Students working together at a Hackathon

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.

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.

Close up of a microchip

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.

A student in the Choi Lab

KU EECS Distinguished Service Award

We are now accepting applications for the 2024 KEDS award
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EECS News



We are thrilled to announce that a team of EECS students from our department has achieved first place in the hardware track at Hack K-State 2024, a 36-hour engineering competition held at Kansas State University from November 8th-10th. ...

The University of Kansas School of Engineering's Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (EECS) is proud to announce that Associate Professor Esam El-Araby and his research group, KU Advanced Reconfigurable and Quantum Computing, have been recognized for their groundbreaking work at the 2024 International Conference for High Performance Computing,...

Tamzidul Hoque, an assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of Kansas, is leading a significant initiative to train high school students in artificial intelligence and microelectronics. Through a $1.4 million National Science Foundation grant, with $350,000 allocated to KU, Hoque and his team will develop...