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Why Choose Rice to Study Electrical & Computer Engineering?

Wherever you go to school, you are bound to do well. By visiting this site, you are well on your way to an exciting journey at one of the best private universities in the country.

So why choose the Rice University’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering? Our first-rate research and teaching environment places you with peers who are also at the top of their game. The people who come here know that our engineering school has an academic environment that stimulates creativity and innovation. ECE faculty is accessible and involved, making sure that you leave prepared to become a technology leader, making a broad impact on society that depends more than ever on the expertise of electrical and computer engineers.

In the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, high quality education and "unconventional wisdom" of our facutly sharply contrast to rudimentary and rigid training. Through hands on involvement in state of the art research and a myriad of practical lab opportunities, students help redefine limits of technology. Companies enjoy recruiting at Rice. In fact, many ECE grads begin their careers at companies in leading high-tech companies and in Fortune 500 companies around the world.

A challenging engineering education that focuses on learning, with rewards that take you a long way in industry, are reasons enough to study electrical and computer engineering at Rice University. 


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Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
George R. Brown School of Engineering
Rice University
MS - 366 6100 Main Street
Houston, Texas
tel 713.348.4020
fax 713.348.5686
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