Academics

Berkeley's Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS) offers one of the most comprehensive research and instructional programs in this field anywhere in the world. Berkeley EECS has a particular strength in large interdisciplinary real-world system projects that bring to bear core technologies seamlessly across electrical engineering and computer science.

Each year, large numbers of students are attracted to Berkeley by the excellence of the faculty, the breadth of educational opportunities in EECS and campus-wide, and the Berkeley environment. The department's close ties to industry, coupled to its commitment to engineering research and education, ensure that students pursue challenging and significant curriculum in the course of a rigorous education.

The goal of the graduate program is to develop each student's capacity for original and incisive thinking, as well as their understanding of fundamental concepts, so that they will be positioned to solve the engineering problems of the 21st century.