Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering

The rapidly growing graduate program in Electrical Engineering is uniquely positioned to advance enabling technologies that drive revolutionary developments in nanotechnology, biotechnology, optical technologies, information and communications technologies, and sensors and sensor networks. Electrical and Computer Engineering faculty maintain nationally funded programs in critical research areas such as compound semiconductor optoelectronic devices, silicon photonics, optical communications, displays, microelectronics fabrication, MEMS, bioengineering, wireless communications and networking, sensing, signal processing, code-division multiple access, and space-time coding. Individual projects include DNA testing on a chip, ion-channel transport in biological cells, nanoelectronics, engineered nanosystems, bioMEMS, wide-bandgap UV semiconductor devices, quantum dot IR materials, silicon photonics, flexible organic displays, high-frequency compound semiconductor devices for wireless communications, sensor fusion, wireless channel access, and encryption. Interdisciplinary projects are carried out with researchers in the departments of chemical engineering, and materials science and engineering, and physics in the areas of nanoelectronics, optoelectronics, and bioengineering.

Transcripts: Must be uploaded to application. If admitted, official transcripts are required. All transcripts should be converted to the American 4.0 grade point average (GPA) Scale, if possible.

Letters of Recommendation: 2 letters of recommendation are required. If you are currently in school, letters from academic advisors and other professors are preferred. If you are currently in industry, letters from employers are acceptable. Recommendation letters can be submitted through the on-line application tool.

Test scores: official test scores sent from ETS. TOEFL or IELTS scores (required for all international students) expire after 2 years and expired scores WILL NOT be accepted. GRE test scores (required for all students) expire after 5 years.

Essay: a brief statement of career and research objectives. Essays should clearly articulate your experience and goals. Half a page to two pages is sufficient.

Supplemental Information: applicants should also include a resume or CV, current research or creative work, list of published works, and extracurricular activities.
BS in EE or related field
Course Experience Needed (Lehigh Equivalent)

Principles of Electrical Engineering (ECE 81)

Signals and Systems (ECE 108)

Electronic Circuits (ECE 123)

Circuits and Systems (ECE 125)

Fundamentals of Semiconductor Devices (ECE 126)

Statistics (MATH 231 or 309)

GPA
3.0/4.0 required for PhD

2.75/4.0 required for MS

Minimum Test Requirements

GRE General Test (School code: 2365, Dept code: 1203)

75th percentile or better on Quantitative

iBT TOEFL (School code: 2365, Dept code: 66)

79 composite score

20 Writing, 20 Speaking, 20 Reading, 15 Listening

IELTS
6.5 Overall Minimum Band Score

6.0 Writing, 6.5 Speaking, 6.5 Reading, 6.0 Listening