Overview
UNM's Electrical and Computer Engineering Program Provides Exciting Research and Internship Opportunities for Students
The University of New Mexico is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Both its computer engineering and electrical engineering graduate programs ranked for years among U.S. News & World Report's best graduate schools. The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UNM has the largest electrical engineering program in New Mexico and the only accredited computer-engineering program in the state.
The university's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering collaborates extensively with New Mexico's federal laboratories (Sandia National Laboratories, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and the Air Force Research Lab) as well as high-tech companies in the Albuquerque area such as Intel, Lockheed Martin, SAIC, and Boeing.
That, along with the fact that the department's 32 professors draw in an exceptional amount of research funding, translates to exciting research, internship, and job opportunities for students.
Furthermore, the University of New Mexico's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering has connections with numerous overseas universities, which gives students the opportunity to expand their scholastic and personal horizons by spending part of their academic career at, or earning joint degrees from, India's prestigious IIT, China's Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Brazil's University of Campinas, Chile's Universidad de Concepcion, or Italy's University of Rome II-Tor Vergata.
Current employers of UNM engineering alumni include Google, Microsoft, SAIC, Los Alamos National Lab, Xilinx, Boeing, Sandia National Labs, Northrop Grumman, and the Air Force Research Lab.
Collaboration and Research at the University of New Mexico Leads to Top Engineering Graduate Programs
There are many areas of exceptional research excellence at the University of New Mexico's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in Albuquerque. In computer engineering, research areas include: bioengineering, computational intelligence, computer architecture and VLSI design, computer networks and systems, computer graphics and vision, and image processing. In electrical engineering, research areas are: applied electromagnetics, bioengineering, communications, image processing, microelectronics, optoelectronics, signal processing, systems and controls, optical science and engineering, and energy.
UNM's status as New Mexico's flagship university brings with it exceptional opportunities for students in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. They have options to collaborate with fellow scholars in many truly high-caliber disciplines at the university, including the Mind Research Network, the interdisciplinary ARTS Lab, the top-10 ranked School of Medicine, the NCI-designated Cancer Research and Treatment Center, and top-ranked law school programs. The department also offers a joint B.S./M.B.A. program with the University of New Mexico's Anderson School of Management.
The University of New Mexico has for 12 years been listed among "America's Best 100 College Buys" by Institutional Research & Evaluation, Inc. In addition, The Princeton Review listed it as a "Best Value" college in 2007 and UNM's School of Engineering was ranked #14 by the Princeton Review among America's "Top 20 Graduate Engineering Programs" in 2008.
UNM's Albuquerque Location Offers Range of Intellectual and Recreational Activities
Students in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of New Mexico gain significant benefits from their location in Albuquerque. It is one of the ten best places to live in the United States according to a report published in June 2009 by U.S. News & World Report, while Kiplinger's ranked Albuquerque #3 on its list of "50 Smart Places To Live" in 2006.
"This laid-back city offers resort-town ambience, a boomtown economy and cow-town prices," Kiplinger reported. Not to mention the skiing, hiking, bicycling, camping, and other outdoor activities which are popular among residents.
Albuquerque was ranked among the nation's top 10 smartest cities in 2006 by BizJournals.com and, in that same year, the city was ranked the 20th "Brainiest City" in the U.S. by CNNMoney.com.
In fact, Albuquerque is one of 46 leading high-tech hot spots worldwide according to a Wired Magazine report in 2004. It said, "New Mexico boasts more PhDs per capita than any other state in the U.S., many drawn to Albuquerque by the variety of research facilities within a 20-minute drive of the city." A multicultural land of enchantment, New Mexico is a dynamic, growing state - full of opportunity for students and professors alike.
