Why Study Electrical Engineering?

Electrical systems form the foundation of the information age. Push the frontiers of knowledge in areas that could transform our modern world.

UMBC’s electrical and computer engineering faculty are at the forefront of efforts to improve medical imaging and remote sensing devices, upgrade the energy grid, enable next-gen wireless technologies, and drive innovations in computing hardware. These experts will be your guide as you train to be an independent researcher and produce a dissertation that demonstrates a significant contribution to the state-of-the-art in the topic you select.