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Why Come to 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 small, personal 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 technical leader. Our aggressive, yet flexible and challenging curriculum prepares you for the careers of which you have always dreamed. 

In the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, high quality education is a sharp contrast to rudimentary and rigid training because our students “learn how to learn” from a team of research faculty who go beyond techniques. It takes a team to create synergy. The faculty is part of that team and so are the students. Through hands on involvement in state of the art research and a myriad of practical lab opportunities, students help redefine limits of technology. When you come here, you are sure to grow and become tomorrow's leader, making a broad impact on society that relies so heavily on the electrical and computer engineers. 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 as opposed to training, with rewards that take you a long way in industry is reason enough to study electrical and computer engineering at Rice University. In the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, high quality education is a sharp contrast to rudimentary and rigid training because our students “learn how to learn” from a team of research faculty who go beyond techniques. It takes a team to create synergy. The faculty is part of that team and so are the students. Through hands on involvement in state of the art research and a myriad of practical lab opportunities, students help redefine limits of technology. When you come here, you are sure to grow and become tomorrow's leader, making a broad impact on society that relies so heavily on the electrical and computer engineers. 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 as opposed to training, with rewards that take you a long way in industry is reason enough to study electrical and computer engineering at Rice University.

The people who come here know that our small, personal 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 technical leader.  Our aggressive, yet flexible and challenging curriculum prepares you for the careers of which you have always dreamed. 


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George R. Brown School of Engineering
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