ECE At a Glance
- Degrees
- B.S., M.S., Ph.D.- Electrical Engineering
- B.S., M.S., Ph.D.- Computer engineering (joint program with Computer Science and Engineering)
- B.S.- Engineering Physics
- B.A.- Electrical Engineering and Society
Faculty: 68
Graduates: 990
Undergraduates: 1,500
- Ranking
- The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) ranks 14th for its programs in electrical / electronic / communications engineering (US News and World Report Ranking of Best Engineering Schools, published April 2025)
- The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) ranks 12th for its program in computer engineering (US News and World Report Ranking of Best Engineering Schools, published April 2025).
- Endowed Chairs
Holder Endowed by In Year Peter Asbeck Skyworks High-Performance Communications Devices and Circuits 2002 Shaya Fainman Cymer Inc. Advanced Optical Technologies 2007 Eric Fullerton CMRR Magnetic Recording Research in Physics 1985 Andrew Kahng Chancellor’s Associates and Jacobs School of Engineering corporate affiliates High Performance Computing 2002 Laurence Milstein Ericsson Wireless Communications Access Techniques 2005 Alon Orlitsky Qualcomm Information Theory and its Applications 2002 Bhaskar Rao Ericsson Wireless Access Networks 2007 Ramesh Rao Qualcomm Telecommunications and Information Technologies 2002 Gabriel Rebeiz Wireless Communications Industry Wireless Communication Technology 1996 Paul Siegel CMRR Magnetic Recording Research Professor 1985 Stojan Radic Charles Lee Powell Wireless Communications 1996 Alex Vardy Jack Keil Wolf Electrical Engineering 2011 Paul Yu William S.C. Chang Electronic Devices and Materials 2008 - Members of the National Academy of Engineering
- Peter Asbeck
- Robert Heath
- Irwin Jacobs (Founding Faculty)
- Pradeep K. Khosla (Chancellor)
- James Lemke (Adjunct)
- Don Norman (Affiliate)
- Roberto Padovani (Affiliate)
- Albert P. Pisano (Jacobs School Dean)
- Gabriel Rebeiz
- Victor Rumsey (Emeritus)
- Paul Siegel
- Andrew Viterbi (Emeritus)
- Jack Keil Wolf (deceased)
- Research Centers
Calit2’s Qualcomm Institute (Director Ramesh Rao)
- Center for Information Theory and Applications (Director Alon Orlitsky)
- Center for Memory Recording Research (Director Eric Fullerton)
- Center for Multiscale Imaging for Brain Function (Co-Director Shaya Fainman)
- Center for Wearable Sensors (Associate Director Patrick Mercier)
- Center for Wireless Communications (Director Sujit Dey)
- DARPA Center for RF MEMS Reliability and Design Fundamentals (Director/PI Gabriel Rebeiz)
- DARPA Soldier-Centric Imaging via Computational Cameras (Director/PI Joseph Ford)
- NSF Center for Integrated Access Networks (Deputy Director Shaya Fainman)
- Power Management Integration Center (Site Director Patrick Mercier)