The Department

Princeton's Electrical Engineering Program, one of the first in the United States, was formed in 1889 under the guidance of Professor Cyrus Fogg Brackett, an early expert in telephony, magnetism, and incandescent light. Today, the department occupies the portion of the E-Quad known as Brackett Hall, as well as adjoining areas and part of the Center for Photonics and Optoelectronic Materials (POEM).

The department has twenty-seven full-time faculty members, and five associated members from the Departments of Mathematics, Chemistry and Computer Science. Many of our faculty have won prestigious awards for their teaching and research. In particular, in 1998 Professor Dan Tsui was co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in physics for the discovery of the fractional quantum Hall effect.

Our undergraduate students are drawn from across the United States as well as internationally. Students complete a four year degree program and graduate with an ABET accredited Bachelor of Science in Engineering degree. Currently, we have approximately 120 undergraduate majors (sophomores, juniors and seniors) enrolled in program. The program emphasizes engineering fundamentals and applications as well as allowing students to pursue interests in the liberal arts. Our graduates go on to a variety of careers in industry, business,  law, medicine, and academia.

Our graduate program draws students to Princeton from around the world. Every year we enroll roughly 40 new graduate students. Currently we have approximately 165 students in the program, making it the largest graduate program at Princeton University. We offer two graduate degrees: The Master's of Engineering degree (M.Eng.) and the Doctor of Philosophy Degree (Ph.D.). Our graduates go on to careers in business, industry, research and teaching.

More information about our degree programs is available in the "academics" section of our web pages. Information about the School of Engineering and Applied Science and Princeton University is available at these links:

• About the School and Engineering and Applied Science
• About Princeton University