PhD in Electrical & Computer Engineering

A bachelors degree from an accredited and recognized college or university.

All applicants are required to upload unofficial transcripts as part of the online application.

All applicants must provide the name and email address for 3 individuals who have agreed to provide letters of recommendation. The Electrical and Computer Engineering Department prefers letters from academic faculty. However, applicants may choose to provide ONE letter from a professional reference. The application allows for 4 letters to be submitted. Only the first 3 letters are guaranteed to be reviewed. Applicants may choose to provide a 4th letter if they wish.

A Resume/CV is required from all applicants. Please upload the Resume/CV onto the “Supporting Documents” section of the application.

The UCLA Graduate Division has changed their application format only allowing applicants to submit a 500-word limit Statement of Purpose (SOP). Applicants applying to the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department may still submit a two-page SOP by uploading the document as part of the ‘Supporting Documents’ section. We ask that in the SOP section you type the following message “SOP uploaded in the supporting documents section” so that we are aware that you are attaching a two-page SOP. The Statement of Purpose (SOP) should be precise and brief. The statement should be no more than 2 pages and should contain only those personal details that would aid the admissions review process. The SOP is also used to match admitted students with assigned advisors. All applicants are encouraged to be as specific as possible in their SOP. General descriptions such as “Electrical Engineering” are not specific enough. Indicating what branch of Electrical Engineering (such as communications, signal processing, controls, etc.) interests you is much more helpful in the review and advisor matching process.

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