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Master of Science in Electrical Engineering

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Master of Science in Electrical Engineering

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Accredited degree in 12–24 months

Earn the same diploma as students on campus by completing 30 credit hours

$20,010 USD total tuition

Flexible pay-as-you-go, per-course basis

Admission is performance-based

Complete a series of courses with an overall GPA of 3.0 or higher to gain admission.

100% online learning

Pre-recorded lectures, rigorous assignments, and connection with peers and course facilitators.

Careers

Get ready for high-level career opportunities

Accelerate your career and prepare for the future of electrical engineering with CU Boulder’s Master of Science in Electrical Engineering offering focus areas in embedded systems, power electronics, and photonics and optics.

Elevated learning, available only at the master's level, is necessary for advancing your career in electrical engineering. There is increased demand for semiconductors which necessitates returning integrated circuit design, GPU, and manufacturing to the U.S.

The new digital economy, machine learning, and AI technologies depend on super-fast next-generation microprocessors that require electrical engineers to drive innovation.

The MS-EE on Coursera prepares you for engineering roles in rapidly growing industries such as technology for climate solutions, IoT, robotics, computer hardware/software, semiconductor machine learning, and much more.

Job availability and stability
The passage of the CHIPS Act, in the U.S. has created a high demand for skilled Electrical Engineers, which is generating an influx of new career opportunities across the industry.
Electrical engineering jobs are hot
Advances in the digital economy and machine learning are causing increased demand for new and high-paying electrical engineering jobs.
High earnings potential
The average annual salary of semiconductor industry workers in 2020 was $170,000.
See yourself working at a top company
Graduates of the department’s Electrical Engineering programs have gone on to become engineers at Intel, Lockheed Martin, Tesla, and Google.

Admissions Information

Questions? Email us at at msee-mooc@colorado.edu.

Important Dates

Enrollment Open: January 2 - February 21, 2025.

For-credit Course Access: January 13 - March 7, 2025.

Join us on February 28 for our Electrical Engineering for Everyone Webinar. Register here!

Grow your career in electrical engineering

Build your expertise in:

  • Embedded system engineering - used in industries such as aerospace and defense, energy, industrial automation, health care, networking and communication, security, transportation and more
  • Power electronics - key enabling technology in essentially all electronic systems and is increasingly important in the grid interface of renewable energy sources and in efficient electrical loads.
  • Photonics and Optics - gain a firm theoretical foundation on the generation, modulation, radiative or guided transmission, sensing, and detection of optical signals.

Advance your career

$170,000

Average salary of a semiconductor industry worker in the United States.

$50 billion

Given to revitalize the U.S. semiconductor industry, including $39 billion in semiconductor incentives as part of the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act.

200,000

Domestic jobs created under the CHIPS Act. According to the SIA.

Qualify for in-demand jobs in the following areas:

  • Computer Hardware / Software

  • Semiconductor Machine Learning

  • Robotics

  • Technology for Climate Solutions

  • Internet of Things (IoT)

Enrollment for Spring 1 session opens on January 2, 2025

Spring 1 enrollment closes on February 21, 2025.