Master of Science in Electrical Engineering
Rochester, USA
DURATION
2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
Aug 2024
TUITION FEES
USD 41,424 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* $41,424 - $54,974 | based on credits taken
Introduction
In the electrical engineering masters, students can customize a specialty of their choosing while working closely with electrical engineering faculty in a contemporary, applied research area. The MS degree in electrical engineering allows students to customize their course work while working closely with electrical engineering faculty in a contemporary, applied research area. The program gives you the skills to solve business and industry challenges and deploy high-level solutions to problems affecting the world of engineering technology today. Students may choose among the following six options: communication, control, and robotics, digital systems, integrated electronics, MEMs, or signal and image processing.
The MS degree is awarded upon the successful completion of a minimum of 30 credit hours. Students have the option of completing a thesis or graduate paper. For those who choose the graduate paper, an additional course is required. Students may also choose a course-only option with a comprehensive exam (0 credits). All students are expected to attend the Graduate Seminar (EEEE-795) every semester they are on campus.
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Scholarships and Funding
RIT awards more than $37 million in merit scholarships and assistantships to graduate students each year. Scholarship awards range from 5% of tuition all the way up to full tuition. Awards are based on an applicant's academic excellence. Many things are considered when awarding scholarships - undergraduate grades, graduate placement test scores, and your research and work experience all factor in.
Graduate assistantships are offered to full-time matriculated graduate students to serve as teaching, research, or administrative assistants. Graduate Assistants receive wages (determined by the department making the appointment) in exchange for work performed. Many graduate assistants also receive tuition remission (i.e., tuition support) in addition to receiving wages for assistantship duties.
Graduate students can be awarded both scholarships and assistantships. These funding opportunities are the same for both US and international applicants.
RIT awards more than $30 million in merit scholarships and assistantships to graduate students each year. Scholarship awards range from 10% - 40% of tuition. Our median scholarship amount is around 30% of tuition or $13,000. Awards are based on an applicant's academic excellence. Many things are considered when awarding scholarships - undergraduate grades, graduate placement test scores, and your research and work experience all factor in.
Graduate assistantships are offered to full-time matriculated graduate students to serve as teaching, research, or administrative assistants. Graduate Assistants receive wages (determined by the department making the appointment) in exchange for work performed. Many graduate assistants also receive tuition remission (i.e., tuition support) in addition to receiving wages for assistantship duties.
Graduate students can be awarded both scholarships and assistantships. These funding opportunities are the same for both US and international applicants.
Optional Co-Op: cooperative education is paid work assignments with corporations and organizations around the U.S. and abroad. Co-op allows students to spend one or more semesters employed in a full-time, paid position related to their academic program before they graduate. Many students use co-op earnings to help finance their education.
Work-Study: graduate students studying full-time may apply to work part-time on campus. RIT has more than 9,000 jobs available each year, and students typically work 10 – 20 hours per week. International students studying on an F-1 or J-1 visa may work up to 20 hours per week on campus and 40 hours during break periods.
