Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering School of Engineering University of New Mexico

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 have 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 department 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 31 professors draw in an exceptional amount of research funding, translates to exciting research, internship, and job opportunities for students.

UNM 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 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 Education

There are many areas of exceptional research excellence in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. In computer engineering, research areas are 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 (Art, Research, Technology, and Science Laboratory), the 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 UNM'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 14th by the Princeton Review among America's "Top 20 Graduate Engineering Programs" in 2008.

UNM's Albuquerque Location Offers a Range of Intellectual and Recreational Activities

Students in ECE at UNM 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 3rd 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 that 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.

• Degrees Offered
• Major Degree Levels Offered
• Electrical Engineering Master of Science (MS)
  Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
• Computer Engineering Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
  Master of Science (MS)
• Computational Science And Engineering Post-Doctoral Certificate

• Degrees Awarded
• Master's Degrees 33
• Doctoral Degrees 11
• First Professional Degrees Not reported
• Other Advanced Degrees Not reported
• * Shows the number of degrees awarded for the last academic year that data was reported.

• Earning Your Degree
• Part-time study available? Yes
• Evening/weekend programs available? Yes
• Distance learning programs available? Yes
• Terminal master's degree available? Yes

• Degree Requirements
• Master's Degrees Required
• Doctoral Degrees Required and Required
• First Professional Degrees Not reported
• Other Advanced Degrees Not reported

• Acceptance Rate
• Applied184
• Accepted65
• Acceptance Rate35%
• Enrolled47
• Applying
• Application Fee - Domestic $50
• Application Fee - International $50
• Electronic applications accepted? Yes
• Applications processed on a rolling basis? Not Reported
• Application Deadlines
• Type Domestic International Priority Date
• Fall deadline July 15th February 15th Not Reported
• Winter deadline Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported
• Spring deadline November 1st June 15th Not Reported
• Entrance Requirements
• Master's DegreesGRE General Test, minimum GPA of 3.0
• Doctoral's DegreesGRE General Test, minimum GPA of 3.5
• First-Professional's DegreesNot Reported
• Other Advanced DegreesNot Reported
• International DegreesTOEFL required, 550 paper based, TOEFL iBT

• Tuition & Fees
• In-state tuition *Not Reported
• Out-of-state tuition *Not Reported
• International student tuitionNot Reported
• * Tuition for full-time graduate student per academic year
• Fees
• Per-academic year feesNot Reported
• Per-term feesNot Reported
• One-time feeNot Reported
• * Fees for full-time graduate students
• Financial Support
• Financial award applicants must submitFAFSA
• Application deadlines for financial awardsFebruary 15
• Types of financial support availableFellowships, Research Assitantships, Teaching Assistantships, Health Care Benefits, Scholarship and/or loans, Graduate Assistantships

• Gender
• Total Graduate Students135
• Female Percentage19%
• Male Percentage81%
• Participation
• Total Graduate Students135
• Part-time Percentage47%
• Full-time Percentage53%
• Ethnicity
• Hispanic / Latino24%
• Black / African American1%
• White / Caucasian51%
• American Indian / Alaskan Native2%
• Asian9%
• Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander0%
• Two or more races3%
• Unknown10%

• Faculty Breakout
• Total Faculty44
• Full-time Percentage82%
• Part-time Percentage18%
• Female Percentage11%
• Male Percentage89%

• Existing Research
• Focus of faculty researchAdvanced graphics and visualization, biomedical engineering, communications and networking, networked control systems, photonics and microelectronics, pulsed power and high-power electromagnetics, reconfigurable systems
• Externally sponsored research expenditures last year$3,249,037