What is ECE? Heading link
Electrical and computer engineers have the opportunity to make an extraordinary impact on the world around us.
That is because nearly every aspect of our lives is touched by electrical and computer technology. These fields help to determine how long your phone battery lasts, how the light in your bedroom can be connected to your smart watch, how robots assemble the products you use every day, how autonomous vehicles drive themselves, and more.
You get the picture: life as we know it today would not be possible without the knowledge, skills, and innovative thinking of electrical and computer engineers.
ECE, as we call it, is one cohesive department at UIC, but it houses three majors—any one of which can be the start of an extremely rewarding career. Consider these options:
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$119,560 Top range of the median salary for U.S. electrical and computer engineers
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11,900 New U.S. electrical and computer engineering jobs forecast to be created by 2029
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According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, professionals in electrical engineering, electronics engineering, and computer hardware engineering—all fields that stem from an ECE education—reported a median annual salary of $101,250 to $117,220.
These are just some of the careers that our department can prepare you for:
- Aviation electronics engineering
- Broadcast electronics engineering
- Communications systems engineering
- Computer hardware engineering
- Design engineering
- Electrical engineering
- Implementation engineering
- Nanotechnology
- Network engineering
- Process engineering
- Quality control
- Radar technology
- Software engineering
- Systems engineering and testing
- User experience (UX) design and development
- Wireless systems engineering
The Engineering Career Center helps UIC undergraduates to chart their course in these and other fields.
Learn more about how to get there with a major in computer engineering, electrical engineering, or engineering physics from UIC.