National University of Singapore (NUS): Engineering: Electrical & Computer Engineering
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Welcome to the Web site of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Our department is one of the five departments in the Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore. Established in 1968, it has grown to be a department of 100 academic staff members and over 1900 undergraduate and 900 graduate students.
As a publicly funded university, NUS has a three-fold mission in teaching, research and application. This is reflected in the Department’s operations.
Our first mission is to educate electrical, electronic and computer engineers for Singapore’s industry. Over the years, we have been privileged to consistently attract some of the best students from Singapore and the region. Our philosophy is not only to educate engineers, but also to prepare them for future leadership roles in industry - indeed, many of our alumni are now captains of industry, leading their organisations as Chief Executive Officers and Managing Directors.
We provide a broad-based engineering education, with opportunities for specialisation and self-directed learning and development. We regularly revise the curriculum to incorporate innovations in teaching and learning. We invest much effort to enhance our students� learning experience through the application of information technology, through the promotion of international student exchanges, overseas industrial attachments, University Scholar Program and participation in international Global Village Leadership programs.
Our second mission is to strive for research leadership in selected strategic research areas which are relevant to the national strategies for science & technology. Together with the Faculty of Engineering, we aspire to be networked internationally and be a highly regarded node in the global technology landscape. In several research areas, we are known among our peers in the research community to be at the cutting edge.
Our department encourages a multi-disciplinary and collaborative approach to research. We have established several research centres within the department.
These are in
- Integrated Circuit Failure Analysis & Reliability,
- Intelligent Control,
- Microwave & RF,
- Optoelectronics,
- Power Electronics.
Together with the other University departments, we participate in 5 multi-disciplinary, Faculty/University level laboratories:
- Biomedical Engineering
- Concurrent Engineering and Logistics
- Information Storage Materials
- Large Scale System
- Temasek (Defence - related)
We have close collaboration with many of Singapore’s national research institutes, with linkages taking the form of education programs, major research initiatives, adjunct appointments and joint-laboratories. Our department has been instrumental in the formation of three research institutes with which we still have very close links: namely the Data Storage Institute, Institute of Communications Research and the Institute of Microelectronics.
In July 2000, the Department of Electrical Engineering adopted a new name and identity “Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering” to reflect the Department’s efforts in developing greater emphasis on information and communications technology through our research and academic programmes.
Electrical and Computer Engineering are among the most exciting and challenging areas of engineering, and are the key disciplines in a highly technological society. Electrical and computer engineers have been driving the evolution of technology by being able to effectively apply fundamental concepts and integrate knowledge from various disciplines while pursuing frontier research, creating new ideas and innovations, and designing and developing new products.
The ECE Department is made up of faculty members who are well respected in their areas of research and education. They engage in research activities encompassing a wide range of areas such as automatic control, biomedical engineering, communications, computer-aided design, machine vision and image processing, computer systems, digital signal processing, electronics, electrical energy, information networking, intelligent systems, parallel and distributed processing, microelectronic materials and devices, microwave engineering, nano technology VLSI IC design.
Our department currently offers two full-time undergraduate degree programmes, Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering and Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering, as well as graduate programmes leading to Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (coursework-based), Master of Engineering (research-based) and Doctor of Philosophy
The ECE landscape is evolving rapidly and poses many challenges to engineers today. NUS’s ECE undergraduate programmes are designed to graduate versatile engineers for immediate employment and to prepare them for challenges ahead. The programs have strong emphasis on scientific and engineering fundamentals and a high degree of flexibility which can provide a wide diversity of educational experiences. It provides a mix of education, business and research opportunities which is unique in its diversity and richness, allowing the students to plan their individual educational experience in accordance with their career aspirations.
An engineering education prepares students for a wide range of careers; in fact, many of our country’s leaders received an engineering education. ECE graduates can look forward to bright and challenging careers in research, design and development, manufacturing, marketing, management, and other exciting fields. Apart from commercial and government organisations, graduates of the ECE Department are also highly sought after by high technology intensive companies that include:
Biomedical: bioinformatics, biomedical imaging, biomedical instrumentation, etc.
Communications: wireless and broadband communications etc.
Computers: embedded systems, information appliances, mobile computing, etc.
Data Storage: optical data storage, active storage networks, etc.
Electronics: consumers, automotive and defence electronics, etc.
Networking: Internet protocols, networked applications, security, etc.
Multimedia: human computer interaction, education, augmented reality, etc.
Semiconductors: IC design, optoelectronics,wafer fabrication, assembly and test, etc.
Software: distributed information systems, machine learning, etc.
Systems: real-time systems, human cognition, robotics and automation systems, intelligent systems etc.
A number of enterprising graduates have also become entrepreneurs, setting up new businesses that find innovative ways of applying electrical and computer engineering technologies.
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