The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Johns Hopkins is committed to providing a rigorous educational experience that prepares students for further study and successful careers, and is dedicated to research that contributes to fundamental knowledge in both analytical and experimental aspects of the field.

The mission of our undergraduate programs is to provide a stimulating and flexible curriculum in fundamental and advanced topics in electrical and computer engineering, basic sciences, mathematics, and humanities, in an environment that fosters development of analytical, computational, and experimental skills and that involves students in design projects and research experiences. At the graduate level, our mission is to provide advanced training that prepares master’s graduates to work at the forefront of knowledge in their chosen specialty, and prepares doctoral students for original research that will advance the frontiers of knowledge in their chosen areas.

The department focuses its teaching and research programs in three major areas:
(1) Computer Engineering
(2) Systems, Communications, and Signal Processing
(3) Solid State and Quantum Electronics  

The faculty offers undergraduate courses at both the introductory and intermediate levels in these areas, and graduate courses leading to research topics at the forefront of current knowledge. Guided individual study projects available for undergraduates provide opportunities for student participation in activities in the department and in the research of the faculty. In the graduate program, original research in close association with individual faculty members is emphasized.