PhD in Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering

Applicants to the electrical engineering doctorate at Boston University may hold a bachelor's or a master's degree. Each student works on theory and experiments within a topic shaped by personal interests and a faculty research advisor, and many topics cross over into other College of Engineering fields. Because the program sits in Boston, students benefit from a lively technology research environment in which cooperation with companies, government labs and other universities is common. Candidates are expected to contribute something original and substantial, evidenced by journal articles, proceedings papers and an approved dissertation, and to present their research convincingly in a prospectus defense and a thesis defense. The course load varies with the entry degree, and all students take teaching practicum courses and instruction on responsible conduct of research.