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93% recommend

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  • Freshman1056%
  • Sophomore317%
  • Junior317%
  • Senior211%
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I enjoyed my experience here. I found it theory heavy with a few labs. I supplemented my learnings in class with club projects which gave me the skills to land an internship and jobs. It focuses heavily on signal processing,…

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I’ve really enjoyed my experience here as an electrical engineering major. Personally I chose electrical engineering because I love software and physics — also really interested in computer chips and embedded software. Really…

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Anonymous student
Switched from Biomedical Engineering
Fun as hell. Simulations rock. Electronics are fun. Anyone can learn. Lots and lots of creative problem solving. People are generally nice. Teamwork required. Opens up many fields. It’s a little broad so a portion of ppl go to…

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Courses & teachingPositive

I enjoyed my experience here. I found it theory heavy with a few labs. I supplemented my learnings in class with club projects which gave me the skills to land an internship and jobs. It focuses heavily on signal processing, waves/RF/photonics, and analog circuitry.

Anonymous studentJunior
Math
5.0/5
Writing
2.0/5
Oct 2025
Enjoyment & fitPositive

I’ve really enjoyed my experience here as an electrical engineering major. Personally I chose electrical engineering because I love software and physics — also really interested in computer chips and embedded software. Really hard major, so make sure you are ready to handle the math and physics.

Anonymous studentSophomore
Enjoyment
5.0/5
Oct 2025
Courses & teachingPositive

Fun as hell. Simulations rock. Electronics are fun.

Anyone can learn. Lots and lots of creative problem solving. People are generally nice. Teamwork required.

Opens up many fields. It’s a little broad so a portion of ppl go to grad school but on the job training is equally important.

Switched from Biomedical Engineering

Anonymous studentSenior
Math
5.0/5
Writing
3.0/5
Apr 2026
Enjoyment & fitPositive

I would recommend this to people who like math and physics and who enjoy creating electronics based projects

Switched from Computational Mathematics

Anonymous studentFreshman
Enjoyment
3.0/5
Apr 2026
Enjoyment & fitPositive

Its mathematically intensive and quite physics heavy I would recommend it to people with a strong aptitude to creating things involving electronics

Switched from Computational Mathematics

Anonymous studentFreshman
Enjoyment
3.0/5
Apr 2026
Courses & teachingPositive

Learn node voltage analysis, thevenin and Norton equivalent, ohms law, matlab, and basic code 😛

Anonymous studentSophomore
Math
5.0/5
Writing
3.0/5
Apr 2026
Careers & next stepsPositive

Electrical engineering at ucla is very rewarding and there is many programs and clubs that can help prepare you during undergrad and post-grad. Personally I am in various clubs at UCLA for my professional and social development and also intend to keep a high focus on academics. Electrical engineering is an extremely hard major but the skills you learn are very versatile.

Anonymous studentFreshman
Career
5.0/5
Apr 2026
Courses & teachingMixed

In my first year experience in undergrad, Electrical Engineering has been very difficult. But there is strong community and opportunity to grow as an engineer. Additionally, there are many resources to help with challenging aspects of physics, math, and computer science. Ultimately, the weeder classes are very concept heavy and have little involvement in what you will actually do as an engineer.

Anonymous studentFreshman
Math
5.0/5
Writing
2.0/5
Apr 2026
Difficulty & workloadPositive

Great for making money, quite challenging in my first 2 weeks but that’s only because I was never taught the basics of my math class in high school. Overall great major.

Anonymous studentFreshman
Difficulty
5.0/5
Workload
4.0/5
Oct 2025
Support & communityMixed

Fun major but better is the people that you meet through the classes and clubs.

Anonymous studentFreshman
Apr 2026
Enjoyment & fitPositive

It’s fun as hell. I love circuits and design work requires creativity. Even simulations are fun. All intellectually stimulating. EEs at ucla are awesome.

Switched from Biomedical Engineering

Anonymous studentSenior
Enjoyment
4.0/5
Apr 2026
Courses & teachingPositive

I think its pretty math heavy but it opens your eyes to a lot in terms of how the world works.

Anonymous studentFreshman
Math
5.0/5
Writing
2.0/5
May 2026
Enjoyment & fitPositive

I LOVE EE. it's so fun to work with other engineers and is very fulfilling. You can do just about anything with an EE degree

Anonymous studentSophomore
Enjoyment
5.0/5
Oct 2025
Difficulty & workloadCritical

Having good study habits is a must here UCLA is a tough school with a rigorous program.

Anonymous studentJunior
Difficulty
5.0/5
Workload
5.0/5
Apr 2026
Enjoyment & fitPositive

Ive really enjoyed electrical engineering its opened my eyes a lot.

Anonymous studentFreshman
Enjoyment
4.0/5
Apr 2026
Enjoyment & fitPositive

It combines so many fields making it very fun and rewarding!

Anonymous studentJunior
Enjoyment
3.0/5
Apr 2026
Courses & teachingPositive

Electrical engineering has taught me a lot about thinking logically and methods of approaching problems that may arise in any situation.

Anonymous studentFreshman
Math
4.0/5
Writing
2.0/5
Apr 2026
Enjoyment & fitPositive

I love electrical engineering its been very fun and eye opening.

Anonymous studentFreshman
Enjoyment
4.0/5
Apr 2026

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