美国电子工程(EE)申请主要二级方向竞争程度分析

美国电子工程(EE)申请主要二级方向竞争程度分析

不同方向的申请难度悬殊，EE包含的11个方向中，Communications应该是最难的，据我所知今年申请Cornell的有一半的人在申请Communications。而Communications group只是Cornell的一个不大的组。所以可以想象竞争是多么激烈。而且这和业界的情况也有关系，今年wireless communication的公司全球范围内裁员亏损，professor 手里也不会有钱，申请难度也就大大增加了。

1、通信与网络 Communications & Network

录取难度分析：EE下最热的方向，竞争异常激烈，可以不夸张的说，10个申请者里差不多有5个是申请此方向的。除了在GPA，G/T上有竞争力外（T高于580，G高于1100， GPA高于3.0可以说是申请TOP100学校的基本录取硬件条件），此外，还需要有相关的研究背景和实力。

此方向与信号处理，计算机，控制与光学等广泛交叉。适合有以上相关背景的人申请。

2、信号处理 Image, video, audio & speech processing

录取难度分析:就业前景比较广泛，因为该方向中各个分支都具有很强的应用性，可以应用在制造业，航空航天业，医学界，以及军事领域等等。取得AD的比较多，拿到RA/TA Fellow的中国学生很少，主要要求有一定从业基础以及应用实践经验，中国学生申请这个方向的学生比较缺乏经验因此获取奖学金的机会也不多。同样对于申请者的研究和实践经历比较看中,以去年一位申请者为例，本科，T：627+5.0, G：1290, GPA 3.4/4.0, 并且之前有不少相关研究经历，最后拿到了一个Auburn University（2006 US news综合排名86）的PhD录取，可见竞争的激烈程度.

3、计算机科学与工程 Computer engineering

录取难度分析：与CS广泛交叉，很多在国内学习计算机的学生也竞相申请，此方向更倾向于机器人，AI，以及密码学与信息安全方面，这些方向招收的国际学生较少，所以前期陶瓷很重要，问清楚教授是否招收国际学生。

以上三个方面为相对热门的分支方向，除此EE还包括：

4、电子电路 EleCTronics & integrate circuit

录取难度分析：可能其主要理解还是VLSI为主。国外不少做这个方向的faculty是CS的，所以有的把这个也归在CS里。应该说纯粹去 IC design这个只是非常应用的技术，而不是研究所应该做的工作，上了研究生或者是工作从事IC设计话这个体会应该比较深刻，或者ASIC那边的话。总之IC是十足的工程，基础是半导体和微电子. 基础不突破，上面的VLSI也只能是小打小闹。主要可以从事芯片开发，电子产品研发方面的工作，就业前景乐观，以手机生产商为代表的电子产品生产领域拥有着广阔的就业空间。招生量比较大，但生源一般，因此竞争并不是非常激烈。

5、系统与控制 Systems & controls

录取难度分析：研究鲁棒，多变量系统的标识等，偏理论的研究方向，相对比较枯燥乏味，申请者相对较少。竞争相对不是很激烈。

6、光子学与光学 Photons & Optics

录取难度分析：与物理方向有交叉，很多物理专业的学生也竞相申请，竞争相对激烈。但物理学的纯光学研究，主要研究光的基本性质；电子工程的光学主要研究通信类激光，区别还是很大的。本科和研究生期间的方向是集成光学和光纤通信器件以及信息与电子工程学系的非常适合申请。具有专业背景和数学功底很重要。有着较为扎实的数学基础，对于和信息科学相关的学科和科研工作是很重要的。因为21世纪是信息技术的世纪，而信息的处理、分析和传输离不开数学方法和数学工具的应用。

7、生物电气工程 Bioelectrical engineering　

录取难度分析：生物、生命科学是21世纪的最活跃学科之一，利用电气电子技术进行生物生命研究是美欧大学电气学科的特点，所以此方向同时要求申请者具有一定的生物和医学背景，申请的人不是很多，相对教冷，但前景非常好。

8、电磁学Electromagnetics

录取难度分析：研究领域涉及到了MSE，physics等其他学科。和此方向相近的学科和方向包括光学、光电子学、半导体器件等。其实Electromagnetics和Optoelectronics本来就是一家，因为只是微波和光的频率不同而已，所以思路也可以往这个方面想想。很多physics的学生申请。本科和研究生期间的方向是集成光学和光纤通信器件的很适合申请。

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING RANKINGS :

