PhD Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology

Programme overview

The PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering requires 43 credit hours, a coursework qualifier and proposal exam, and a dissertation, typically taking at least four years beyond the bachelor's degree. All requirements must be completed within 7 years of candidacy.

Faculty: College of Engineering | Department: School of Electrical and Computer Engineering | Duration: Typically at least four years beyond the bachelor's degree | Study mode: full-time | Location: Atlanta, GA, United States

What you will study

Requirements are 9 hours in technical interest areas, 9 more hours of 6000-level ECE courses, a 9-hour minor outside ECE, 14 hours of electives, ECE 8022 and PHIL 6000. Technical interest areas include bioengineering, computer systems and software, digital signal processing, electrical energy, electromagnetics, optics and photonics, systems and controls, and telecommunications.

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Application information

Entry requirements

ECE PhD applicants: GRE optional and not a primary factor; no minimum GPA stated; three letters of recommendation (at least two from faculty); a prompted essay; transcripts; Atlanta fall deadline December 16. International applicants: official TOEFL iBT (4.5 overall from January 2026; 90 with 19 per section earlier) or IELTS 7 overall (6.5 Listening/Reading/Speaking, 5.5 Writing); Duolingo not accepted.

Requirements published at program group level.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Graduate applications use one online graduate application (gradapp.gatech.edu) for all programmes and campuses; deadlines vary by programme and are published on each programme page.

Apply through the official page: https://grad.gatech.edu/

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