Curriculum
Electrical engineering (communications focus area), MS degree, typical course sequence
First Year
- EEEE-707 Engineering Analysis
- EEEE-602 Random Signals and Noise
- EEEE-692 Communication Networks
- EEEE-693 Digital Data Communication
- EEEE-794 Information Theory
- EEEE-795 Graduate Seminar
- EEEE-709 Advanced Engineering Math
Second Year
- EEEE-797 Wireless Communication
- EEEE-790 MS Thesis
- EEEE-795Graduate Seminar
- Graduate Elective
Electrical engineering (control systems focus area), MS degree, typical course sequence
First Year
- EEEE-707 Engineering Analysis
- EEEE-602 Random Signals and Noise
- EEEE-669 Fuzzy Logic and Applications
- EEEE-661 Modern Control
- EEEE-765 Optimal Control
- EEEE-766 Multivariable Modeling
- EEEE-709 Advanced Engineering Math
- EEEE-795 Graduate Seminar
Second Year
- EEEE-790 MS Thesis
- EEEE-795 Graduate Seminar
- Elective
Electrical engineering (digital systems focus area), MS degree, typical course sequence
First Year
- EEEE-707 Engineering Analysis
- EEEE-620 Design of Digital Systems
- EEEE-720 Advanced Topics in Digital Systems Design
- EEEE-621 Design of Computer Systems
- EEEE-709 Advanced Engineering Math
- EEEE-721 Advanced Topics in Computer Systems Design
- EEEE-795 Graduate Seminar
Second Year
- EEEE-790 MS Thesis
- EEEE-795 Graduate Seminar
- Electives
Electrical engineering (electromagnetics/microwaves focus area), MS degree, typical course sequence
First Year
- EEEE-707 Engineering Analysis
- EEEE-602 Random Signals and Noise
- EEEE-629 Antenna Theory and Design
- EEEE-617 Microwave Circuit Design
- EEEE-709 Advanced Engineering Math
- EEEE-710 Advanced Electromagnetic Theory
- EEEE-692 Communication Networks
- EEEE-795 Graduate Seminar
Second Year
- EEEE-718 Design and Characterization of Microwave Systems
- EEEE-790 MS Thesis
- EEEE-795 Graduate Seminar
Electrical engineering (integrated electronics focus area), MS degree, typical course sequence
First Year
- EEEE-707 Engineering Analysis
- EEEE-610 Analog Electronics
- EEEE-711 Advanced Carrier-Injection Devices
- EEEE-709 Advanced Engineering Math
- EEEE-712 Advanced Field Effect Devices
- EEEE-713 Solid-State Physics
- EEEE-726 Mixed Signal IC Design
- EEEE-795 Graduate Seminar
Second Year
- EEEE-790 MS Thesis
- EEEE-795 Graduate Seminar
- Elective
Electrical engineering (MEMS focus area), MS degree, typical course sequence
First Year
- EEEE-707 Engineering Analysis
- EEEE-602 Random Signals and Noise
- EEEE-689 Fundamentals of MEMS
- EEEE-661 Modern Control Theory
- MCEE-770 Microelectromechanical Systems
- EEEE-787 MEMS Evaluation
- EEEE-709 Advanced Engineering Math
- EEEE-795 Graduate Seminar
Second Year
- MCEE-601 Microelectronic Fabrication
- EEEE-790 MS Thesis
- EEEE-795 Graduate Seminar
Electrical engineering (robotics focus area), MS degree, typical course sequence
First Year
- EEEE-707 Engineering Analysis
- EEEE-602 Random Signals and Noise
- EEEE-685 Principle of Robotics
- EEEE-636 Biorobotic/Cybernetics
- EEEE-709 Advanced Engineering Math
- EEEE-647 Artificial Intelligence
- EEEE-661 Modern Control Theory
- EEEE-795 Graduate Seminar
Second Year
- EEEE-784 Advanced Robotics
- EEEE-795 Graduate Seminar
- EEEE-790 MS Thesis
Electrical engineering (signal and image processing focus area), MS degree, typical course sequence
First Year
- EEEE-707 Engineering Analysis
- EEEE-602 Random Signals and Noise
- EEEE-678 Digital Signal Processing
- EEEE-779 Digital Image Processing
- EEEE-709 Advanced Engineering Math
- EEEE-768 Adaptive Signal Processing
- EEEE-795 Graduate Seminar
Second Year
- EEEE-780 Digital Video Processing
- EEEE-790 MS Thesis
- EEEE-795 Graduate Seminar
- Elective
Career Opportunities
Industries
- Electronic and Computer Hardware
- Computer Networking
- Defense
- Aerospace
- Automotive
Typical Job Titles
- Electrical Engineer
- Design Engineer
- Research Engineer
- Project Engineer
- Applications Engineer
- Scientist
- Controls Engineer
- Software Engineer
- Systems Engineer
- Reliability Engineer
English Language Requirements
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