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Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Nearly every EECS course is taught by one of our award-winning faculty members, not a teaching assistant. Thirteen computer labs and nine hardware labs provide our students with ample resources to achieve their academic goals. EECS graduates have aquired positions at a wide range of companies, government agencies, and research institutions, including Fortune 500 companies such as Garmin, T-mobile, Honeywell, and Northrop-Grumman.

Main Sections

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Computer Science
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Computer Engineering
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Electrical Engineering
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Interdisciplinary Computing

Notable Stats

75%
Of EECS Graduate Students Receive Funding from Assistantships or Fellowships
$1.7 M
Spent on laboratory equipment in the past six years

Graduate Research Opportunities

Graduate research opportunities are available to EECS students at both of our associated research centers: CReSIS and I2S, as well as many of other research center across campus.

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Cutting-Edge Degree Programs

A variety of undergraduate and graduate degree programs are available to students seeking to pursue a career in cutting-edge technology fields, including our new undergraduate Interdisciplinary Computing program.

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EECS News

EECS Honors Excellence: Highlights from the 2026 Graduation Dinner and Awards Ceremony

The Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) gathered on April 30, 2026 to celebrate the remarkable achievements of the Class of 2026. The annual Graduation Dinner and Awards Ceremony serves as a premier event to recognize the hard work of our graduates and to honor the alumni and...

EECS alumnus receives NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

We are pleased to share news of an outstanding achievement by EECS alumnus Abir Haque, who has been awarded a highly competitive National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship. ...

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EECS Researchers Honored with Top Awards at IEEE RTAS 2026

A paper co-authored by KU EECS Ph.D. student Connor Sullivan and his peers in Professor Heechul Yun's lab won Best Student Paper at IEEE RTAS 2026, the top venue in embedded real-time systems. Their paper, "Per-Bank Memory Bandwidth Regulation for Predictable and Performant Real-Time Systems," addresses bank-level interference in modern...

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