The Master of Engineering is designed for students who plan to join the engineering profession following graduation. This accelerated program is designed to develop professional engineering leaders of the future who understand the technical, economic, and social issues of technology.
A Master's degree is an essential beginning for a long-term career in Electrical Engineering and in Computer Science. A Master's degree will allow you a deeper technical specialization, giving you both a head start in your career and a long-term advantage by making it easier for you to track new developments and change direction in your career. Berkeley's Master of Engineering program goes beyond technical specialization to offer courses in engineering leadership and a team-oriented capstone project. The project allows you to practice, with guidance, the technical and non-technical skills that you learn in the classroom.
Our M.Eng. in EECS program offers innovative graduate courses on scientific and technical topics, organized by technical concentrations that match your interest. However, success in engineering requires skills that transcend the scientific and technical. In a modern engineering development organization, you almost always have to work in teams, and you must communicate your ideas and influence people (colleagues, investors, customers) through oral and written communication. Even as you tackle difficult technical challenges, you have to consider the match between your ideas and the needs of eventual users, how your choices give your organization a competitive advantage, and how to protect your intellectual property. Increasingly, you have to develop an idea in a multi-disciplinary environment, consider complex systems issues as well as detailed technical issues, and position yourself in an ecosystem of suppliers, and complementary products and strategic relationships. Our Masters of Engineering curriculum has anticipated all this, and prepares you for these real-world challenges.
Berkeley is one of the top EECS programs in the world. Here, you’ll learn from superb faculty, as well as an unparalleled student body. Join us for an academic year and undertake the academic experience of a lifetime. You’ll be better prepared for a satisfying and lasting career in engineering design, development, and management.
The Fung Institute holds M.Eng. online info sessions. Watch a pre-recorded video, participate in a webinar, or attend a live event.
Although we do not require applicants to our computer science programs to have a degree in computer science, we do expect them to have a strong technical background equivalent to a computer science bachelors degree. Admission to these programs requires experience in programming, algorithms, data structures, and theory at or above the undergraduate level. View the recommended coursework.
The EECS department offers concentrations in both Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. The 2022-2023 degree program offers the following concentrations. It is important to note that choosing one of these areas does not prevent you from taking courses in other areas.
Projects for 2022-23 will be announced at a later date.
Data Science and Systems: Prepares you for engineering careers in data-centric industries requiring understanding of data management fundamentals as well as the latest technologies and techniques for the collection, storage, and analysis of information. Data Science and Systems Capstone Projects & Requirements.
Physical Electronics and Integrated Circuits:Prepares you for engineering careers in industries needing an understanding of state-of-the-art analog and digital integrated circuits including RF communication circuits, A/D converters, sensor interfaces and design techniques used in today's most advanced integrated circuits. Physical Electronics and Integrated Circuits Capstone Projects & Requirements.
Robotics and Embedded Software: Prepares you for engineering careers in industries applying robotics and embedded software to markets for manufacturing, automation, process control, automotive, aerospace, medical instruments, entertainment and other fields. Robotics and Embedded Software Capstone Projects & Requirements.
Signal Processing and Communications: Prepares you for engineering careers in industries applying signal processing or communications. Markets include wireless communication, computer networking, entertainment, video processing, biomedical, etc. Signal Processing and Communications Capstone Projects &Requirements.
Visual Computing and Computer Graphics: Prepares you for engineering careers in industries applying advanced computer graphics, computer-aided design, and human-computer interaction methods to markets for education and training, entertainment, commerce, design and manufacturing, electronic journalism and similar fields. Visual Computing and Computer Graphics Capstone Projects &Requirements.
In addition to Capstone Projects, we also offer Capstone Design Experiences: one in Visual Computing & Computer Graphics.
The design experience is a combination of an introductory class taken in the Fall term to familiarize students with key concepts and tools, coupled with a Capstone Project in the Spring term. Students are expected to obtain multi-faceted and interdisciplinary skills as compared to some of our more specific area-aligned Capstone Project topics.
| Date | Proceeding |
|---|---|
| Various Times and Locations | Info Sessions through the Fung Institute |
| January 6th | Online Application and Supplemental Materials Deadline |
| January - February | Interviews (only if admissions committee has additional questions) |
| March | Admissions Decisions, via email |
| April 15 | Statement of Intent to Register(SIR) Deadline |
| June - July | Capstone Project Matching, emails through EECS |
| August | Mandatory Orientations, UC Berkeley Campus |
| August | Bootcamp, Formal Instruction Begins |
Fees on the Office of the Registrar website are shown per semester. Check the most up-to-date fees there: Office of the Registrar.
Applying to the MEng program with EECS automatically makes you a candidate for the college's merit-based grant (also called Fung Fellows). There is also an Opportunity Grant awarded to applicants who enhance educational diversity and demonstrate financial need and who have completed the grant financial and essay portions of the application. More on the Merit-Based Grant .
We encourage you to research other sources of funding. See other Scholarships, grants, and fellowships
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