Electronics Engineering Colleges

University of Pennsylvania

• Founded in 1740, the University of Pennsylvania is an Ivy League college with approximately 9,750 undergraduate students. In 2010, U.S. News and World Report ranked the University of Pennsylvania fourth among all universities in the United States. Admission to the school is highly selective; less than 20 percent of those who apply receive an invitation to attend the school, according to the 2009 Barron's Profiles of American Colleges. The university's electrical engineering bachelor's programs allows students to specialize in microelectronics. Students in the program can obtain credit for completing international service-learning engineering projects such as Penn Engineers Without Borders; completing an international internship; or studying at an engineering program in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and Latin America. Master's and doctoral programs in the field are also offered at the school.

  University of Pennsylvania
  3451 Walnut St.
  Philadelphia, PA 19104
  215-898-7507
  upenn.edu

Georgia Institute of Technology

• Commonly referred to as Georgia Tech, Georgia Institute of Technology is a public institution in Atlanta. The school received the 35th-place ranking among all universities in the United States from U.S. News and World report in 2010 and is home to nearly 13,000 undergraduate students. Undergraduate electrical engineering majors have the option of focusing their studies on digital design and microelectronics. All students in the program have the opportunity to obtain credit for working with faculty on research. A co-operative education program is also available, allowing students to alternate semesters of paid work experience in a field related to their major with semesters of coursework toward the major. The university offers a combined degree program in the field, in which they study at Georgia Tech for five years and graduate with both Bachelor and Master of Science degrees. Traditional master's and doctoral degrees are also granted.

  Georgia Institute of Technology
  225 North Ave. Northwest
  Atlanta, GA 30332
  404-894-4154
  gatech.edu

California State University at Sacramento

• Established in 1947, California State University at Sacramento is a public, four-year institution. The school is home to more than 24,000 undergraduate students, 99 percent of whom are from California, according to the 2009 Barron's Profiles of American Colleges. Criminal justice, business administration, communications and nursing are the college's highest-rated and largest of the school's 60 academic programs and majors. The university's electronic engineering program covers topics like robotics, circuitry and digital and analog design. The university offers a number of for-credit internships and paid cooperative work programs. A semester study in Washington, D.C. and study abroad in a dozen countries worldwide are also available for students.

  California State University at Sacramento
  6000 J St.
  Sacramento, CA 95819
  916-278-3901
  csus.edu