Why Choose UF?

 

Choosing a college is one of life's most important decisions. Your college choice, after all, is more than a name on a diploma. It's about place, about people, and most of all, about you.

The University of Florida is a major, public, comprehensive, land-grant, research university. A member of the Association of American Universities, Florida is among the nation's leading research universities as categorized by the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education. Florida has 21 colleges and schools and more than 100 research, service and education centers, bureaus and institutes. More than 100 undergraduate majors are offered. Florida ranks fourth in the nation among public universities and tenth among all universities in the number of freshmen National Merit Scholars in atendance. Florida also ranks second among all public universities and fourth among all institutions in the number of National Achievement Scholars in attendance. Florida ranks 13th among all universities (public and private) in the number of U. S. patents awarded and eighth among all universities in royalty income.

The Electrical and Computer Engineering undergraduate program is ranked 12th among public universities and 19th among public and private universities as reported by U. S. News and World Report for 2003. The ECE graduate program is ranked 24th among public universities and 30th among public and private universities as reported by U. S. News and World Report for 2003.

The ECE department is the largest department at the University for degree-track student enrollment and our research expenditures exceeded $9.47 million for 2002. With high quality students and outstanding faculty, the department is well poised to achieve its mission of excellence. Some indicators of our faculty recognition include 23 IEEE Fellows, four IEEE Life Fellows, six Fellows of other engineering societies, eight received awards from the National Science Foundation, and one is a member of the National Academy of Engineering. The ECE faculty typically author over 100 journal articles each year.

Because of our size and emphasis on quality, we can provide unmatched diversity and richness of educational and research experiences.

As boundaries across disciplines become fuzzy, many of our faculty members work across these focus areas -- even across departments -- providing opportunities for students to experience interdisciplinary research and education.

Our graduates find jobs with Lucent Technologies, MicroSystems, Inc, Motorola, Intel, Texas Instruments, IBM, Intellon, Boeing, Exxon, McDonald Douglas, Harris Corporation, Honeywell, United Space Alliance, Advanced Micro Devices, General Electric, Arris Interactive, just to name a few.