate program. ECE will be hosting virtual workshops along with orientation sessions! For now, please become familiar with the information on this page More info to come soon! 

Incoming ECE M.S. Students

The ECE Student Affairs Office is excited to welcome M.S. students to the ECE Department and share more information about the graduate program. ECE will be hosting virtual orientation sessions and an in-person meet & greet!

Please read the information on this page and down below. We hope to see you there 😊 

Nuria Gonzalez-Prelcic

Robert W. Heath Jr

Paul Jacobs

Noah Rubin

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.

By the Numbers

$38M+

In Research
Expenditures

17,000+

Alumni

2,200+

Remarkable
Students

65

Award-Winning
Faculty