US News and World Report ranks the Electrical Engineering graduate program at WSU 68th among approximately 180 PhD granting EE programs in the U.S.

The School of EECS Power Systems Engineering program is ranked 11th nationally in research expenditure.

EECS's world-class faculty includes a member of the National Academy of Engineering and six Fellows of national professional societies such as IEEE and Institute of Physics, as well as a Regent Professor in the department.

EECS graduate students have been nationally recognized, including

• two National Science Foundation (NSF) Fellowship recipients,

• one Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Fellowship recipient, and

• three NSF Honorable Mention awards.

Approximately 50% of our new graduate students in the last four years have been U.S. citizens or permanent residents.

School of EECS has a research-active MS program that feeds its PhD program: Approximately 90% of our MS students choose the thesis option degree and present a paper at a national or international conference. In 2006, three students received "best paper" awards in such conferences.