Electrical and Computer Engineering | UC Santa Barbara | Electrical and Computer Engineering | UC Santa Barbara

Recent News

UCSB Profs. John Martinis & Michel Devoret receive the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics
U.S. News – ECE & COE ranks among 2025 Nation's Best Graduate Engineering Schools
THE's 2025 Interdisciplinary Science Rankings places UCSB at No. 8 worldwide

Admissions

Undergraduate: UCSB Office of Admissions — Dates & Deadlines for Freshman & Transfer Applicants | How to Apply
Graduate: Application Portal Opens Sept 2025 – Learn at UCSB Graduate Division | Application & Checklist | ECE Prospective Students & Apply

Announcements

COE named The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering – Mehrabian served as the 4th engineering dean at UCSB from 1983-1990

Dr. Dennis Assanis appointed as UC Santa Barbara’s chancellor

Our Research

Mishra, DenBaars, Nakamura, Speck: Gallium Nitride research at UC Santa Barbara

Mishra, DenBaars, Nakamura, Speck: Gallium Nitride research at UC Santa Barbara

Spotlight

Nakamura – Why It Was Almost Impossible to Make the Blue LED

Spotlight

Blumenthal: Chip-scale Cold Atoms & QS in the Field

Blumenthal: Chip-scale Cold Atoms & QS in the Field

News

Miolane – “HerBrain” a TIME 2025 Top Invention

Miolane: “HerBrain” a TIME Magazine 2025 Top Invention

News

Blumenthal – Joins NSF's Nat'l Quantum Virtual Lab

Blumenthal: Joins NSF's Nat'l Quantum Virtual Laboratory

Çamsari & Chowdhury "p-computers Keep Winning"

Çamsari & Chowdhury "p-computers Keep Winning"

Nanofab "Uplifting the Local Semiconductor Industry"

Nanofab "Uplifting the Local Semiconductor Industry"

ECE Seminar Series

ECE Seminar Series

Our Spotlights

photo of ahmadi

Ahmadi – Q & A with the RMCOE

Mishra – UCSB’s New R&D Facility OASIS

Mishra – UCSB’s New R&D Facility OASIS

DenBaars Q&A: IEE & SLEEC

DenBaars Q & A: IEE & SLEEC

Our Recent Honors

Mostofi & Korany receive the IEEE ComSoc Outstanding Paper Award

Mostofi & Korany – IEEE ComSoc Outstanding Paper Award