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2021 Winter Design Showcase at UC Berkeley’s Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation in Berkeley, Calif. on Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021. (Photo by Adam Lau/Berkeley Engineering)

Berkeley EECS

Welcome to the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at UC Berkeley. Our top-ranked programs attract stellar students and professors from around the world, who pioneer the frontiers of information science and technology with broad impact on society. Underlying our success are a strong tradition of collaboration, close ties to industry, and a supportive culture. Explore our vibrant and dynamic community through this website or in person.

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CS Associate Prof. Anca Dragan

Academics

We offer one of the most comprehensive research and instructional programs in this field anywhere in the world.

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Photonic switch built with more than 50,000 microscopic “light switches” etched into a silicon wafer (photo: Kyungmok Kwon)

Research

The research developed here is part of a tradition of outstanding scholarship and visionary innovation.

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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.

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Sayeef Salahuddin gives his talk “New Pathways for Energy Efficient Computing Hardware” on Oct. 2, 2024.

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.

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Artist Dana King poses with the newly unveiled Joseph Thomas Gier Memorial statue on September 20th, 2023.

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.

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Support the Gier Memorial Project

A community is defined by the heroes it chooses to celebrate. We invite you to join the EECS department in recognizing a previously overlooked hero, Berkeley EE Prof. Joseph T. Gier, the University of California’s first tenured Black professor.

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