Accelerated Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering
This accelerated program lets undergraduate students begin taking graduate-level courses during their final years of undergrad, saving time and money while deepening expertise and advancing careers sooner.
Accelerated Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering
Undergraduate students at UM that are interested in graduate study in Electrical Engineering can get a head start through the Accelerated Master’s Degree Program.
Undergraduate students that would like to qualify for the Accelerated Master's Degree Program must meet the following requirements:
- Major in BSEE or BSCpE
- 3.25 minimum GPA
- 92 completed credit hours as an undergraduate
Number of credit hours a student can earn towards the graduate degree while completing their undergraduate studies:
- 15 credit hours (allowing two 500-level graduate courses to double as both undergraduate and graduate credit)
Courses undergraduate students in the Accelerated Master's Degree can take to earn credit towards the graduate degree:
- ELEC 5730: Microwave Engineering—elective for UG majors
- ELEC 5750: Introduction to Antennas—elective for UG majors
- ELEC 5840: Wireless Mobile Communications—elective for UG majors
- ELEC 5850: Digital Communications—elective for UG majors
- ELEC 5870: Digital Signal Processing—elective for UG majors
- ENGR 6260: Numerical Methods in Electromagnetics
- MATH 5851: Mathematical Statistics I
- MATH 5852: Mathematical Statistics II
- CSCI 5561: Computer Networks
- PHYS 5850: Intermediate Electromagnetic Theory I
- PHYS 5860: Intermediate Electromagnetic Theory II
Remember: For students who participated in the accelerated program prior to fall of 2026, 500-level courses for graduate credit required the student to reserve the course for graduate credit. A student who did not do so will be unable to use the 500-level course for the graduate degree and it will be considered the same as a course between 5000 and 5499 in the new course-numbering system.
Students enrolled for the graduate credit in a 5500- to 5999-level course must complete the graduate work. Should they decide they do not wish to do so, they need to work with the instructor, their dean's office, and the Registrar to change their enrollment to the appropriate undergraduate course number. Otherwise, they will be graded based on the criteria for the graduate course number.
Meet the Graduate Program Coordinator
If you have any questions about the Accelerated Master's Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering, don't hesitate to reach out! I'm always happy to help anyway I can.
Lei Cao
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering