The ECE Department has Defined 8 Technical Areas as Breadth Areas for the Ph.D. Degree. Each Ph.D.

Candidate must take at least 1 graduate Class from 3 of these Areas to Fulfill the Breadth Requirement.

Ph.D Breadth Areas

Algorithms/Complexity/Programming Languages
Applied Physics (Solid State/Magnetics/Fields)
Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Control
Circuits
Computer Hardware Engineering
Signal Processing and Communications
Software Systems and Computer Networking

Course Requirement :

Students in the Ph.D. Program without a M.S. Degree and Students in the Ph.D. program who have an ECE M.S. Degree from Carnegie Mellon must take a total of 8 ECE or related Courses (96 units) at Carnegie Mellon.

At least 6 of these 8 courses must be graduate courses.

Courses taken at Carnegie Mellon to satisfy the M.S. degree course requirements may count toward the Ph.D. course requirements.


Contact No :
1 412-268-2000

Address :

Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
United States