Electrical Engineering

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.

Most of the upper level electrical engineering classes are very difficult because they can be deeply applications based, and some of the topics can be very hard to understand/visualize. I think a student in electrical engineering must find true enjoyment in building things with EE concepts in order to stick with it and get through all the challenging coursework, instead of just being there for the paycheck. One of the best parts of electrical engineering is the career prospects. There are a lot of different sub paths within the major to explore (RF, FPGAs, power control, embedded systems, semiconductors, etc.). There are also many industries with an increasing demand for EEs. The increase in AI is causing more demand for power in data centers, as well as application specific integrated circuits used for large language models.

Flexible major suprisingly, more like general engineering in my experience as undergraduate. Offers extremely wide range of courses in enginnering field.

Might differ from many people's expectation, if you don't love math/theory that much, you can still find something interesting in this major. However, double a major in apply math might be beneficial if you got extra time.

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.

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.

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

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

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

Electrical engineering comes with a certain satisfaction that I find difficult to replicate. Analytically solving for something, building it, and then measuring it in the real world is an incredibly satisfying learning loop that is only really found in engineering.

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.

As someone who has always been in the CS field, EE presented a great opportunity to get involved with hands-on work and hardware. Loved robotics, love making PCBs.

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.

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.

Get on the internship grind early and build resume and practice for interviews early

Hardware & software both involved so easy to transfer to other tech major and more options for students