The Electrical and Computer Engineering Department About the Department The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois, at Urbana-Champaign, is located in the Everitt Laboratory Building with research laboratories in several nearby buildings. The undergraduate enrollment for Fall 1994 was 1086 students in Electrical Engineering and 430 in Computer Engineering. The classes are held to a moderate size from 30 to 35 students, and instructional laboratories are well-equipped. Nearly every active area of the Electrical and Computer Engineering field is represented in both faculty interest and course offerings. As a result, after satisfying broad basic requirements, students may choose advanced elective courses either for focus or for breadth.
Academic counseling is available to all students to match their preferred interest areas.
In addition to the large undergraduate program, the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering has a large graduate and research program. The graduate enrollment for Fall 1994 was 447 students. The professorial faculty includes approximately 110 members, some of whom are also on the faculty of other departments such as Physics, Computer Science, Astronomy, Music, Bioengineering, Biophysics, Nuclear Engineering, Coordinated Science Laboratory, and Materials Research Laboratory. Engineering students at the University of Illinois are a well-prepared and highly qualified group academically, and the amount and depth of material covered are correspondingly large. To maintain good grades, a student must be able and willing to do concentrated academic work.