Master’s in Electrical and Computer Engineering Degree Requirements

Complete your part-time Master’s in Electrical and Computer Engineering online in a way that fits your schedule and learning preferences. Apply what you learn in class the very next day as you continue to work in your current organization. Connect with peers and experts across the country and around the world.

Take courses like Signals and Systems; Circuits, Devices and Fields; Probability and Stochastic Processes For Engineers; Communication Systems Engineering, and more. Explore your interests in a more in-depth way by having the option to choose from seven focus areas: Communications and Networking, Electronics and the Solid State, Optics and Photonics, RF and Microwave Engineering, Signal Processing, and Systems and Control. Take the next step of your career today.

Applications to the online Masters of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering are accepted on a rolling basis and do not have a deadline. Once accepted, you must begin classes within one year. Check the academic calendar for term start dates.

For additional information specific to the ECE program, please refer to the ECE Student Handbook.

Admission Requirements

• You must meet the general admission requirements that pertain to all master’s degree candidates.
• You are expected to hold a degree in electrical and/or computer engineering issued by a program accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) of ABET in order to be admitted to the Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering program. Those who majored in a related science or engineering field may also be accepted as candidates, provided their background is judged by the admissions committee to be equivalent to that stated above.
• Your prior education should include the following prerequisites:
  • Mathematics through vector calculus and differential equations
  • Calculus-based physics
  • Linear and non-linear circuits
  • Electromagnetics
  • Signals and systems.
• If your prior education does not include the prerequisites listed above, you may enroll under provisional status, followed by full admission once you have completed the missing prerequisites. Missing prerequisites may be completed with Johns Hopkins Engineering (all prerequisites are available) or at another regionally accredited institution. A grade of B– or better must have been earned in each of the prerequisite courses.
• Exceptions to these requirements can be made by the program chair or admissions committee.
• When reviewing an application, your academic and professional background will be considered.
• Concentration and focus areas are available but not required.

If you are an international student, you may have additional admission requirements.

Degree Requirements

• Ten courses must be completed within five years.
• At least seven courses must be from the Electrical and Computer Engineering program (525.xxx) or the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (520.xxx) in the full-time program, and at least four courses must be at the 700-level or above.
• At most, three of the courses may be selected from outside the program.
• All course selections outside of the Electrical and Computer Engineering program require advisor approval. Only one C-range grade (C+, C, or C−) can count toward the master’s degree.
• Courses from Heathcare Systems Engineering and Occupational and Environmental Hygiene cannot serve as technical electives and do not count towards the degree.
• A concentration or focus area may be selected but is not required.
• Limited opportunity is available for replacement of coursework by appropriate project work (EN.525.801 Special Proiect I and EN.525.802 Special Project Ill or through a graduate thesis (EN.525.803 Electrical and Computer Engineering Thesis and EN.525.804 Electrical and Computer Engineering Thesis). Students can select to complete a special proiect (525.801/525.802} or a thesis research proiect (525.803/525.804} but not both without program chair approval.
• Note that EN.615.641 Mathematical Methods for Physics and Engineering EN.615.642 Electromagnetics EN.615.780 Optical Detectors & Applications and EN.625.743 Stochastic Optimization & Control are counted as Electrical and Computer Engineering courses rather than electives.

Communications and Networking Concentration

• Ten courses must be completed within five years.
• Of the minimum of seven Electrical and Computer Engineering courses, at least five must be Communications and Networking courses. Of the maximum of three electives, at least two must be Computer Science Communications and Networking courses.
• Only one C-range grade (C+, C, or C−) can count toward the master’s degree.
• Course selections outside the Electrical and Computer Engineering program requirements are subject to advisor approval.
• Concentrations are noted on the student’s transcript.

Photonics Concentration

• Ten courses must be completed within five years.
• The curriculum consists of four photonics core courses and three additional photonics courses, with the three remaining courses selected to fulfill the MS degree requirements.
• Only one C-range grade (C+, C, or C−) can count toward the master’s degree.
• Course selections outside the Electrical and Computer Engineering program requirements are subject to advisor approval.
• Concentrations are noted on the student’s transcript.