Graduate Program

The Division of Electrical & Computer Engineering offers programs of study leading to the PhD, MS with thesis, and MS without thesis degrees. Areas of study include:

Automatic Control: system identification, robust, adaptive, fault-tolerant , and networked feedback control
Communications and Signal Processing: digital, computer, and wireless communications, data compression, digital signal processing, and image processing
Computers: computer architecture, computer graphics, parallel and distributed computing, compilers, embedded systems, reconfigurable computing, computer vision, and fault tolerant computing
Electronics: electronic materials and devices, micro - and nano-technologies, nanophotonics, electro-optics and VLSI circuits/systems design
Power: power electronics, harmonic analysis, electric machines, variable speed drive, power system stability and control, renewable energies, smart grid and energy conversion
An interdisciplinary concentration in Information Technology is also available.

For details, please check Graduate Academic areas.

Graduate Admissions Requirements

A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited U.S. institution or the equivalent from a foreign institution.

A grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.00 (A = 4.0) on all undergraduate work (or in the final 64 credit hours) and any graduate work already completed.

GRE scores are optional for admission to the ECE Graduate Program.

Statement of Purpose which clearly identifies an area of interest (Communication, Computers, Electronics, Power, Systems)

Three Letters of Recommendation from a professor or supervisor who is able to comment on your qualifications for graduate study.

The resume should highlight the applicant's academic, research, and professional history. All time should be accounted for to date. This can be submitted using the on-line application and a hard copy is not required.

Transcripts from each university attended are required (even if only for summer coursework or if coursework appears on another institution’s transcript). Unofficial transcripts are acceptable for the initial review of your application, and you can usually download them directly from the universities you attended. If you are admitted, the Graduate School will require official transcripts if you did not submit them with your application. Official transcripts should be sent directly to Graduate Student Admissions, 118 West David Boyd Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 USA. If your university offers the option of emailing official transcripts, they can be sent to gradtranscripts@lsu.edu.

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International Applicants

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