Welcome to UCSB Computer Engineering
In these times of economic challenge, Computer Engineering continues to be one of the most marketable degrees and with some of the best salaries.
In fact, Computer Engineers are in the best position to help solve some of our societies most pressing problems by designing novel systems with emerging technologies.
The Computer Engineering Program at UCSB starts with a foundation of hardware and software fundamentals and extends that foundation with advanced elective sequences. Students then bring all this knowledge together in a capstone sequence that culminates in a Capstone Presentation Day.
Our website was created with the student in mind. We wanted prospective students to have access to questions such as "Why CE and UCSB?" and a Frosh-to-Senior Year Timeline and our current students to have better access to advising information, and the program's curriculum including the 4-year-plan, senior sequence courses, and sr. year capstone project.
We’re sure you will find what you need on our website. If you don't, feel free to call us at 805/893-5615 or email us at info@ce.ucsb.edu.
We look forward to the 2011-2012 academic year — Fred Chong, Director, CE Program
Key Areas of Interest
- CE Advisory Board - leaders in our field who volunteer time and lend us their vision
- CE Seminars > HP Labs / CE Colloquia > IEE / CE Energy Efficiency > Past Talks
- Research > Interested in a particular area or a CE faculty member's research?
- Spotlights > Undergraduate Students | Graduate Students | CE Faculty Members
- Overviews > Undergraduate Studies | Graduate Studies
Undergraduate Areas of Interest
- Student Spotlights: Bronwyn Perry-Huston, Frosh | Luis Rocha, Junior & other profiles
- Computer Engineering Careers: salaries, industry/grad school, employment areas
- Academic Timeline: Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior Years
- 4 Year Course Plan / Senior Sequence Courses / Sr Capstone Project
- FAQs: How to Apply / Current Job Outlook for Computer Engineers... and more
- Prospective Students: Email a Student / Advisor / Faculty / Director
U.S. New & World Report ranks the specialty of CE at UCSB 11th in public graduate programs which shows high-quality faculty teaching in our undergrad program
News and Events
"Scaling Software and Hardware for Thousand-Core Systems," Daniel Sanchez, Stanford University
"Will Interconnect Help or Limit the Future of Computing?," Shekhar Borkar, Dir. of Extreme-scale Techs, Intel Labs
CE graduates, Matt Vlasach, Unwired Revolution to give TMP talk and Omri Cohen, Capsule in the news
Why Computer Engineering? Links of Interest
PayScale.com has listed Computer Engineering at #6 in their "Top 10 College Majors that Lead to High Salaries"
Computer Engineering a "Top-Paid Major for the Class of 2011" according to Nat'l Assoc. of Colleges & Employers
Faculty Spotlight - Professor Forrest Brewer, ECE
- Ph.D.: U. of Illinois in Computer Science
- Lab/Group: High Level Design/Synthesis
- Research : VLSI Design and Architecture, System Level Tools and Specification
Grad Student Spotlight - Kunal Arya, CE / ECE
- Hometown: Anaheim, CA
- Degree: M.S./Ph.D. in ECE / CE
- Study Area: System-level Synthesis
- Advisor: Professor Forrest Brewer