Fall 2025 to see launch of electrical and computer engineering department at WWU
Unique from the other engineering programs, the new electrical and computer engineering department will offer a graduate program that was funded by the state in 2024.
The department invites current third-year students to take a handful of graduate-level courses in fall that can eventually be applied to a fifth-year Bachelor of Science or Master of Science program, said Klein.Students not yet in an engineering and design program are invited to apply this fall to begin the program in fall 2026.
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Fifth-year electrical and computer engineering student Ethan Hatlelid said Kaiser Borsari Hall’s increased space and resources have made collaboration between students easier. Though he’s graduating this spring, he’s glad future students will have access to what the new building offers.
“The classrooms are significantly better,” Hatlelid said. “It’ll be way better for students to be able to experience what they’re learning firsthand.”
Amid budget cuts affecting programs and departments across Western’s campus, Klein said the new department will be “a cost savings to the university” because some faculty and staff positions have already been folded.
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