PhD Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Texas at Austin

Programme overview

There are eight named academic concentrations spanning electrical and computer engineering around which admissions, course offerings, and advising are organized, as listed below. However, the interests and work of students and faculty alike may overlap more than one concentration.

Faculty: Cockrell School of Engineering | Duration: 36 semester credit hours | Study mode: full-time | Location: Austin, TX, United States

What you will study

The programme requires 36 semester credit hours. Of the 30 hours of classroom coursework required for the PhD Program of Work, up to 18 semester hours (six semester-long courses) or the quarter-system equivalent of graduate-level classroom coursework taken elsewhere but not used for a prior bachelor or doctoral degree may be used with approval.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Graduate admission (applies to the programme): Admission to the graduate program in ECE is highly competitive and based on a holistic review of all application materials by admission committees composed of faculty within the applicant's chosen academic tracks. Standards for admission generally exceed the minimum standards established by the University. The Chandra Family Department of ECE neither requires nor considers GRE scores in the selection of students for admission. Applicants to the graduate program of the Chandra Family Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering normally will have an undergraduate degree in this field. Applicants with a degree in another field also may be considered if their background is appropriate for the chosen area of specialization.

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 application fees: $65 for U.S. graduate applicants and $90 for international graduate applicants. Each graduate program sets its own application deadline.

Apply through the official page: https://gradschool.utexas.edu/admissions/apply

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