MSECE Professional Master's Program (Project Track)

Overview

The project track of the MSECE professional master's program, designed with significant input from industry, will allow you to develop technical and professional skills to accelerate your career advancement in industry or prepare you for success in Ph.D. studies. The 2-semester Ideas to Innovation Project courses (I2I-1, I2I-2) provide an opportunity to develop technical depth via a team project that is comparable in scope to a six-credit MS thesis but focused on engineering design rather than research. Through the I2I courses and other track-specific courses, you will also develop project definition, project management and writing/presentation skills which are highly valued in industry.

Program Highlights

  • Ideas to Innovation Project Course: A special highlight of the program is the 2-semester design course in which you start with a general topic provided by Purdue’s world-class faculty and industry mentors, refine it into a specific project focus/goals and develop a state-of-the-art solution to a real-world problem.
  • Interact with Industry Leaders: Company mentors and Purdue faculty suggest project topics and provide technical mentorship for project teams. There are opportunities to interact with distinguished guest lecturers.
  • Build Technical Depth and Breadth: Design a plan of study that matches your interests.
  • Rise Above Your Peers: Develop your professional skills, including teamwork, communication, and project definition/management skills.
  • Learn and Network: Request a travel grant of up to $1,000 to attend a conference or technology expo.
  • Prepare for the Next Step: Take advantage of career advice, placement services, and tight connections to industry and to the Purdue alumni network.
  • Concentration: Earn a graduate concentration as you earn the MSECE to fine-tune your credential.

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Ideas to Innovation Project

Each team identifies, proposes, and initiates work towards their project using proven techniques from industry.

  • Team Formation: Projects will require expertise in multiple areas with ECE (i.e., software, circuit design, power, etc.), so teams will include students with different backgrounds and technical areas of concentration.
  • Project Selection: Ideas for project may come from ECE faculty or from other sources. You do not need to identify a project before the Ideas to Innovation course begins.
  • Develop your portfolio and skillset: Gain technical, product-development, project-management, and professional skills that will set you apart from your peers.

Degree Requirements

The project track MSECE professional master's program requires students to take the following coursework:

  • One ECE core course (3 credits)
  • One math course (3 credits)
  • Ideas to Innovation coursework:
    • Ideas to Innovation I and II (6 credits total)
    • Communication for Engineering Leaders (1 credit)
    • Additional 2 credits of coursework from a selected list on topics such as innovation, entrepreneurship, project management, leadership, communication, etc.
  • An additional 13 credit hours of ECE or other technical coursework

See full details on our Project Track MSECE Professional Master's Degree Requirements page.

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Application Deadline

For Fall Start:

  • Priority consideration, December 1
  • Final, April 1

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