Choose
Your degree path
Curiosity is your guide. Customize your degree path based on your passions and interests. Our flexible, engaging programs lead to careers with purpose.
It’s more than coding.
Make an impact beyond your computer screen.
Gain knowledge to improve, advance, and protect intelligent computing systems.
Options for Concentrations:
The future is what we do.
Create next-generation technologies.
Learn how to innovate and connect people with devices and systems that are beyond imagination.
Options for Concentrations:
Fight disease, improve health.
Engineer biomedical solutions.
Draw on the strengths of engineering, medicine, and the sciences to solve problems in human health.
Options for Concentrations:
Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Lasers and Optics
Accelerated B.S. / Master's Program
Take the fast track to a master's degree!
The Accelerated B.S./M.S. program, or AMP, allows you to earn graduate credits while completing upper division bachelor’s degree requirements.
Having trouble deciding on a major? You don’t have to choose right away. In the first two years, you will build a solid foundation in mathematics, physics, science, and electrical and computer engineering fundamentals, establishing the core knowledge required for any of our majors and concentrations.
Specialize
with a Concentration
Interested in diving deeper into your favorite ECE topics? You have the option to complement your degree program with an area of specialization.
What
You Will Learn
First Year
Tackle the math and physics core work while gaining an understanding of electrical and computer engineering principles through the Digital and Analog Circuit sequence.
Second Year
Develop an open-ended project of your choice and learn the importance of project management, testing, and teamwork.
Third Year
Get into the nitty-gritty of ECE coursework that will build your foundation and prepare you for the big project in senior design.
Fourth Year
Your knowledge will culminate in senior design with a unique project that addresses a real-world problem.
Choosing
Between Majors
Computer Engineering vs. Electrical Engineering
Solving society’s most pressing challenges requires insights from multiple disciplines. Electrical engineers, computer engineers, and computer scientists all play a vital role in helping shape a better world – and there is considerable overlap between the disciplines.
Computer engineering takes a holistic view of innovation. Computer engineers are well versed in computational theory and electrical engineering principles, allowing them to understand the interplay between hardware and software to drive new technologies.
Electrical engineers develop solutions closest to the physical world, or the end-product. They are the brains behind the physical devices and hardware that enable everything from biomedical imaging tools to satellite sensors.
Computer scientists understand the coding and software that underpin new technologies but are further removed from the physical design of next-generation devices or systems. Computer engineers often serve as a bridge between EE and CS to enable cutting-edge solutions because of their broad understanding of all three fields.
Engage
Your Curiosity
Explore your creativity through hands-on projects
Turn your bold ideas into innovative projects that solve real problems.
Whether you’re involved in a day-long hacker competition or your final senior design project, our programs will prepare you for success in today’s high-tech world through engaging coursework and hands-on projects.
We will show you how the engineering process is every bit as creative as composing a symphony or crafting a piece of art.
Learn
More
For future students, there’s nothing like touring our campus or talking with current students about their engineering projects. Contact us to learn more about what it’s like to be a student in the ECE department.
Join Us.
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Colorado State University is built on innovation, creativity, and impact.
Want to work with smart people on cool projects, while gaining knowledge and skills to make a big impact? Our degree programs open up a whole new world of possibilities.
Explore your creativity. Make a world of difference.
From advancements in cancer detection to faster computing, electrical and computer engineers are creating a better world.
Our programs will prepare you for success in today’s high-tech world through stimulating coursework and unique hands-on projects. We will show you how the engineering process is every bit as creative as composing a symphony or crafting a piece of art.
As an engineer, you will create a vision for how something should work and you will be dedicated to making it better, faster, or more efficient. You will find it impossible to imagine life without engineering.
Join Us.
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Colorado State University is built on innovation, creativity, and impact.
Undergraduate Degree Programs
Want to work with smart people on cool projects, while gaining knowledge and skills to make a big impact? Our degree programs open up a whole new world of possibilities.
Explore your creativity. Make a world of difference.
From advancements in cancer detection to faster computing, electrical and computer engineers are creating a better world.
Our programs will prepare you for success in today’s high-tech world through stimulating coursework and unique hands-on projects. We will show you how the engineering process is every bit as creative as composing a symphony or crafting a piece of art.
As an engineer, you will create a vision for how something should work and you will be dedicated to making it better, faster, or more efficient. You will find it impossible to imagine life without engineering.
Join Us.
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Colorado State University is built on innovation, creativity, and impact.