1. Massachusetts Inst of Technology

2. Stanford University

3. U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

4. University of California-Berkeley

5. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

6. California Institute Technology

7. Georgia Institute of Technology

8. Purdue University

9. University of Texas at Austin

10. Carnegie Mellon University

11. Univ of California-Los Angeles

12. University of Maryland College Park

13. Cornell University

14. Princeton University

15. Columbia University

16. University of Wisconsin-Madison

17. University of Southern California

18. University of Minnesota

19. Univ of California-Santa Barbara

20. Univ of California-San Diego

21. Texas A&M University

22. Ohio State University

23. R

ensselaer Polytechnic Inst

24. Polytechnic University

25. University of Washington

26. Rice University

27. Virginia Polytech Inst & State University

28. Pennsylvania State University

29. U of Massachusetts at Amherst

30. Yale University

31 University of Florida

32. North Carolina State University

33. University of California-Davis

34. Johns Hopkins University

35. Brown University

36. Arizona State University

37. Washington University

38 University of Colorado

39 Northwestern University

40. University of Arizona

41. University of Pennsylvania

42. State U of New York-Stony Brook

43 Utah State University

44. Rutgers State Univ-New Brunswick

45. University of Notre Dame

46. University of Rochester

47. University of California-Irvine

48. Drexel University

49. Syracuse University

50. Michigan State University

51. CUNY - Graduate School & Univ Center

52. Iowa State University

53. University Of Iowa

54. State Univ of New York-Buffalo

55. University of Virginia

56. Northeastern University

57. University of Rhode Island

58. Case Western Reserve Univ

59. Auburn University

60. University of Illinois at Chicago

61. Colorado State University

62. oregon State University

63. Texas at Arlington

64. Pittsburgh

65. Duke University

66. University of Tennessee-Knoxville

67. Lehigh University

68. Naval Postgraduate School

69. Texas Tech University

70. George Washington University

71. Vanderbilt University

72. University of Kansas

73. Clemson University

74. Clarkson University

75. New Mexico State University

76. Southern Methodist University

77. University of Central Florida

78. University of Delaware

79. University of Connecticut

80. Washington State University

81. University of Missouri-Rolla

82. Boston University

83. Missouri-Columbia

84. Illinois Institute of Technology

85. Ohio University

86. Air Force Inst of Technology

87. University of Cincinnati

88. West Virginia University

89. Wayne State University

90. University of Houston

91. Worcester Polytechnic Inst

92. Brigham Young University

93. Stevens Inst of Technology

94. University of Oklahoma

95. Alabama-Huntsville

96. Wisconsin-Milwaukee

97. Kentucky

98. Univ of Southwestern Louisiana

99. University_of_Miami

100. Louisiana State U & A&M College

COMPUTER SCIENCE RANKINGS:

1. Stanford University

2. Massachusetts Inst of Technology

3. University of California-Berkeley

4. Carnegie Mellon University

5. Cornell University

6. Princeton University

7. University of Texas at Austin

8. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

9. University of Washington

10. University of Wisconsin-Madison

11. Harvard University

12. California Institute Technology

13. Brown University

14. University of California-Los Angeles

15. Yale University

16. University of Maryland College Park

17. New York University

18. U of Massachusetts at Amherst

19. Rice University

20. University of Southern California

21. University of Michigan

22. Columbia University

23. of California-San Diego

24. University of Chicago

25. University of Pennsylvania

26. Purdue University

27. Rutgers State Univ-New Brunswick

28. Duke University

29. U of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

30. University of Rochester

31. State U of New York-Stony Brook

32. Georgia Institute of Technology

33. University of Arizona

34. California-Irvine

35. University of Virginia

36. Indiana University

37. Johns Hopkins University

38. Northwestern University

39. Ohio State University

40. University of Colorado

41. University of Utah

42. oregon Graduate Inst Sci & Tech

43. Pittsburgh

44. Syracuse University

45. University of Pennsylvania a

46. University of Florida

47. University of Minnesota

48. Univ of California-Santa Barbara

49. Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst

50. University of California-Santa Cruz

51. University of Illinois at Chicago

52. Washington University

53. Michigan State University

54. Pennsylvania State University

55. CUNY - Grad Sch & Univ Center

56. Dartmouth College

57. Boston University

58. California-Davis

59. State Univ of New York-Buffalo

60. North Carolina State University

61. Arizona State University

62. University of Iowa

63. Texas A&M University

64. oregon

65. Kentucky

66. Virginia Polytech Inst & State University

67. Case Western Reserve Univ

68. George Washington University

69. South Florida

70. Temple University

71. oregon State University

72. Univ of Southwestern Louisiana

73. Vanderbilt University

74. University of Nebraska-Lincoln

75. University of Houston

76. University of Texas at Dallas

77. Louisiana State U & A&M College

78. Iowa State University

79. New Mexico State University

80. Wayne State University

81. Washington State University

82. Kansas State University

83. Central Florida

84. Naval Postgraduate School

85. University of Texas at Arlington

86. University of Kansas

87. Alabama-Huntsville

88. Old Dominion University

89. U of Maryland Baltimore County

90. Southern Methodist University

91. Illinois Institute of Technology

92. Connecticut

93. South Carolina

94. North Texas

95. Florida State University

96. Lehigh University

97. University of Mass-Lowell

98. University of Alabama-Birmingham

99. Mississippi State University

100. Kent State University