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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 Graduate Brian McClendon Makes Transformative Gift to KU Engineering

Brian McClendon, a distinguished graduate of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) and an adjunct professor for the department, together with his wife Beth Ellyn McClendon, have made a $4 million gift to KU Engineering. ...

Research Grant Awarded to Professor Cuncong Zhong for Pioneering RNA Bioinformatics Research

The Department of EECS is pleased to announce that Dr. Cuncong Zhong, an assistant professor, is serving as one of the two Principal Investigators on a major new NIH R01 research grant titled “Computational Methods for the In-Depth Study of RNA Structural Motifs.” This four-year, $1.1 million project (with $550,000...

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EECS Research Team Nominated for Best Poster Award at International Supercomputing Conference SC25

A research team from the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) at the University of Kansas was nominated for the Best Research Poster Award at SC25, the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis, held last week in St. Louis, Missouri. ...

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