Welcome to Visit Wisconsin ECE!
At UW–Madison ECE, research is at the heart of your educational experience. Our graduate students collaborate with faculty who are leading breakthroughs in areas such as AI, robotics, energy, and quantum technologies. If you’re ready to turn bold ideas into impact, our program gives you the tools, mentorship, and resources to do it.
If you have questions about the application process or any of our programs, we encourage you to explore our website and reach out via email to ecegradadmission@engr.wisc.edu
ECE grad news & info
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Your guide to the electrical and computer engineering PhD program at UW–Madison
Choosing to pursue a PhD is a big decision. Beyond earning an advanced degree, it is an opportunity to become an expert in an area you’re passionate about, work alongside leading researchers, and contribute to discoveries that can shape the future. This guide shares more about what the ECE PhD experience is like and what opportunities available to our graduate students.
MS & PhD research
What to expect from grad student lab life—from a professor’s POV
ECE Associate Professor Joshua San Miguel shares a faculty prospective about what research lab life is like in ECE at Wisconsin.
PhD student life
Thinking about a PhD? Electrical and computer engineering students answer questions they once had
PhD students Subham Sabud, Paridhi Gupta and Debarati Sen share the questions they had when choosing a PhD program—and what they’ve learned since.
student research
Tiny quantum nanostructures could make AI less of an energy hog
Led by electrical and computer engineering PhD students Qingyi Zhou and Jungmin Kim, computer science PhD student Yutian Tao, and ECE Professor Zongfu Yu, research into a new technology that would make AI systems faster and more energy efficient was published in the journal Nature Communications.
student research
PhD students win major awards at Design Automation Conference
Members of the eLab Research Group received major awards at DAC 2026, The Chips to System Conference, considered the oldest and most prestigious conference in electronic design automation and semiconductor-system design.