GRADUATE DEGREES OFFERED

• Computer Engineering (M.S., Ph.D. )
• Electrical Engineering (M.S., Ph.D., D.E.)

Whether you’re interested in projects as large as global communications or cyber infrastructure, or as small as MEMS devices, Missouri S&T graduate programs in electrical and computer engineering will equip you with a broad array of exciting opportunities. Electrical engineers design, develop, and test a variety of products, including integrated circuits and high speed digital electronics, electric motors, control systems, automotive electrical and electronic systems, avionics and navigation systems as well as power generation systems and devices for the utilities industries.

The coursework in the electrical engineering graduate program is organized into a number of different emphasis areas: Circuits and Electronics; Communications and Signal Processing; Control Systems Engineering; Electromagnetics; and Devices, Optics, and Power. The computer engineering graduate program is designed to prepare engineers in both the abstract software world, where high level languages and more complexity will often provide a solution to a problem, and in the physical hardware world where designs are often compromises between many opposing factors. Coursework in the computer engineering graduate program is focused primarily in the following areas: Digital System Design; Embedded Computer Systems; and Systems, Intelligence, and Software Engineering.

THE EXTRA EDGE

In 2006, The US News and World Report ranked Missouri S&T's electrical engineering program 51st among the nation's best graduate engineering schools. Graduate students in the electrical and computer engineering programs are educated by faculty from the Electrical and Computer (ECE) Engineering Department in Rolla and adjunct faculty in St. Louis holding the highest professional degree in their field of expertise. Both Rolla and adjunct faculty bring their practical experience to the classroom. The classes are either taught locally or delivered via the internet (internet classes can be accessed from any location).

Examples of some of the recent collaborative projects conducted by faculty of the ECE department involve collaboration with NASA, National Science Foundation, US Department of Army, US Department of Education, AmerenUE, Apple Computers, Ford Motor Company, General Motors, Hewlett Packard, IBM and Intel.

ADMISSIONS GUIDELINES

• B.S. Degree in appropriate undergraduate area with a GPA of at least 3.2 (4.0 scale) for entering M.S. students
• M. S. Degree in appropriate area with a graduate GPA of at least 3.5 (4.0 scale) for entering doctoral students
• GRE V+Q score of at least 1100
• GRE Q score of at least 730
• GRE WR score of at least 4.5
• TOEFL score of at least 580 (237 for computer based testing) required for international students whose native language is not English

DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

Master of Science with Thesis
A minimum of 30 semester hours, normally including 24 hours of graduate coursework and 6 hours of research.

Master of Science without Thesis
A minimum of 30 semester hours of graduate coursework with no credit hours of research.

Dual Master’s Program
Graduate students already holding or completing an M.S. degree in engineering can obtain a second master's degree by completing additional 24 semester hours of graduate coursework.

Doctor of Philosophy
A minimum of 60 semester hours beyond the master's degree, normally including 30 hours of coursework and 30 hours of research.

Doctor of Engineering
A doctor of engineering program is available in electrical engineering but not in computer engineering. The doctor of engineering degree has requirements very similar to the doctor of philosophy degree except that the research requirement is replaced by an acceptable engineering internship.

ENGINEERING EDUCATION CENTER IN ST. LOUIS

The Engineering Education Center (EEC) serves the population of Greater St. Louis providing evening graduate programs in various engineering and computer-oriented disciplines. This service of Missouri University of Science and Technology is mostly intended for working engineers and computer specialists interested in enhancing their qualification and status through acquisition of an advanced degree.

The EEC was started in 1964 at the request of local industry. It has awarded over 2,500 master's degrees since its inception.