通讯工程（也作通信工程、信息工程、电信工程Telecommunications Engineering）是电子工程的重要分支，也是其中一个基础学科。其基础是建立于应用数学中的数理方程。通过以电磁波、声波或光波的形式把信息通过电脉冲，从发送端传输到一个或多个接收端的信息传输和信号处理过程的学科。
| 常见学位 | B.Eng/B.E. |
| 典型职业及平均年薪 |
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| 签证敏感度 | 中等 |
| 高中课程准备 | 数学、计算机基础、网络设计 |
| 所属专业领域 | 工科 |
| 相关排名 | 2015USNEWS电子电气与通讯工程排名 |
课程列表
| 微处理器 | Microprocessors |
| 集成短路物理设计 | Integrated Circuited Physical Design |
| 信号、系统、转换 | Signals, Systems and Transforms |
| 数字数据传输 | Transmission of Digital Data |
| 软件工程学 | Software Engineering |
| 操作系统 | Operating Systems |
| 设备设计与仿真学 | Device Design and Simulation |
| 微波半导体设备 | Microwave Semiconductor Devices |
| 数字硬件设计 | Digital Hardware Design |
| 计算机系统结构 | Computer Architecture |
| 计算机网络 | Computer Networks |
| 集成电路处理 | Integrated Circuit Processing |
| 无线通信 | Wireless Communications |
| 数字信号处理 | Digital Signal Processing |
| 数字图像处理 | Digital Image Processing |
| 线性系统 | Linear Systems |
| 机器人与自动化系统 | Robotics and Automated Systems |
| 多变量控制系统 | Multivariable Control Systems |
| 电机与驱动器 | Electric Machines and Drives |
| 概率论与随机处理 | Probability and Stochastic Processes |
| 通信系统 | Communication Systems |
就业状况
通信工程学主要研究计算机、通信方向或所开设的专业的学院，主要从事计算机软件开发、电子信息处理等相关的行业。一般而言，该专业的典型的从业及其年薪（以美国为例）如下：
- 航空航天工程师：$98,430
- 航空电子技术员：$60,330
- 电气工程师：$86,560
- 网络工程师：$96,070
- 计算机硬件工程师（Computer Hardware Engineers）$103,980
- 工程技术员（Engineering Technicians）$60,830
- 网络与计算机系统管理员（Network and Computer Systems Administrator $76,320
2015USNews美国大学研究生电子电气与通讯工程专业排名
| 排名 | 院校 | 学费 | 工程专业研究生注册总人数 |
| #1 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA |
$43,210 per year (full-time) | 3,174 |
| #1 | Stanford University Stanford, CA |
$45,480 per year (full-time) | 3,517 |
| #1 | University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA |
$11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,322 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,936 |
| #4 | California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA |
$39,990 per year (full-time) | 569 |
| #4 | University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL |
$16,754 per year (in-state, full-time); $30,246 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,154 |
| #6 | Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA |
$11,324 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,330 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 4,576 |
| #7 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI |
$22,322 per year (in-state, full-time); $41,998 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,178 |
| #8 | Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA |
$40,000 per year (full-time) | 3,157 |
| #9 | Princeton University Princeton, NJ |
$40,170 per year (full-time) | 576 |
| #10 | Cornell University Ithaca, NY |
$29,530 per year (full-time) | 1,812 |
| #10 | Purdue University-West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN |
$10,332 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,134 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,333 |
| #12 | University of Texas-Austin (Cockrell) Austin, TX |
$9,564 per year (in-state, full-time); $17,506 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,397 |
| #13 | University of California-Los Angeles (Samueli) Los Angeles, CA |
$12,562 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,664 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,854 |
| #13 | University of Southern California (Viterbi) Los Angeles, CA |
$29,448 per year (full-time) | 4,857 |
| #15 | University of California-San Diego (Jacobs) La Jolla, CA |
$11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,322 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,715 |
| #15 | University of Maryland-College Park (Clark) College Park, MD |
$11,460 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,720 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,150 |
| #15 | University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI |
$11,858 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,184 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,940 |
| #18 | Ohio State University Columbus, OH |
$11,928 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,592 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,680 |
| #18 | Texas A&M University-College Station (Look) College Station, TX |
$227 per credit (in-state, full-time); $581 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,066 |
| #18 | University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA |
$12,991 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,093 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 765 |
| #21 | Johns Hopkins University (Whiting) Baltimore, MD |
$45,470 per year (full-time) | 3,296 |
| #21 | Rice University (Brown) Houston, TX |
$38,260 per year (full-time) | 760 |
| #21 | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN |
$14,708 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,990 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,928 |
| #24 | Columbia University (Fu Foundation) New York, NY |
$39,360 per year (full-time) | 2,827 |
| #24 | Pennsylvania State University-University Park University Park, PA |
$19,304 per year (in-state, full-time); $32,416 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,719 |
| #24 | University of Washington Seattle, WA |
$14,904 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,594 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,139 |
| #27 | Arizona State University (Fulton) Tempe, AZ |
