Electrical engineering is one of the fastest growing segments of engineering. Electrical engineers work with the supply and flow of electricity to improve the devices and systems we use everyday. They can work on large or small electrical systems and are responsible for designing, building, testing and maintaining electrical parts and networks.

At UD, you can choose to focus on different areas of electrical engineering. The most common minors or concentrations for electrical engineering students are:

Stats

15:1

student-to-teacher ratio

$72K

average starting salary after graduation

Classes

Electrical engineering students take a well-rounded group of courses to build their engineering skills and technical knowledge.

Examples of courses:

Electronic Devices – study of electronic devices and basic single stage amplifier configurations using bipolar junction transistors and field-effect transistors.
Electronic Systems – study of cascaded amplifiers, feedback amplifiers, linear integrated circuits and oscillators.
Engineering Probability and Random Processes – derived probability relationships, statistical independence, transformations of random variables, engineering decision strategies and more.
Communication Systems – study of digital communication systems including generation, detection and analysis of modulated signals and power, bandwidth and noise considerations.

View the full plan of study.

Exploring Inside and Outside the Classroom

Electrical engineering offers more technical electives and lab classes than any other engineering major. These experiences are integrated into coursework to deepen students’ understanding of basic electrical engineering concepts and bring them to life.

Our program is big enough to have significant research programs, but small enough to involve students in meaningful undergraduate research as early as their first year. Our faculty have active research projects and encourage students to become involved in their labs.

Your academic journey culminates in a senior year capstone design course, where your student team will solve a real-world challenge for a client. You’ll be paired with students from other engineering majors to work together to find the solution – many of which clients have adopted and use today.

A High-Quality Education

Minors

The Ethos Center

Bachelor's Plus Master's Program

Minors

Compliment your major or connect with your passion by adding a minor or concentration to your degree program. The School of Engineering offers more than 30 minors, or you can choose one outside of engineering.

Learn more about our minors

Engineering for the Common Good

The Ethos Center connects students to community partners around the world for community-engaged engineering education, research, partnerships and action. Many students go on immersions or breakouts inside and outside the U.S. for hands-on social impact engineering projects.

Learn more about the Ethos Center

Earn your Master's Sooner

Students can also earn their master’s at UD at an accelerated rate through our Bachelor’s Plus Master’s Program. Earn up to six credits that count for both undergraduate and graduate degree requirements, and enjoy 30% off graduate tuition for the first year of the master’s program. On average, most students graduate with their master’s degree in two additional semesters.

Learn more about the Bachelor's Plus Masters Program

Careers

Because electrical engineering is broad, our graduates work in numerous different fields including defense, aerospace, entertainment and automotive. Many of our students co-op and intern at these organizations, and accept full-time positions before graduation.

Our electrical engineering graduates work at numerous organizations including:

Cargill
Boeing
GE Aerospace
Amazon Web Services
NXP Semiconductors
United States Air Force, Air Force Research Laboratory

They also continue their education at schools including:

University of Dayton
The Catholic University of America
University of Massachusetts - Lowell

Engineering Co-ops and Internships

Explore Your Engineering Future

Take your engineering experience to the next level and find your passion with co-op and internship opportunities. Our Engineering Co-op and Internship Office helps students find placements.