Electrical Engineering

Electrical engineers have revolutionized human lives by delivering electricity and many gadgets that use that electricity to improve our lives. It's only when the power goes out that we realize how much we rely on electricity.

Electrical engineers search for creative and effective ways to control our buildings, automobiles, and appliances. Our phones now do much more than allow us to call home. Our computers not only enable us to type a term paper, but also can replace books, televisions, and cameras.

In the coming decades, electrical engineers will be called upon to deliver renewable electricity even after the sunsets on days when the wind isn't blowing and to design sensors and circuits that enable autonomous vehicles, higher speed communication and things we haven't even dreamed of today.

The Electrical Engineering program at UC Merced is brand new, accepting its first cohort of students in Fall 2023. The program is designed to teach engineering fundamentals in the first two years followed by advanced electrical engineering courses in the second two years.

When filling out your coursework and marks/grades, refer to the Intermediate School Certificate (Shahadat Al Kafa’at Al Mutawassita) and the General Secondary Education Certificate (GSEC) (Shahadat Al-Marhalat Al-Thanawiyyat) for accuracy.

Submitting official documents (after you are admitted to UC)

After you are accepted to UC, you must submit both of the following documents by July 1 to the UC campus where you plan to enroll:

• An official Intermediate School Certificate (Shahadat Al Kafa’at Al Mutawassita) with courses listed and grades received for each course; and
• An official General Secondary Education Certificate (GSEC) (Shahadat Al-Marhalat Al-Thanawiyyat) with courses listed and grades received for each course, indicating completion of required high school courses with above average grades.

Both certificates must:

• Indicate completion of the following subjects in an academic, non-vocational secondary program: history/economics, Arabic, foreign language (English), laboratory science, mathematics (including geometry and second year algebra at a minimum);
• Include course title and grades received; a minimum average of 75 percent is needed for consideration with no grade lower than 60 percent.

• Electrical engineer
• Electronics engineer
• RF Engineer
• Solar engineer
• Electrical designer
• Hardware engineer
• Circuits engineer
• Electrical controls engineer
• Power systems engineer