Electrical & Computer Engineering (MEng)

The Master of Engineering in Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE) program at WPI lets you focus on one of several specialty areas or obtain a more broad-based graduate education, combined with courses from the Foisie Business School.

As one of WPI’s flagship departments, ECE offers a collaborative, innovative, and boundary-pushing environment for graduate study and research. Here, you’ll find internationally renowned faculty, groundbreaking research, and state-of-the-art equipment and facilities.

Whether you want courses on campus or online, and are taking them full-time or part-time, you may tailor our rigorous, yet flexible, program to meet your interests and needs.

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Curriculum

A Master of Engineering in Electrical & Computer Engineering delivers the same technical course work as the master of science degree, but with the option to focus some courses on business topics.

With a majority of courses in Electrical & Computer Engineering, combined with courses across areas of business, computer science, engineering, and mathematics, you’ll be well prepared to make an impact in your field of expertise. A thesis option isn’t available for this program, but you’re encouraged to develop an independent research project as part of your degree program.

Students who do not include courses from the Foisie Business School in their degree program should consider instead completing the Master of Science program in Electrical & Computer Engineering.

Graduate Catalog

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Research

ECE faculty members are involved in diverse research that includes:

New medical devices in areas that span wearable sensors to magnetic resonance imaging to prosthesis control systems to low-frequency electromagnetic modeling of the human body
Advanced cryptographic algorithms and secure communication for low-power and hand-held devices
Autonomous vehicle navigation (stoplight and lane detection using machine learning) and communication (vehicle-to-vehicle, vehicle-to-infrastructure), cognitive and wireless radio systems, embedded systems, robotic control, solar/wind/renewable energy, power systems
Research into Smart and Connected World aspects of ECE including
- CyberPhysical Systems: cognitive and software-defined radio, embedded systems, real-time digital signal processing, wireless communications and networking, high-performance computing, logic synthesis, applied and numerical electromagnetics, RF/microwave circuits, mixed-signal/VLSI circuits, localization, estimation, and detection
- Robotics: localization for cooperative robotics, robotic controls, machine vision/recognition, automata theory, optimization
- Energy & Sustainability: power electronics, energy conversion, high-voltage technology, smart cities, sustainability engineering, solar/wind/renewable energy, power systems and quality
Faculty studying Healthcare/Quality of Life will investigate biomedical signal processing/modeling/instrumentation, wearable sensors, MRI/medical/electromagnetic imaging methods, body area networking, on-body antenna prototyping.
Security and Privacy research includes secure control of cyberphysical systems, cryptographic algorithm implementation, network security, embedded security, physical security, side-channel cryptanalysis.

Explore Our Research

WPI has more than a dozen specialized labs within Atwater Kent Laboratories, the first building in the nation built for electrical engineering education, including an antenna lab; signal processing and information networking laboratory (Spinlab); precision personnel locator project; and the Center for Wireless Information Network Studies. You’ll have access to the latest in equipment and instruments to advance your research.

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Getting Involved

WPI’s active student community makes getting involved in campus activities simple. Electrical & Computer Engineering students flock to campus chapters of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and Women in Electrical and Computer Engineering. The Graduate Student Government promotes a close grad student community.

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After Graduation

Your strong theoretical knowledge, extensive hands-on experience, and industry connections will put you in high demand to assume a leadership role as an engineering professional in almost any industry you choose, from wireless communications to solar to aerospace to biomedical instrumentation.

Employers know a WPI degree means you’ll take on even the most vexing problems with a thoughtful and accurate big-picture approach.

Career Outlook

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