$10,300 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,286 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,136 |
| #27 | Duke University (Pratt) Durham, NC |
$47,100 per year (full-time) | 981 |
| #27 | Harvard University Cambridge, MA |
$38,888 per year (full-time) | 449 |
| #27 | Northwestern University (McCormick) Evanston, IL |
$45,120 per year (full-time) | 1,799 |
| #27 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY |
$45,100 per year (full-time) | 783 |
| #27 | University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA |
$28,768 per year (full-time) | 1,609 |
| #27 | Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA |
$11,184 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,146 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,193 |
| #34 | North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC |
$7,173 per year (in-state, full-time); $19,511 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,929 |
| #34 | University of Arizona Tucson, AZ |
$10,508 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,380 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,041 |
| #34 | University of California-Davis Davis, CA |
$13,109 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,211 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,130 |
| #34 | University of Colorado-Boulder Boulder, CO |
$12,960 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,142 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,623 |
| #34 | University of Florida Gainesville, FL |
$12,642 per year (in-state, full-time); $30,035 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,739 |
| #39 | Boston University Boston, MA |
$43,970 per year (full-time) | 907 |
| #39 | Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey-New Brunswick Piscataway, NJ |
$15,552 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,704 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,162 |
| #41 | Brown University Providence, RI |
$44,608 per year (full-time) | 321 |
| #41 | Iowa State University Ames, IA |
$9,046 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,304 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,161 |
| #41 | Northeastern University Boston, MA |
$1,315 per credit (full-time) | 2,690 |
| #41 | University of California-Irvine (Samueli) Irvine, CA |
$13,812 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,914 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,325 |
| #41 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA |
$2,640 per year (in-state, full-time); $9,937 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 882 |
| #41 | University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA |
$14,358 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,682 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 655 |
| #41 | Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO |
$44,100 per year (full-time) | 879 |
| #48 | Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH |
$38,588 per year (full-time) | 633 |
| #48 | Michigan State University East Lansing, MI |
$621 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,220 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 897 |
| #48 | New York University Brooklyn, NY |
$1,363 per credit (full-time) | 2,365 |
| #48 | University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN |
$43,980 per year (full-time) | 484 |
| #48 | University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT |
$6,242 per year (in-state, full-time); $17,772 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,180 |
| #48 | Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN |
$1,747 per credit (full-time) | 495 |
| #48 | Yale University New Haven, CT |
$36,500 per year (full-time) | 196 |
| #55 | Dartmouth College (Thayer) Hanover, NH |
$45,445 per year (full-time) | 291 |
| #55 | University of Delaware Newark, DE |
$1,578 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,578 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 887 |
| #55 | University of Rochester Rochester, NY |
$1,395 per credit (full-time) | 605 |
| #58 | Clemson University Clemson, SC |
$9,392 per year (in-state, full-time); $19,536 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,427 |
| #58 | Drexel University Philadelphia, PA |
$29,295 per year (full-time) | 1,146 |
| #58 | Stony Brook University-SUNY Stony Brook, NY |
$9,870 per year (in-state, full-time); $18,350 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,393 |
| #58 | University of Iowa Iowa City, IA |
$8,106 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,690 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 412 |
| #58 | University of Pittsburgh (Swanson) Pittsburgh, PA |
$22,916 per year (in-state, full-time); $37,528 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,067 |
| #58 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA |
$23,058 per year (full-time) | 1,125 |
| #64 | Auburn University (Ginn) Auburn University, AL |
$8,262 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,786 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 883 |
| #64 | Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO |
$10,450 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,240 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 726 |
| #64 | Syracuse University Syracuse, NY |
$1,294 per credit (full-time) | 996 |
| #64 | University of California-Riverside (Bourns) Riverside, CA |
