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. Mar. 28, 2023Electrical and computer engineering prof honoured for contributions to AI

    Dr. Ravi Mazumdar, an electrical and computer engineering professor at Waterloo, has been elected as a fellow of the Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association (AAIA).

  2. Mar. 13, 2023Electrical and computer engineering professor, Sherman Shen, ranks as one of the Best Scientists in the field of Electronics and Electrical Engineering

    Research.com, a leading academic platform

  3. Feb. 23, 2023Paper on in-car sensors to save children highly cited

    Researchers at Waterloo Engineering have been recognized for the impact of their work on sensors to help save lives by preventing children from being left alone in vehicles.

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Events

  1. Apr. 3, 2023QI Ph.D. Comprehensive Proposal Examination Notice: "Entanglement swapping with nanowire quantum dot entangled photon sources and photonic integrated circuits" by Matteo Pennacchietti

    Candidate: Matteo Pennacchietti

    Topic: Entanglement swapping with nanowire quantum dot entangled photon sources and photonic integrated circuits

    Date: April 3, 2023

    Time: 10:00 AM

    Place: EIT 3142

    Supervisor(s): Reimer, Michael

    The Chair of the Committee is Professor Hamid Jahed of the Department of Mechanical & Mechatronics Engineering.

  2. Apr. 3, 2023Ph.D. Seminar Notice: "Organic-Inorganic Nanomaterial based Highly Efficient Flexible Nanogenerator for Self-powered Wireless Electronics" by Md. Masud Rana

    Candidate: Md. Masud Rana

    Title: Organic-Inorganic Nanomaterial based Highly Efficient Flexible Nanogenerator for Self-powered Wireless Electronics

    Date: April 3, 2023

    Time: 2:00 PM

    Place: REMOTE ATTENDANCE

    Supervisor(s): Ban, Dayan

    Abstract:

  3. Apr. 3, 2023MASc Seminar Notice: "UniFlow: A CFG-based Framework for Pluggable Type Checking andType Inference" by Zhiping Cai

    Name: Zhiping Cai

    Date: Monday April 3rd 2023

    Time:  3:00pm - 4:00pm (EST)

    Location: EIT 3145

    Supervisor: Prof. Werner Dietl

    Attending faculty members: Prof. Arie Gurfinkel, and Prof. Mahesh Tripunitara

    Title: UniFlow: A CFG-based Framework for Pluggable Type Checking andType Inference

    Abstract:

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