电气和计算机工程系（ECE）允许学生通过MS或Ph.D研究生课程。程式。ECE提供研究生课程，可攻读MS和Ph.D。电气工程学士学位，具有以下各个领域的专业：通信理论与系统，计算机工程，电子电路与系统，电子设备与材料，智能系统，机器人与控制，磁记录，光子学，无线电与空间科学以及信号和图像处理。此外，在先进制造，应用海洋科学和材料科学领域设有跨学科课程。MS程序也以研究为导向，旨在为随后的博士学位提供必要的强化技术准备。提供了两种学习计划，都需要成功完成48个季度单元的课程学分。计划I是课程工作和研究的结合
By bringing together optical and electronic technologies, research in the photonics/opto-electronics program at UCSD is aimed at extending the performance of communication and computing systems, imaging and sensing systems, and energy harvesting systems beyond what have been achieved so far. Photonics is already revolutionizing areas such as the information highway infrastructure, the entertainment and computing industry, and advanced medical imaging and defense systems critical to US global competitiveness. The present research program at UCSD is highly interdisciplinary, involving not only materials scientists and device engineers, but also optical component and system engineers, computer engineers and scientists and network specialists. Many of our research projects are carried out in close collaboration with industrial partners for successful technology transfer. Along with well funded research programs and the strong interest of faculty members, the photonics/opto-electronics program enjoys state-of-the-art facilities for advanced optical characterizations and nano-scale fabrications. Presently the program involves more than 50 Ph.D students and 10 post doctoral researchers.