Electrical engineers find innovative ways to harness electricity and integrate electronics to improve people’s lives.
In your first two years, you’ll study engineering design, mathematics, electronics and computer programming. The upper years offer guided flexibility. You’ll build depth in areas such as circuits, energy systems, and photonics while exploring fields such as electric vehicles, robotics, and signal processing. The electrical and computer engineering (ECE) programs are housed within the same department, giving you access to a breadth of cutting-edge theory and practice to launch your career in fields such as smart energy, communications, and semiconductor design.
Areas of Focus
- Analog & Digital Electronics
- Sustainable Energy Systems
- Photonics, Quantum & Semiconductor Devices
- Communications, Signal Processing, Machine Learning & Control
Sample PEY Co-op Employers
AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.)
AlphaWave Semi
Geotab
Marvell
Qualcomm
Sample Career Trajectories
Semiconductor & Integrated Circuit Designer
Smart Green Energy & Power System Analyst
Wireless & Next-Gen Communications (5G/6G) Engineer
Electric, Autonomous & Connected Vehicle Designer
Biomedical Devices & Instrumentation Engineer
Quantum Photonics Engineer
Electrical Engineering First-year Courses
Fall Term
(common to all Core 8 programs)
- Orientation to Engineering
- Engineering Strategies & Practice I
- Mechanics
- Engineering Chemistry & Materials Science
- Linear Algebra
- Calculus I
Winter Term
- Engineering Strategies & Practice II
- Computer Fundamentals
- Calculus
- Dynamics
- Electrical Fundamentals
- Intro to Electrical & Computer Engineering
Did you know?
Our ECE department is the highest-ranked and one of the largest in Canada. It’s also where multi-touch sensing technology was pioneered.
