Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Master of Science (MSc)
Thesis-based program
Program overview
Students with a bachelor degree who aspire to grow their talents will enjoy the Electrical and Computer Engineering (MSc Thesis) program. The research-based degree usually takes students two years of full-time study beyond a bachelor’s degree, placing them at the heart of a group of like-minded researchers who are looking at challenging, real-world problems to find innovative, practical solutions. Successful students can go on to work in high-tech companies in positions such as research and development engineer, system/network architect, system designer, system engineer, application engineer, application developer, and software architect.
Completing this program
- Courses: Topics may include virtual environments, data mining, intelligent control, VLSI and SOC, multidimensional signal processing and more.
- Professional Development Courses: Students take two professional development courses on communication styles, presentation skills and more.
- Software Engineering Specialization: Topics may include modelling and measurement of software performance, advanced software testing and more.
- Thesis: Students will be required to submit and defend an original research thesis.
Specializations
- Master of Science (MSc) Thesis-based in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Software Engineering (offered jointly through the Department of Electrical and Software Engineering and the Department of Computer Science)
- Engineering, Energy and Environment Interdisciplinary
- Engineering, Environmental Interdisciplinary
- Energy and Environmental Systems Interdisciplinary
- Wearable Technology Interdisciplinary
- Medical Imaging Interdisciplinary
Outcomes
Electrical energy, electronics, control, and instrumentation, telecommunications, information and communications technology, computer, software, oil and gas, medical, biomedical, automotive.
A master’s degree in electrical and computer engineering will give you the pre-requisite for a PhD.
Thesis-based program
Students are required to prepare a thesis and successfully defend in an open oral defense.
Courses
Four to seven courses including three in the area of specialization
Learn more about program requirements in the Academic Calendar
Classroom delivery
Time commitment
Expected completion time 20 months; four years maximum; part-time available
Supervisor
A supervisor is required, but is not required prior to the start of the program
Fees and funding
See the Graduate Calendar for information on fees and fee regulations, and for information on awards and financial assistance.
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Supervisors
Learn about faculty available to supervise this degree.\ Please note: additional supervisors may be available. Contact the program for more information.
Seeking Students
6G, Foundation Models and Trustworthy AI , Wireless Sensing , AI-Powered Brain Computer Interfaces, Extended Reality Networking 2. Ann Barcomb
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Software engineering, open source software, human and social aspects of software engineering, human factors, research methods, collaboration, community management 3. Leo Belostotski
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RF and Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuits and Systems 4. Colin Dalton
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Electrokinetic Microsystems, Microneedles, Brain-machine interfaces 5. Lorenzo De Carli
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Network Security, Software Security, Usable Security 6. Ronnie de Souza Santos
Seeking Students
Human Aspects of Software Engineering, Software Fairness, Software Testing, Software Engineering Education 7. Novarun Deb
Accepting Inquiries
Requirements Engineering, Transient Micro-services, MLOps and Advanced DevOps 8. Vahid Dehghanian
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Signal Processing, Indoor Positioning, Wireless Positioning, Simultaneous Location and Mapping (SLAM) 9. Gouri Ginde Deshpande
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Software Engineering, Requirements Engineering, Machine Learning, NLP, Data Analytics 10. Steve Drew
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Distributed Learning Systems, Edge Computing, Container orchestration systems and AIOps, Blockchain Services
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Admission Requirements
GPA
A minimum of 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 point system, over the past two years of full-time study (a minimum of 10 full-course equivalents or 60 units) of the undergraduate degree.
Minimum education
A four year baccalaureate degree, or equivalent from a recognized institution.
Work samples
None
Documents
None
Reference letters
Two
Test scores
None
For the software engineering specialization
At least one year of experience in software development.
Background knowledge and interest in software engineering methods and concepts, and their applications.
An ability to design and develop software systems in either an academic or industrial setting.
Knowledge of object-oriented design and human-computer interaction.
4 courses and an applied software engineering project written up as a Master of Science thesis.
English language proficiency (ELP)
An applicant whose primary language is not English may fulfill the English language proficiency requirement in different ways. For accepted criteria, please refer to the program “Admissions” tab in the Academic Calendar.
*Please contact your program of interest if you have any questions about ELP requirements.
Deadlines
For admission on September 1:
- Canadians and permanent residents: Jan. 31 application deadline
- International students: Jan. 31 application deadline
For admission on January 1:
- Canadians and permanent residents: Apr. 30 application deadline
- International students: Apr. 30 application deadline
If you're not a Canadian or permanent resident, or if you have international credentials, make sure to learn about international requirements
Are you ready to apply?
Learn more about this program
Department of Electrical and Software Engineering
ICT (Information and Communications Technology) 402\ 2500 University Drive NW\ Calgary, AB T2N 1N4\ 403.220.7596
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Schulich School of Engineering
University of Calgary\ 2500 University Drive NW\ Calgary, AB T2N 1N4
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