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About this major
Electrical Engineering is a dynamic field that focuses on the study and application of electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. Students learn to design, develop, and maintain electrical systems and equipment, gaining skills in circuit theory, control systems, and power generation.
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“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”
10/10/2025
“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.”
10/10/2025
“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.”
10/10/2025
“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.”
10/10/2025
“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.”
10/2/2025
“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.”
7/11/2025