Many students enter Princeton with advanced placement in one or more of these subjects, but this is not a requirement for admission nor for the success in the program. The Department of Electrical Engineering offers an academic program spanning a wide range of disciplines. Students may select one of a long list of predefined concentrations, or tailor to suit their own special interests. These programs include Engineering Physics , Engineering and Management Systems, Engineering Biology , Materials Science and Engineering , Applied and Computational Mathematics , Environmental Studies, and Woodrow Wilson School policy studies. Topical programs in Robotics and Intelligent Systems , in Photonics, and in Energy and Environmental Studies are offered within the School of Engineering and Applied Science and programs of preparation for professional study in medicine and law are also easily arranged.
Students enter our department with a variety of career objectives in mind.
Some intend to enter industry directly after graduation or to continue their technical studies in graduate school. Others wish to take an electrical engineering program as a background for careers in non-engineering fields such as business law, and medicine. Many are not sure of their long range plans. Consequently, our program exposes students to a wide cross-section of electrical engineering before requiring specialization in an area of concentration. Our program also provides the flexibility for a student to take advantage of the excellent liberal arts program at Princeton.