电子工程（Electronics Engineering，缩写EE）表示的是一个广泛的工程领域，覆盖了很多子领域，包括仪器工程、通信工程、半导体电路设计，甚至计算机工程等等。是利用电子活动和效应的科学知识来设计、开发以及测试设备、系统或装备的一门工程学科。主要内容是：利用各种电子元件（二极管、电阻、电容、传感器等）研究、设计、测试及制作电子电路，以及完成集成电路、大规模集成电路的集成与布局等。
电子工程容易与电气工程（Electronical Engineering）混淆。电气工程所指代的涵义共分三种：最狭义时仅指电机工程；中等狭义时可指电机工程和电力工程两个领域；广义的电气工程可包括电子工程、电机工程和电力工程。其中，第二种涵义是最为常见的。
电子工程在广义时隶属电气工程，但通常都独立出来。电子工程与电气工程（第二种涵义）的区别在于，电子工程与计算机硬件、电子、微电子、集成电路相关的学科，作为信号用于搭载信号，涉及的电压通常较低；而电气工程更侧重关注电力的产生、输送等方面，常涉及较高的电压。
电子工程与通讯工程（或称通信工程）也极容易混淆，很多时候——包括许多高等学校自己——都不做区分。实际说来，电子工程所涉及的范畴较通讯工程广，凡是与电子、集成电路相关的领域都可以算作电子工程。从这个意义上来说，通讯工程、计算机工程等都可以算是电子工程的子领域。
另外，计算机工程、通信工程（或称通讯工程）、信号处理等都属于电子工程的范畴。
2013-2014QS世界排名电气工程前十学校：
电子工程容易与电气工程（Electronical Engineering）混淆。电气工程所指代的涵义共分三种：最狭义时仅指电机工程；中等狭义时可指电机工程和电力工程两个领域；广义的电气工程可包括电子工程、电机工程和电力工程。其中，第二种涵义是最为常见的。
电子工程在广义时隶属电气工程，但通常都独立出来。电子工程与电气工程（第二种涵义）的区别在于，电子工程与计算机硬件、电子、微电子、集成电路相关的学科，作为信号用于搭载信号，涉及的电压通常较低；而电气工程更侧重关注电力的产生、输送等方面，常涉及较高的电压。
电子工程与通讯工程（或称通信工程）也极容易混淆，很多时候——包括许多高等学校自己——都不做区分。实际说来，电子工程所涉及的范畴较通讯工程广，凡是与电子、集成电路相关的领域都可以算作电子工程。从这个意义上来说，通讯工程、计算机工程等都可以算是电子工程的子领域。
| 常见学位 | BS、MS、M.Eng |
| 典型职业及薪水 | 电子工程师：$95,250 |
| 签证敏感度 | 无 |
| 高中课程准备 | 理科 |
| 专业领域 | 工科 |
| 世界第一大学 | 麻省理工学院 |
| 相关排名 | 2015USNEWS电子电气与通讯工程排名 |
课程列表
传统的电子工程课程主要包括以下领域：电磁场理论、电子器件和电路、集成电路制造工艺、模拟电路和数字电路、布尔代数、信号与系统、控制系统、通信系统等。另外，计算机工程、通信工程（或称通讯工程）、信号处理等都属于电子工程的范畴。
著名高校
电子工程领域声誉卓著的学校大多以理工见长，按照排名选校时应主要以电气工程、通讯工程获工程学的排名为主。目前设有电气工程或通讯工程单项排名的常见排名有：QS世界排名、USNEWS美国排名和Times英国排名。2013-2014QS世界排名电气工程前十学校：
| 排名 | 学校中文名 | 英文名 | 国家 |
| 1 | 麻省理工学院 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | 美国 |
| 2 | 斯坦福大学 | Stanford University | 美国 |
| 3 | 加州大学伯克利分校 | University of California, Berkeley (UCB) | 美国 |
| 4 | 剑桥大学 | University of Cambridge | 英国 |
| 5 | 苏黎世联邦理工学院 | ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) | 瑞士 |
| 6 | 牛津大学 | University of Oxford | 英国 |
| 7 | 加州大学洛杉矶分校 | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) | 美国 |
| 8 | 帝国理工学院 | Imperial College London | 英国 |
| 9 | 哈佛大学 | Harvard University | 美国 |
| 10 | 新加坡国立大学 | National University of Singapore (NUS) | 新加坡 |
就业状况
电子工程专业毕业生的就业方向既宽泛又有针对性，通信、电气、电子，乃至机械、计算机行业都可算作电子工程毕业生——凡是少不了使用电路、电子元件的领域，就都会有电子工程师的身影。以美国为例，电子工程专业典型的从业职业及其薪水如下：
- 电子工程师（Electronics Engineers）：$95,250
- 计算机硬件工程师（Computer Hardware Engineers）：$103,980
- 电气&电子绘图师（Electrical and Electronics Drafters）：$58,490
- 电气电子技术员（Electrical and Electronics Engineering Technicians）：$58,070
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 |