Overview

About the program

The Electrical and Computer Engineering graduate programs at Portland State University welcome and propel students from around the world into career advancement and provide the specialization necessary for competitive jobs in engineering.

Our faculty offer research opportunities that allow for collaborative or individual study, culturing creativity and innovation. If you want to push what’s possible, in Portland and far beyond, accelerate your career with a graduate degree from the Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science.

Programme Structure

Some of our current research includes:

environmental monitoring and sensing
wind and ocean renewable power generation applications
machine learning
biomedical signal processing
power systems
wireless communications
integrated circuit design
intelligent robotics
emerging computing paradigms
architectures

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 60 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-01-05 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-09-01 00:00:00
Starting 2027-03-30 00:00:00

Application deadline not specified.
Starting 2027-09-29 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-03-01 00:00:00

Language

English

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IELTS

6.5

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Credits

81 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Portland, United States

Disciplines

Electrical Engineering Computer Sciences View 109 other PhDs in Electrical Engineering in United States

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Academic requirements

GPA

2.7

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

A degree in electrical engineering or a related field. Admission directly to the Ph.D. program from a bachelor's degree program is possible but students are usually encouraged to start with the MS program.

The following application items are required for the ECE Department:

Statement of purpose
The GRE is no longer required for the ECE PhD application
3 references
Unofficial transcripts
Writing sample

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

12943 USD / year

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Out-of-State

12943 USD / year

≈ 12943 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

8958 USD / year

≈ 8958 USD / year

Living costs

Portland

United States

1271 - 2262 USD / month

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Overview

About the program

Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

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Credits

Delivered

Campus Location

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Tuition Fees

International Applies to you

Domestic

Living costs

Portland

Funding

Scholarships Information

Available Scholarships

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