Electrical Engineering, MS
Modern living wouldn’t be possible without electrical engineers. These professionals are the backbone to society since they maintain power grids, develop devices we use daily, and design systems for internet access. As a pivotal field, electrical engineering puts power in the hands of those willing to harness it.
Program overview
Electrical engineering provides problem solvers with a way to flex their knowledge and interest in physics and mathematics, enabling them to come up with powerful, innovative solutions. Our Electrical Engineering, MS program equips students with the ability to explore areas of interest within the field and gain invaluable hands-on experience. Guidance from our decorated faculty and local network of industry partners sets up students with potential career opportunities before they even graduate.
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Concentrations
If you are interested in the niche, you can pursue your MS in Electrical Engineering with a concentration in Power Electronics. Student can also choose to pursue a dual MS-MBA program with a major in electrical engineering.
Why Study Electrical Engineering at UT?
Anyone who wants to improve the devices and systems we use on a daily basis should consider studying electrical engineering. Professionals in this field are innovators, troubleshooters, and creators that want to meet society’s technological needs through harnessing electricity.
Research Opportunities
Within the Min H, Kao Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, you can delve into several areas of research to gain invaluable experience and discover a passion you didn’t know you had. Some of the common research areas we have in the electrical engineering field are:
- Power electronics
- Power systems
- Signal processing
Career Readiness
By working in research labs on campus, you’ll be preparing for your future career in our electrical engineering program. Many industry leaders partner with faculty, labs, and other organizations, providing a vast network that can help set yourself up for success professionally in the future.
What can you do with a MS in Electrical Engineering after graduation?
After you’ve completed the electrical engineering master’s program, you’ll be ready to start delving into your vocation. Many electrical engineers create, implement, and supervise the manufacturing process for electrical equipment and systems. To be more specific, you could be designing navigation systems, working on electric motors, or contributing to power generation equipment.
You may be curious what fields need electrical engineers. Some of the common industries include manufacturing, laboratories, plants, and telecommunications.
Featured Courses
Below are some of the courses that students in our program can choose to take. For a list of courses, visit the Graduate Catalog.
ECE 505 Digital Signal Processing
Representation, analysis, and design of discrete-time signals and systems. Sampling. Structures for digital filtering. Time-and frequency-domain design techniques for recursive (IIR) and non-recursive (FIR) filters. Discrete Fourier transform, including its computation and FFT algorithms. Multirate systems, filter banks, and wavelets.
ECE 521 Power Systems Analysis I
Matrix-vector representations of power networks, sequence modeling of power system components, unbalanced shunt and series faults. Formulating and solving problems in matrix-vector form with application to large scale power systems.
ECE 545 Microwave Circuits
Basic linear and nonlinear analysis of passive and active microwave circuits. Emphasis is design, fabrication, and testing of power combiners, low noise amplifiers, gain blocks, power amplifiers, mixers, and oscillators.
ECE 582 Power Electronic Circuits
Students will get a design-oriented introduction to analyzing, designing, modeling, and testing of power electronics systems. Through lab experiments, students will learn about the fabrication of multiple switched-mode power converters and analog and digital control systems.
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