Jonsson School Facts

 

Strategically located adjacent to the Telecom Corridor, home to more than 600 high-tech companies, the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science is in the midst of a growth phase. That includes construction of the $85 million Natural Science and Engineering Research Laboratory building, the hiring of dozens of new faculty, and the expansion of programs in biomedical engineering, mechanical engineering, materials science, analog electronics, cybersecurity and control systems.

Degrees Offered

Biomedical Engineering	BS	MS	PhD
Computer Engineering	BS	MS	PhD
Computer Science	BS	MS	PhD
Computer Science - Software Engineering		MSCS
Electrical Engineering	BSEE	MSEE	PhD
Materials Science and Engineering		MS	PhD
Mechanical Engineering	BS	MS
Software Engineering	BS		PhD
Systems Engineering and Management		MS
Telecommunications Engineering	BSTE	MSTE	PhD

 

Additional Facts

• The Jonsson School has more than doubled its research funding since 2003 and plans to double it again by 2020, topping $60 million.
• Research investigations at the school involve such cutting-edge technology as carbon nanotubes, microelectromechanical systems, semiconductor design and manufacturing, wireless networking, cochlear implant technology, medical imaging, speech recognition, cybersecurity, organic electronics, materials characterization, next-generation wind energy conversion systems, and physical, chemical and biosensors.
• The Jonsson School has significantly increased the size of its faculty in recent years, hiring top recent graduates of Stanford University, Cornell University, Purdue University, Johns Hopkins University and Georgia Tech as well as seasoned professionals from Rutgers University, USC, UC Davis, the University of Illinois, UMass Amherst, Freescale Semiconductor, Sandia National Labs and elsewhere.
• Jonsson School students took first place in their division of the 2010 BattleBots National Championship, and they won second place in the 2008 International Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Competition.
• The school is in the process of developing new programs and departments in bioengineering, mechanical engineering and systems engineering.
• U.S. News & World Report ranks the Jonsson School's undergraduate programs 60th among the nation's public schools of engineering, and its graduate programs rank 41st among public schools of engineering. The school has risen nearly 20 places in the national rankings since beginning its 2003 expansion, and its graduate programs rank third among Texas public schools of engineering, right after UT Austin and Texas A&M