ISU Electrical and Computer Engineering: Why Choose Our Graduate Programs?

Why Choose Our Graduate Programs?

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Assistant Professor Yong Guan recently won an NSF CAREER award. Read more.

We’ll get you where you’re going. 96 percent of engineering students at Iowa State secure jobs within six months of graduation.
Groundbreaking and innovative research. Our department has a tradition of excellence in cutting-edge research. Individuals with ties to the department invented the first electronic digital computer, created the encoding process used in fax machines, and developed the first pocket-size calculator.
First-rate faculty. Iowa State’s ECpE faculty are respected worldwide. Our faculty include 9 IEEE Fellows and 9 NSF CAREER/PYI award winners.
One-on-one attention. Every graduate student has a faculty adviser to help with academic and career planning.
Top-notch research and computer labs. When Iowa State acquired the IBM Blue Gene/L supercomputer, it was ranked in the top 100 fastest computers in the world. Plus, we've got a first-of-its-kind Internet-Scale Event and Attack Generation Environment and the world's most realistic virtual reality room. Our facilities also have recently undergone a multimillion-dollar upgrade.

Our electrical and computer engineering graduate programs are ranked 24th in the nation among public programs, according to U.S. News and World Report.

Ames is the 2nd most livable small city in the nation (New Rating Guide to Life in America’s Small Cities). You can bike to class during the day and to world-class cultural events at night.

Iowa State is one of three U.S. universities offering a doctorate in human computer interaction—the study of how humans and computers interact in various environments.