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Welcome to UC Berkeley’s Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences department. Our top programs attract outstanding students and professors who lead advances in information science and technology with broad societal impact. Our success is built on collaboration, industry ties, and a supportive culture. Explore our vibrant community here or in person.
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Faculty
Q&A with Dawn Song on the promise and perils of agentic AI
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Education
From ghost stories to climate entrepreneurship, 9 fascinating new classes at UC Berkeley
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Education
UC Berkeley announces new professional graduate degree in AI and machine learning
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Honors
CACM features Max Willsey’s research on ‘egg’ program optimization library
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Research
The New Yorker: What Would It Mean to See a New Color?
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Faculty
Researchers have developed a new high-throughput microscope for large-scale imaging of dynamic samples
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Education
Maintaining leadership in space with Victoria Coleman
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Education
UC Berkeley and UCSF Launch Computational Biomedicine Initiative
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publications
Researchers electrically power nanophotonic lasers without disturbing light
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Faculty
Changing of the Guard: Welcoming Ana Arias as EECS Department Chair
By the Numbers
Discover EECS through some of the facts and figures that describe our faculty, students and alumni, and see how our academic programs compare to those in other institutions.
Graduate Rankings
#1 Computer Engineering
#1 Electrical/Electronic/Communications
Undergraduate Rankings
#3 Computer Engineering
#2 Computer Science Programs
Awards & Achievements
1 National Medal of Science
40 ACM Fellows
6 ACM A.M. Turing Awards
71 IEEE Fellows
Ranking data from U.S. News (2026)
Explore EECS
Academics
We offer one of the most comprehensive research and instructional programs in this field anywhere in the world.
Research
The research developed here is part of a tradition of outstanding scholarship and visionary innovation.
People
Our faculty, students, staff and alumni are central to our success as one of the most thriving and distinguished departments on the Berkeley campus.
Engage with the Community
Connect with our vibrant network of scholars, researchers, and industry leaders. Discover how EECS fosters collaboration, shares knowledge, and brings our community together.
EECS Joint Colloquium
The weekly EECS Colloquium offers our faculty a chance to invite speakers offering a wide range of experiences covering topics in both Electrical Engineering and Computer Science to engage with the department.
The Joseph Thomas Gier Memorial Dedication Ceremony
We invite you to recognize the profound contributions of Professor Joseph Thomas Gier to the University of California, the first tenured Black professor in the UC system. Sculptor Dana King unveiled a bronze statue in honor of Gier in the Blum Hall courtyard.
