计算机工程师开发软件，硬件和集成计算系统。由于计算机工程技术的变化非常迅速，因此新墨西哥大学的计算机工程本科课程强调基本概念以及当前的应用方法。学生将学习软件与硬件的交互方式，以及如何构建机器和软件来处理大型Internet和医学数据集。UNM提供了独特的研究机会，可用于医学图像和视频分析（例如，大脑图像分析），可重新配置的计算系统，计算机安全性，计算机图形，计算机网络和系统以及认知无线电。
Internationally recognized for its excellence in research and education, the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) department has 32 tenured/tenure-track faculty members and over 500 students. The ECEUNM faculty pursues active research in a wide range of key strategic areas, including applied electromagnetics, photonics, and nanotechnology, communications and signal processing, biomedical -technologies, renewable energy, control systems, information systems, and networking systems. Many of our faculty are well-recognized in their fields, and the department is currently home to eight IEEE fellows.<br><br>Graduate students at ECE have access to state-of-the-art research facilities located in numerous research laboratories and large interdisciplinary centers.<br><br>The ECE Department is dedicated to improving life through discovery, education and innovation. We embrace an open culture and offer our students unique forward-looking curricula, low student-to-faculty ratios and highly talented and dedicated professors, instructors, and mentors. Our graduate courses cover a full breadth of areas, including core foundational topics as well as focused special offerings in the latest technologies.