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Caltech
Electrical Engineering Division of Engineering and Applied Science

Established in 1910, Electrical Engineering (EE) at Caltech has an extended record of excellence and innovation. EE at Caltech emphasizes not only the fundamentals of physical (devices) and mathematical (systems) sides of EE, but also the multi-disciplinary nature of the field. It offers both undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity for study and research, both theoretical and experimental, in a wide variety of subjects.

Academic Programs

Featured Event

The Caltech and University of Chicago Conference on AI+Science
November 10-11, 2025

Events

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Ongoing

Registration for Winter Term

December 4, 2025 10:30 am

Guide to Teaching at Caltech!

December 4, 2025 11:00 am

Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Gates-Thomas 135
"Multiscale Models for Sea Ice"
December 5, 2025 12:00 am

Last Day of Classes for Fall Term

December 5, 2025 3:00 pm

EE Devices Seminar- Yasaman Ghasempour, Princeton U

Moore B270
Physics-guided Wireless Communication and Sensing above 100 GHz

News

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November 13, 2025
How Can AI Advance Understanding of the Brain?
November 7, 2025
AI+Science Conference Comes to Caltech
October 24, 2025
Pietro Perona's Vision: Visipedia and Its Lasting Impact on Computer Vision
October 20, 2025
Lihong Wang Elected to the National Academy of Medicine
October 15, 2025
Georgia Gkioxari Wins Packard Fellowship
September 12, 2025
Uniting the Light Spectrum on a Chip

Research Areas

Bio-Electronics, Bio-Optics, and Medical Imaging
Biological Information Science
Circuits and VLSI
Control and Learning
Devices
Electromagnetics, RF, Microwave Circuits, and Antennas
Energy and Sustainability
Information and Data Science
Information Theory
Learning, Pattern Recognition, and Neural Networks
MEMS and Micromachining
Networks and Wireless Communication
Optimization
Quantum Science and Engineering
Signal Processing
Vision