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.”

“I had always been curious about how things work “behind the scenes.” How does a signal travel across the world in a fraction of a second? How does a tiny microchip control an entire system? How do we convert renewable energy into usable power? Electrical Engineering provided a path to answer these questions while giving me the opportunity to design solutions myself. Another major reason was career flexibility: EE graduates can pursue roles in electronics, semiconductors, aerospace, software, hardware, and even finance or consulting.”

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

“Honestly, terrible professors, boring, major, not worth it”

“The major is pretty fun and interesting, delving into hardware and software.”

“Intersectionality is great, lots of career options, very intense and can be overwhelming.”

“EE lets you become very specialized but still have many options to pursue. Also great as an intersection between fields.”

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

“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.”

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

“This major is hard but its worth it. Stick with it and you'll learn a lot of skills and meet amazing people, but a lot of it will suck at the same time. Good Luck :)”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”