The educational objectives of EE Ph.D. program are twofold:

  1. To prepare Ph.D. graduates to conduct research into new unexplored fields for the discovery of new knowledge principles that can revolutionize the technology sector; and
  2. To educate Ph.D. students on innovation and technology transfer to help them to become tomorrow’s high-tech-job-creating entrepreneurs.
  3. An integrated entrepreneurship component is a unique and innovative feature of this doctoral program. We’re the first program in the nation to feature this requirement at the Ph.D. level, purposely engaging you in entrepreneurship and in the creation and use of intellectual property and patent development.