At UNM ECE we want you to succeed. We will help you find a good job. We will help you get your degree. We will give you all the tools and the confidence that you need to achieve your dreams. Students come from all over the world to enroll in the University of New Mexico's ECE department because they know they will receive an outstanding education. Our small class sizes and our professors work one-on-one with students. The Ph.D. program requires a minimum of 48 credit hours of coursework (excluding the 18 hours of dissertation credit hours and 2 hours of ECE 590) beyond the bachelor's degree, which may include a maximum of 6 hours of master's thesis. A minimum of 24 credit hours must be completed at the University of New Mexico, of which 18 hours must be at the 500 level or above.