$11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,332 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 594 |
| #64 | University of California-Santa Cruz (Baskin) Santa Cruz, CA |
$11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,322 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 388 |
| #64 | University of Central Florida Orlando, FL |
$357 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,182 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,264 |
| #64 | University of Connecticut Storrs, CT |
$11,456 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,740 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 873 |
| #64 | University of Illinois-Chicago Chicago, IL |
$13,966 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,964 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,117 |
| #64 | University of Kansas Lawrence, KS |
$346 per credit (in-state, full-time); $810 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 637 |
| #64 | University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM |
$5,433 per year (in-state, full-time); $20,002 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 788 |
| #64 | University of Oklahoma Norman, OK |
$175 per credit (in-state, full-time); $675 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 555 |
| #64 | University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN |
$10,944 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,432 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 980 |
| #64 | University of Texas-Dallas (Jonsson) Richardson, TX |
$11,940 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,606 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,096 |
| #77 | Kansas State University Manhattan, KS |
$350 per credit (in-state, full-time); $790 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 468 |
| #77 | Lehigh University (Rossin) Bethlehem, PA |
$1,300 per credit (full-time) | 826 |
| #77 | Missouri University of Science & Technology Rolla, MO |
$6,661 per year (in-state, full-time); $17,199 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,196 |
| #77 | New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ |
$17,384 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,404 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,356 |
| #77 | Oregon State University Corvallis, OR |
$13,644 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,177 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 912 |
| #77 | Stevens Institute of Technology (Schaefer) Hoboken, NJ |
$30,200 per year (full-time) | 1,861 |
| #77 | Texas Tech University (Whitacre) Lubbock, TX |
$253 per credit (in-state, full-time); $607 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 728 |
| #77 | University at Buffalo-SUNY Buffalo, NY |
$9,870 per year (in-state, full-time); $18,350 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,801 |
| #77 | University of Houston (Cullen) Houston, TX |
$483 per credit (in-state, full-time); $837 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,208 |
| #77 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County Baltimore, MD |
$530 per credit (in-state, full-time); $878 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 634 |
| #77 | University of Texas-Arlington Arlington, TX |
$8,558 per year (in-state, full-time); $15,100 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,803 |
| #77 | Washington State University Pullman, WA |
$11,746 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,178 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 662 |
| #89 | Binghamton University-SUNY (Watson) Binghamton, NY |
$11,474 per year (in-state, full-time); $19,954 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 823 |
| #89 | Illinois Institute of Technology (Armour) Chicago, IL |
$1,204 per credit (full-time) | 1,587 |
| #89 | Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge Baton Rouge, LA |
$6,631 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,706 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 667 |
| #89 | Oklahoma State University Stillwater, OK |
$178 per credit (in-state, full-time); $728 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 928 |
| #89 | Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX |
$1,130 per credit (full-time) | 936 |
| #89 | Tufts University Medford, MA |
$27,472 per year (full-time) | 592 |
| #89 | University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH |
$12,522 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,036 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 870 |
| #89 | University of Hawaii-Manoa Honolulu, HI |
N/A | N/A |
| #89 | University of Kentucky Lexington, KY |
$10,772 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,838 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 518 |
| #89 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE |
$394 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,022 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 606 |
| #89 | University of North Carolina-Charlotte (Lee) Charlotte, NC |
$5,808 per year (in-state, full-time); $18,095 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 500 |
| #89 | Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA |
$9,541 per year (in-state, full-time); $20,338 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 248 |
| #89 | West Virginia University Morgantown, WV |
$8,280 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,906 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 698 |
