Program Introduction

Programs

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering offers the degrees of Doctor of/Doctorate in Philosophy (Ph.D.), Master of/Magisteriate in Engineering (M.Eng.) and Master of/Magisteriate in Applied Science (M.A.Sc). The goal of our graduate programs is to train highly qualified personnel to fulfill the needs of industry and academia. The course-based M. Eng. program is geared towards practicing engineers who wish to augment their knowledge, use their experience, and enhance their design and technical skills. The M.A.Sc and Ph.D. programs aim at developing research skills by combining course work and original research work carried out under the supervision of one or more faculty members.

See our academic information page, and more information on the ENCS web site about graduate programs in Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering. Another important information for Graduate Students is available on ENCS Student Academic Services.

Program Objectives

The goal of our graduate programs is to train highly qualified personnel to fulfill the needs of industry and academia. The course-based M.Eng. program is geared towards practicing engineers who wish to augment their knowledge, use their experience, and enhance their design and technical skills. The M.A.Sc and Ph.D. programs aim at developing research skills by combining course work and original research work carried out under the supervision of one or more faculty members.

Faculty Research Interests

The Department produces a high level of research activity. Its faculty is involved in eleven areas of research, classified as follows: systems, control and robotics, circuits and systems, communications, computer communications and protocols, signal processing, high performance architecture, software engineering, VLSI systems, microelectronics, microwave and optoelectronics, antennas and lectromagnetic compatibility, power electronics and adjustable speed drives. Currently, this research benefits from more than 1.5 million dollars in annual funding. Faculty members and graduate students have had a large number of research papers published in refereed journals and conferences, some of which have won international awards for excellence.

Master of/Magisteriate in Applied Science

Students must complete 45 credits as shown below.
1. Courses. A minimum of 16 credits chosen from the Engineering Courses section, approved by the student's supervisor and either the Graduate Program Director
or the chair of the department.

2. Thesis. 29 credits.

Master of/Magisteriate in Engineering

Students must complete 45 credits distributed as follows:
A minimum of 36 credits consisting of 6000 numbered courses chosen from Topic Areas: E01, E03, E10, E42, E43, E44, E45, E47, E48, F03, and ELEC/COEN courses in E02.
The remaining credits are chosen from seminar and projects in E63. These credits may be taken from the Engineering Courses section with the permission of the Department on a case-by-case basis.

Doctor of/Doctorate in Philosophy

See the description of the Doctor of/Doctorate in Philosophy requirements in the general section on the Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science.