Master of Engineering 

The Master of Engineering (Major in Electrical Engineering) Degree Program

This program is open to distance learning students only.

Purpose: The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Naval Postgraduate School offers a program leading to the degree MEng(EE), Master of Engineering with a major in Electrical Engineering. The MEng (EE) degree is a coursework based degree. Its goal is to provide the academic background and education to prepare students who are practicing engineers to analyze and to specify characteristics of electronic systems and to design component parts of such systems.

Electrical Engineer Degree

Students with strong academic backgrounds may enter a program leading to the degree Electrical Engineer.

A minimum of 96 total graduate credits is required for the award of the engineer's degree of which at least 24 must be in accepted thesis research and at least 54 credits must be in Electrical and Computer Engineering courses.

At least 36 of the total hours are to be in courses in the sequence 4000 - 4999. Approval of all programs must be obtained from the Chairman, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Master of Science in Computer Engineering (MSCE)

The MSCE program provides both a broad-based education in traditional computer hardware and software related subjects while at the same time concentrating on military-relevant Computer Engineering tops such as Computer Security, High-Speed Networking, Distributed and Parallel computing, and Fault Tolerant computing. 

  IGEP (ECE)

NPS has an in-residence, one-year Immediate Graduate Education Program (IGEP). Each year’s program typically begins in July and ends the following June. Bowman scholars sent to NPS for a 4-aquarter program fall under the IGEP Program. Bowman scholars enrolled in the Electrical/Electronic systems Curriculum may earn a

• Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering (MSEE) or
• a Master of Sciences in Engineering Sciences (focus in Electrical Engineering)  (MSES-EE)

depending on their undergraduate background.
Bowman scholars with a BSEE degree will earn a MSEE Degree by completing requirements for the MSEE Degree (a set of 9 to 10 graduate level courses which include the selection of a focus area and one to two elective courses). BSSE, or BSCE degree holders may need on average an additional two undergraduate courses to satisfy the undergraduate equivalence requirements depending on their specific undergraduate backgrounds. 
Bowman scholars with a undergraduate degree in engineering fields other than EE, SE, or CE may earn a Master of Science in Engineering Sciences (focus in Electrical Engineering) by completing requirements for the MSES(EE) Degree and taking any required undergraduate level courses needed to meet minimum prerequisite to enroll in their selected graduate level courses.