| #102 | Brigham Young University (Fulton) Provo, UT |
$12,260 per year (full-time) | 389 |
| #102 | Clarkson University Potsdam, NY |
$1,324 per credit (full-time) | 204 |
| #102 | CUNY-City College (Grove) New York, NY |
$10,740 per year (in-state, full-time); $790 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 613 |
| #102 | Florida A&M University - Florida State University Tallahassee, FL |
$479 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,110 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 269 |
| #102 | George Washington University Washington, DC |
$1,440 per credit (full-time) | 1,701 |
| #102 | Mississippi State University (Bagley) Mississippi State, MS |
$6,672 per year (in-state, full-time); $16,860 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 590 |
| #102 | University of Arkansas-Fayetteville Fayetteville, AR |
$362 per credit (in-state, full-time); $855 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 459 |
| #102 | University of Missouri Columbia, MO |
$6,452 per year (in-state, full-time); $15,114 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 651 |
| #102 | University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI |
$11,532 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,606 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 231 |
| #102 | University of South Carolina Columbia, SC |
$12,378 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,698 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 534 |
| #102 | University of South Florida Tampa, FL |
$10,428 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,126 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 865 |
| #102 | University of Texas-San Antonio San Antonio, TX |
$260 per credit (in-state, full-time); $968 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 590 |
| #114 | Air Force Institute of Technology Wright Patterson AFB, OH |
N/A | N/A |
| #114 | George Mason University (Volgenau) Fairfax, VA |
$11,750 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,754 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,599 |
| #114 | Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI |
$14,202 per year (in-state, full-time); $14,202 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 907 |
| #114 | New Mexico State University Las Cruces, NM |
$5,398 per year (in-state, full-time); $18,821 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 471 |
| #114 | North Carolina A&T State University Greensboro, NC |
$3,270 per year (in-state, full-time); $14,351 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 369 |
| #114 | Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA |
$830 per credit (full-time) | 710 |
| #114 | Temple University Philadelphia, PA |
$853 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,150 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 260 |
| #114 | University of Alabama-Huntsville Huntsville, AL |
$8,912 per year (in-state, full-time); $20,774 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 729 |
| #114 | University of Colorado-Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, CO |
$7,341 per year (in-state, full-time); $13,041 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 294 |
| #114 | University of Dayton Dayton, OH |
$888 per credit (full-time) | 736 |
| #114 | University of Louisville (Speed) Louisville, KY |
$10,778 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,446 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 615 |
| #114 | Utah State University Logan, UT |
$6,678 per year (in-state, full-time); $20,276 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 420 |
| #114 | Wright State University Dayton, OH |
$12,514 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,258 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 831 |
| #127 | Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN |
$359 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,027 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 260 |
| #127 | University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL |
$9,450 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,950 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 339 |
| #127 | University of Idaho Moscow, ID |
N/A | N/A |
| #127 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth North Dartmouth, MA |
$2,071 per year (in-state, full-time); $8,099 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 199 |
| #127 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell (Francis) Lowell, MA |
$12,039 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,874 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 975 |
| #127 | University of Miami Coral Gables, FL |
$1,730 per credit (full-time) | 276 |
| #127 | University of New Hampshire Durham, NH |
$13,500 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,200 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 269 |
| #127 | University of Texas-El Paso El Paso, TX |
N/A | 498 |
| #127 | University of Vermont Burlington, VT |
$572 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,444 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 123 |
| #127 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI |
$11,596 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,061 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 397 |
| #127 | Wichita State University Wichita, KS |
$253 per credit (in-state, full-time); $638 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 754 |