Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Online
 Electrical Engineering Masters Degree Flyer

With the rapidly changing technological landscape in engineering industries, an advanced degree or certificate is becoming increasingly necessary. Iowa State University’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECpE) offers two master’s degree options in electrical engineering, offered 100 percent online, to help you advance your knowledge and career.

You can choose a specialized area of study that interests you:

• Communications and signal processing
• Electric power and energy systems
• Electromagnetics, microwave, and nondestructive evaluation
• Microelectronics and photonics
• Systems and controls
• VLSI

Admission Requirements

Prospective students are encouraged to apply by January 15 for fall admission and September 15 for spring admission.  Students may take up to 9 credits as a non-degree seeking student , so it is possible to begin your studies before formal admittance into the program.  Admission and application procedures for the Electrical Engineering graduate programs are on the ECpE department page and on the Graduate College Web site .

Degree Requirements
Coursework Only Option
To complete the Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering program, you need:

• A minimum of 30 credit hours of coursework (No fewer than 22 of these credits shall be earned at Iowa State.)
• At least 24 of the 30 credit hours of coursework must be from electrical and computer engineering, with 12 of those credits from a single area of focus and six from outside the area of focus. See Core Research Areas for Graduate Study (PDF) for information on focus areas.
• Independent Study credits (EE 590) may be taken as often as desired, but only 3 credit hours may be counted toward the credit requirements for your program of study.

Creative Component Option

Courses
Visit the EDE courses page for classes currently available.

Applying for Admission
Apply using Iowa State’s Admissions Web site and the Graduate College Web site.
You will need:

• 3 letters of recommendation
• A statement of purpose
• A general application

GRE scores are required only if your undergraduate GPA is below 3.0 or if you have less than two years of full-time employment.

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