The ECE Student Affairs Office is excited to welcome M.S. students to the ECE Department and share more information about the graduate program. ECE will be hosting virtual workshop sessions, in-person welcome event and student/faculty coffee hour! We hope to see you there 😊
Please read the information on this page and down below.
- M.S. Incoming Student In-Person Welcome Event - September 22
- M.S. Incoming Student + Faculty Coffee Hour - September 23 & 24
ECE Faculty will be hosting a Coffee Hour on Tues., September 23 and Wed., September 24!
Students will be able to connect with faculty and classmates, in their major groups, which will help build and foster an ECE community from the start of their M.S. program ☕️
Detailed invitations were emailed to each major group on September 16 by Begum Asena 📧
- Orientation Modules: M.S. Program Requirements + Enrollment, Important ECE + UCSD Deadlines & Student Resources
Canvas is UCSD's official Learning Management System (LMS) for activities such as online course content, online quizzes, and more via your laptop, desktop, phone, and/or tablet.
Once students are added, a Course Invitation email will be sent to your @ucsd.edu email
from UC San Diego Canvas Notification notifications@instructure.comStudents will have access through the use of their Active Directory (AD) credentials at canvas.ucsd.edu.
The ECE Orientation Canvas course modules will be live on August 15, 2025 and must be completed by September 1, 2025. Note that these modules are smaller learning components inside of a larger Canvas course. The modules that must be completed are inside the ECE M.S. Student Onboarding [ORG AY2526] course.
- M.S. Incoming Student Workshop: Ask Me Anything!
The Zoom links will be sent to your @ucsd.edu email once the registration has been completed.
- M.S. Degree Requirements
Incoming students should read the M.S. Degree Requirements including the information within the tabs along with the corresponding links/PDF attachments.
- M.S. Degree Planner
As an exercise, please review and complete the M.S. degree planner.
- The upcoming academic year degree planners will be posted in the summertime but for now, you can use this academic year's planner. The changes, if any, will be very minor.
- You can use the ECE course page to assist with completing the degree planner. All, if not most of the courses outlined should be offered during the upcoming academic year. ECE courses are offered in Fall, Winter, and Spring quarters; if there’s a blank box, then it means that the course is not being offered in that quarter
- FAQ Page
The ECE Department created a Frequently Asked Questions page to assist with any commonly asked inquiries. Please review it at your leisure.
- Questions?
- M.S. students, please use this contact page for assistance. If your assigned advisor is unavailable, you may schedule an appointment with any of the M.S. advisors, as they are all fully equipped to assist you.
- When emailing, please include your full name and UCSD PID.
Helpful Resources
In addition to the checklists and information above, we have also compiled a document of additional topics below. Please be sure to take your time looking over this information.
- Enrolling at UCSD - Dates and Deadlines
Emails with more information about ECE enrollment will be sent out to the FA25 incoming students very soon.
Please visit ECE Course Enrollment Policies & Procedures page.
Students are encouraged to familiarize themselves and mark their calendars with these important UCSD Enrollment and Registration dates and deadlines.
- ECE Financial Support Information
More information about ECE Financial Support can be found here.
- UCSD On-Campus Graduate Housing
More information about on-campus graduate housing can be found here.
- UCSD ID Cards
More information about UCSD ID cards can be found here.
- ECE and UCSD Resources
More information about ECE and UCSD Resources can be found here.
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