Graduate Programs
EECS offers MS and PhD degrees in electrical engineering, computer engineering, and computer science, as well as MS-MBA degrees in each of the three majors. In addition to these in-person programs, EECS offers a fully online MS degree program in computer science geared toward working professionals. Finally, interested students can earn minors in computer science and interdisciplinary computational science and certificates in artificial intelligence and machine learning, power and energy systems, wide bandgap power electronics, and fire protection engineering.
MS Majors/Minors
MS degrees may be completed during three semesters of full-time study or two to three years of part-time study. MS-MBA degrees take five semesters of full-time study. The online MS degree takes two years. Here are our minors and certificates:
- Electrical Engineering, MS
- Computer Engineering, MS
- Computer Science, MS
- Computer Science, MS (Online)
- Dual MS-MBA: Electrical Engineering
- Dual MS-MBA: Computer Engineering
- Dual MS-MBA: Computer Science
- Computer Science, Minor
- Interdisciplinary Graduate Minor in Computational Science (IGMCS)
Graduate Certificates
- Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Certificate
- Reliability and Maintainability Computer Engineering
- Reliability and Maintainability Electrical Engineering
PhD Degrees
PhD degrees take four to five years of full-time study for students who enter with a BS degree and about three years for students who enter with an MS degree. Students divide their time between course work and dissertation research.
Concentrations
| Major | Degree | Concentration |
|---|---|---|
| Computer Engineering | MS | AI and Intelligent Systems, Cybersecurity Engineering |
| PhD | AI and Intelligent Systems, Cybersecurity Engineering | |
| Computer Science | MS (on campus) | Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Cybersecurity |
| MS (online) | Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Software Engineering | |
| PhD | Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Cybersecurity | |
| Electrical Engineering | MS | Power Electronics |
| PhD | Power Electronics |
Contact Us
Use the following contact info if you have questions about the EECS graduate programs:
- For general questions about the department, admission and application status, email eecs-gradinfo@utk.edu.
- For updates and corrections to submitted admission applications, email graduateadmissions@utk.edu.
- For academic policy questions not answered using the links above, email eecs-dgs@utk.edu.
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