Welcome to Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the University of Waterloo

Electrical and computer engineers shape the future through innovation.  They develop and improve systems that serve everyday needs of society spanning from high-voltage engineering and sustainable energy, to breakthroughs in wireless technology. Our faculty and students do everything from creating low-cost digital x-ray imagers to combat tuberculosis in developing countries, to building real-time embedded systems to advance the design and reliability of commercial products.  ECE - the future is what we do.

STUDENT WORKING AT DESK2,500+ STUDENTS
Feather icon96 FACULTY MEMBERS
$27+ research funding$27M+ RESEARCH FUNDING
GROUP50+ SUPPORT STAFF
GRADUATE11,800+ ALUMNI

Future undergraduates

Our undergraduate program provides students with rigorous foundations in math and physics while exposing them to exciting applications early on in their program.

Future graduates

Our students come from all over the globe to experience our first-rate faculty, education, and research programs. Our graduates are among the most sought after in the world.

 

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News

  1. June 1, 2023Recent electrical and computer engineering grad, Sriram Ganapathi Subramanian, wins Canadian Artificial Intelligence Association's Best Doctoral Dissertation Award

    Sriram Ganapathi Subramanian, a recent grad of electrical and computer engineering's PhD program, was selected as the winner of the Canadian Artificial Intelligence Association's (CAIAC) Best Doctoral Dissertation Award. This award recognizes an outstanding PhD thesis completed at a Canadian university in the field of artificial intelligence. Sriram will give an acceptance talk on his thesis research at the CAIAC 2023 conference this year in Montreal.

  2. Apr. 20, 2023Electrical and computer engineering master's student, Serene Abu-Sardanah, awarded IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society C. J. Reddy Travel Grant

    Electrical and computer engineering master’s student, Serene Abu-Sardanah, has been awarded a prestigious 2023 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society C. J. Reddy Travel Grant to further her research and present her paper entitled “A Wearable mmWave Radar System for Continuous Cardiopulmonary Monitoring” at the annual IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation.

  3. Apr. 18, 2023Electrical and computer engineering professor, Na Young Kim, awarded $1M for the development of quantum-enhanced sensors

    A professor at Waterloo Engineering has been awarded more than $1 million in federal funds to lead a research project to develop quantum-enhanced sensors.

    Dr. Na Young Kim, a professor of electrical and computer engineering, is principal investigator of the project.

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Events

  1. June 2, 2023Ph.D. Seminar Notice: "Understanding the Influence of ZnO and its Modifications on the Stability of Quantum-dot Light Emitting Devices" by Dong Seob Chung

    Candidate: Dong Seob Chung

    Title: Understanding the Influence of ZnO and its Modifications on the Stability of Quantum-dot Light Emitting Devices

    Date: June 2, 2023

    Time: 3:00 PM

    Place: EIT 3142

    Supervisor(s): Aziz, Hany

     

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