The mission of the electrical engineering program, consistent with the Missouri S&T campus mission statements, is the education of students to fully prepare them to provide leadership in the recognition and solution of society's problems in the area of electrical engineering.
The department of electrical and computer engineering offers graduate programs of study in electrical engineering that lead to graduate certificates, the M.S. degree (thesis and non-thesis options), the Ph.D. degree and the doctor of engineering degree. All of these programs can be pursued on the Rolla campus. The M.S. programs are also available through distance education. Permission to pursue a doctoral degree through distance education is granted on a case-by-case basis. Most graduate programs in electrical engineering normally include some specialization in one or more of the following six emphasis areas of electrical engineering.