Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

From smartphones and innovative electric cars to intricate medical devices and alternate energy systems, electrical and computer engineering are the industries driving today’s technological discoveries. Join the ranks of today’s most successful engineers through Kettering University’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

At Kettering, we know today’s students are tomorrow’s innovators. That’s why we offer electrical and computer engineering majors and minors myriad opportunities to use and experiment with leading-edge technology in top-notch research labs, regardless of the electrical or computer engineering degree program you choose.

From ABET-accredited bachelor’s degrees to electrical engineering master’s degrees and beyond, Kettering's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering offers small class sizes, hands-on learning opportunities and co-op programs that will help you develop the skills and knowledge you need to stand out from your peers after graduation.

Kettering’s learning-while-doing approach to honing valuable skills, combined with our rigorous coursework in electrical and computer engineering will help you land an exciting and challenging career in one of a plethora of fields just after graduation.

There’s more to electrical and computer engineering than simply learning about circuits, electronics and electrical machines. Through the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Kettering, you’ll have ample hands-on learning opportunities to design, build, test and use them, too. 

From our exciting and challenging curriculum to our experiential learning opportunities, you’ll find that the electrical and computer engineering degree programs at Kettering are unrivaled. As a computer engineering major or electrical engineering major at Kettering, you’ll prepare to join a network of successful engineers.

At Kettering, not only will you be attending a highly respected institution with a long history of preparing brilliant engineers, but we have numerous other benefits to offer you, too.

Our co-op model

As you earn your electrical or computer engineering degree, you’ll gain real-world, on-the-job experience you can add to your resume by alternating classroom work with hands-on experiences in the field. You’ll work with one of our 420 Kettering employer partners, including Tesla, General Motors and Microsoft.

On-campus student groups

No matter which electrical and computer engineering degree you pursue, we have active student groups to help you network and collaborate with future engineers like you. At Kettering, electrical engineering majors and computer engineering majors alike belong to student chapters of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Electrical and Computer Engineering honor society, Eta Kappa Nu (IEEE-HKN), as well as our student electric go-kart group, EV-Kartz, and others.

Leading labs

From your first week on campus, you’ll test and grow your skills in our cutting-edge labs that focus on mobility, power electronics and haptics. As an electrical engineering major, you’ll study and work with circuits, electronics and electrical machines. As a computer engineering major, you’ll have labs that focus on digital systems, microcomputers and computer networks.