About Electrical Engineering at UW
Our small graduate electrical engineering program offers an individualized research
and academic experience where you can develop as an engineer and scholar, working
closely with renowned faculty across a spectrum of topics including emerging computing
technologies, power systems and green energy, robotics and computer vision.
Graduates from our electrical engineering doctoral degree program go on to academic
positions, research careers and leadership roles in industry.

Choose a concentration in one of six areas:
- Bio-Engineering
- Controls
- Electrical Energy Systems
- Electronic Systems and Devices
- Robotics
- Signal Processing and Computer Networks

What Can You Do With a Criminal Justice Bachelor’s Degree?
A criminal justice degree is your entry into the type of career that can create heroic narratives around individual and societal change. Your UW criminal justice program offers you access to diverse careers in law enforcement, the legal field, corrections and nonprofit sectors. It also prepares you to pursue graduate studies in law, social work, criminology, public administration and other fields.
- Principal/Senior Electrical Engineer
- Research Scientist
- Associate Professor/Academic Program Coordinator
- Senior/Principal Algorithm Engineer
- Assistant Professor
- Programme Leader
- Senior Systems Engineer
- Haliburton
- NASA Ames Research Center
- Las Alamos National Laboratory
- Oakland University
- Automated Truck Research and Development Center at Daimler Trucks North
- America
- Yanghou University
- University of Aberdeen
- General Motors
The Ph.D. program in electrical engineering at UW offers a collaborative and supportive environment for advanced study and research in core areas of the field, including machine learning, assistive technologies, cybersecurity and power systems. Our graduates are in highly sought-after and consistently secure impressive positions after graduation.
Industries actively hiring electrical engineers with a master’s degree include:
- Tech
- Academia
- Aerospace
- Renewable energy
- Robotics
- Telecommunications
- Automotive
- Defense
- Healthcare & Medical Devices
- Manufacturing & Industrial Automation
- Power & Utilities
- Transportation & Infrastructure
- Consulting & Engineering Services
- Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
“The biggest take-away message would be that no matter if you start at Stanford or UW, if you work hard and surround yourself with successful and well-connected people, you can do, be, go anywhere."
- Maja Gorsk, Electrical Engineering Ph.D. '19