Overview

Key Features

Offering a highly customizable curriculum, the program specializes in the following focus areas: biomedical engineering, communications and signal processing, computer engineering, controls and robotics, electromagnetics and remote sensing, and lasers and photonics.

Students pursuing a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Colorado State University complete a research-oriented plan of study including a dissertation and coursework.

We’ll teach you how to harness innovation to improve lives and protect our planet.

We are committed to the responsible and ethical advancement of AI for the benefit of society. We are leveraging the power of ultra-high-intensity lasers in the quest for limitless, carbon-free energy. We are building next-generation radar and satellite technologies to study weather from land, sea, and space.

In ECE, industry mentorship is built into the undergraduate student experience. Through our Engineer in Residence (EiR) program, students work alongside experienced engineers in the lab. EiR volunteers offer support on everything from troubleshooting design projects to exploring career paths in ECE.

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Programme Structure

Areas of study:

Adaptive radar and sonar

Biomedical sensing and signals

Communications

Computer-aided design

Computer architecture

Computer networks and protocols

Control systems

Digital communications

Digital image processing

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-23 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-15 00:00:00
Starting 2028-01-19 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-09-01 00:00:00

Language

English

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4.5

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IELTS

6.5

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Credits

72 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Fort Collins, United States

Disciplines

Electrical Engineering View 109 other PhDs in Electrical Engineering in United States

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Academic requirements

GPA

English requirements

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120

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4.5

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IELTS

6.5

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General requirements

To be eligible for admission, the department requires the equivalent of a 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale.
Graduate Certificates require the submission of the official transcript that shows your bachelor’s degree awarded
Completion of a bachelor’s degree equivalent to a U.S. Bachelor’s degree from an institution that is recognized by a governmental national higher education authority (at the time the degree was earned).
Transcripts of all collegiate work completed (official transcripts must be provided within your first semester before you can register for your second semester of graduate work. Check with your department to determine if unofficial transcripts are accepted in the application process).
Resume or curriculum vitae
Written statement of purpose
Letters of recommendation
Official English Proficiency test score
Test scores (i.e., GRE or GMAT), if required by department

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Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

32487 USD / year

≈ 32487 USD / year
Out-of-State

32487 USD / year

≈ 32487 USD / year
Domestic

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In-State

14783 USD / year

≈ 14783 USD / year

Living costs

Fort Collins

United States

1210 - 1800 USD / month

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