Overview

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering / Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is located in Houghton, MI, in a small setting.

Degrees & Awards

Degrees Offered

Degree	Concentration
Master of Science (MS)	Electrical and computer engineer
(Graduate Certificate)	Network and communication systems
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	Electrical engineering
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	Computer engineering
(Graduate Certificate)	Electronics materials and processing
(Graduate Certificate)	Signal and image processing
(Graduate Certificate)	Advanced electric power engineering

Degrees Awarded

Degree	Number Awarded
Master's Degrees	37
Doctoral Degrees	8
Other Advanced Degrees	11

Earning Your Degree

Part-time study available?
Evening/weekend programs available?	No
Terminal master's degree available?

Degree Requirements

Degree	Requirement
Master's Degrees	Entrance Exam GRE not required Thesis Required for some Thesis, Report or Course work option
Doctoral Degrees	Entrance Exam GRE not required Comp Exam Required Thesis Required 30 credits beyond master's degree, Complete all course work and research credits, Pass Qualifying Examination, Pass Research Proposal Examination, Prepare and Submit Approved Dissertation, Pass Final Oral Defense

Admissions

Acceptance Rate

614

Applied

130

Accepted

28

Enrolled

Applying

0

Application Fee - Domestic

Yes

Electronic
applications accepted?

Yes

Applications processed
on a rolling basis?

Application Deadlines

Type	Domestic	International	Priority date
Fall deadline	January 15th	January 15th	Yes
Spring deadline	August 15th	August 15th	Yes

Entrance Requirements

Exam	Details
Master's Degree Exam	GRE not required
Master's Degree Requirements	Student Statements, Official Transcripts, 1 Letter of Recommendation (waived for online students and Michigan Tech undergrads)
Doctoral Degree Exam	GRE not required
Doctoral Degree Requirements	Student Statements, Official Transcripts, 2 letters of recommendation including at least one academic reference for PhD

International Students

Exam	Details
TOEFL: Required	TOEFL IBT score: 79
IELTS: Required	IELTS Paper score: 6.5

Tuition & Fees

Financial Support

Financial award applicants must submit:	FAFSA
Types of financial support available	Fellowships Research Assistantships Teaching Assistantships Health Care Benefits Scholarship and/or loans Graduate Assistantships Career or field-related internships Federal Work-Study

Faculty

Full-time - 38

Part-time - 0

Research

Focus of faculty research:	Electrical power systems, optics and photonics, embedded computing systems, communication and information theory, robotics
Externally sponsored research expenditures last year:	1,194,667

Location & Contact

Address Michigan Technological University
1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton, MI  49931
United States

Contact Dr. Jin W. Choi
Department Chair
Email: choijw@mtu.edu
Phone: -487-2552
Fax: 906-487-2949

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