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Computer Engineering’s popularity and relevance have grown tremendously with the recent proliferation of digital computers in our daily lives.
The Master of Science in Computer Engineering (MSCE) program in the Department of EECS has three areas of primary focus:
- Hardware Systems: including the design and test of VLSI systems, performance, and analysis of complex hardware systems, design methodology based on formal methods and CAD tools.
- Software Systems: including the development of large software systems, analysis of the performance of programs, the design of reusable software.
- Assured Systems: including computer and network security, formal methods, and verification. More details about these focus areas are given at the end of this section.
The MSCE program requires a minimum of 30 credit hours of graduate work beyond the Bachelor of Science (BS) degree. Normally, these 30 credit hours are achieved by students taking ten graduate courses.
View program details in the University Course Catalog
Employment Outcomes
- Companies that hire our graduates: 2K, Abacus Insights, AccuGPS, Algorizin, Alibaba Inc., Amazon, Amobee, Anheuser-Busch, ANSYS Inc, Apex Systems, AppDynamics, AREL Supply, Autire Technologies, LLC, Bank of America, Bask Health, BeaconFire Inc, Berkshire Hathaway, BlueData, ByteDance, BW Papersystems, Cadence Design Systems, Capital One, Cerner Corporation, Charles Schwab & Co., Clarience Technologies, Conduent, CongruentX, Copart and Intel, Creative Cyber Management, LLC, DeepTek, Deloitte, Directlink.AI, Dyania Health, Eaton, Echostar, Ernst & Young, Epoch Times, Equinix, Essex Property Trust, FedEx Services, FEV North America, Inc., Fidelity Investments, Fiserv, Flock Freight, GCom Software, Georgia Tech Research Institute, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Hitachi Energy, Huawei, Horison Information Strategies, Hulu, IBM, IMSG, Intel, IntraLinks, Ipsumm Inc., JMA Wireless, Key Solutions, Kinimatic, Labcorp, Legrand, LinkedIn Corporation, Little Maxima, Lockheed Martin, MITRE Corporation, NASA Jet Propulsion Lab, NetEase Games, Netskope, New York Power Authority, Northrop Grumman, Novelis, Nvidia, OmniVision Technologies, Origin AI, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Paypal, Pefin, Pfizer, Pointel, Qorvo, Qualcomm Inc., RCP Fu7nd Services, LLC., Realtor, Riskval Financial Solutions, SAAB, Samsung, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL), Servus Credit Union, Sigfig, Solaborate, SK Hynix Memory Solutions, SparkCharge, SRC Inc, State Grid Corporation of China, SUNY Upstate, Synopsys Inc., Tableau, Tech Enthusiast, Teledyne LeCroy, Tesla, Inc., Touchpal, Trane Technologies, Triton Bio, TruWeather Solutions, Turkish Petroleum Co., US Renal Care, Vivo Communication Technology Co. Ltd., Vmware, Walmart Global Tech, WebAI, WEX, Inc., Xignite, Inc, Xilinx, Yahoo, Zenith, Zillow
- Job location: 88% in the US, 12% outside of US
- Job location within US: 34% San Francisco Bay Area, 10% Metropolitan New York City, 8% Syracuse/Central New York, 3% Metropolitan Los Angeles, 3% Washington (Seattle), 3% Metropolitan Baltimore/Washington, DC, 2% Texas (Austin/Dallas/Houston), 32% Other
- Job titles: Net Developer, Associate Software Engineer, Electrical Product Engineer, Embedded Systems Software Engineer, Founder, iOS Developer, Java Developer, Jr. Software Engineer, MTS-2 Software Engineer, Principal Engineer, Program Engineer/ Software Engineer, Programmer Analyst, Research Engineer, RF Engineer, Systems Design Engineer, Senior Engineer, Senior Product and Applications Engineer, Senior Software Engineer, Software Developer, Software Engineer, System operator, Technology Analyst, Test Engineer
- Base salary range: less than $45,000 – $120,000 or more
- Median base salary range: $110,000 – $114,999