MA/MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering is a master's degree in Electrical Engineering programme taught at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada. The programme runs for 2 years.
At a glance
Degree:Master's Degree
Field:Electrical Engineering
Duration: 2 years
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Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
McMaster offers this Master's-level program in Electrical and Computer Engineering through two distinct routes: a thesis-based Master of Applied Science and a course-based Master of Engineering, both available full-time or part-time. The MASc route centres on original research, requiring a set of graduate half courses alongside a supervised thesis, and is aimed at students who want in-depth research training in a specialized area of electrical or computer engineering. The MEng route instead requires a larger set of graduate half courses combined with a capstone project rather than a thesis, and is designed for engineers who want to deepen their technical and professional skills without committing to an extensive independent research project. Both routes draw on the same set of departmental research areas, which include biomedical instrumentation, communications systems, microelectronics, and signal processing, giving students in either stream access to similar subject-matter strengths. The program suits recent engineering graduates pursuing further specialization, whether their goal is research-oriented graduate study, potential progression to a PhD, or professional advancement in an engineering career.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: McMaster's Electrical and Computer Engineering graduate program page lists a September typical entry, with a 28 February deadline for international applicants and 31 July for Canadian/permanent-resident applicants, but does not itemise a prior-degree, GPA, or English-proficiency figure on this page; these follow the School of Graduate Studies' published policy shared across McMaster's Engineering graduate programs, as stated on the Mechanical Engineering program page and the General Regulations of the Graduate School calendar: an honours bachelor's degree in a related field of engineering or science, a minimum average of B- in upper-year undergraduate courses related to the proposed program, and English proficiency of IELTS Academic 6.5 overall or TOEFL iBT 88 overall for applicants whose first language is not English.
Application Details
Start Date:September
Application Deadline:McMaster admits Level I students for September entry only. For Fall 2027, deadlines are set per programme: competitive programmes such as Engineering, Computer Science, Health Sciences, Midwifery, iBioMed and Honours Integrated Science close 15 January 2027, while most other Level I programmes (Business, Humanities I, the Life Sciences and Social Sciences gateways) stay open to 1 April 2027, often with an earlier 1 February 2027 'Equal Consideration' review point. These dates are identical for domestic and international applicants for nearly every programme; the sole exception is Nursing, where Ontario high-school applicants close 15 January 2027 and all other applicants, international included, close 1 February 2027. No programme is described as rolling beyond its published deadline. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
