JONSSON SCHOOL FACT SHEET
Overview
Strategically located in the Telecom Corridor, home of the second-largest high-tech economy in the U.S., the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science at UT Dallas is in the midst of an intensive growth campaign that includes a new state-of-the-art 192,000-square-foot interdisciplinary research building, the addition of a Department of Mechanical Engineering and the creation of the $16 million Texas Analog Center of Excellence.
Full-Time Faculty
106
Degrees Offered
Bachelor of Science
Computer engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, software engineering, telecommunications engineering
Master of Science
Computer engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, EE/microelectronics, EE/telecommunications, engineering management, materials science & engineering, mechanical engineering, telecommunications engineering
Doctor of Philosophy
Computer engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, geospatial information services, materials science & engineering, software engineering, telecommunications engineering
Enrollment (Fall 2008)
- Bachelor of science: 1,533
- Master of science: 935
- Ph.D.: 274
Degrees Granted (2007/2008)
- Bachelor of science: 279
- Master of science: 266
- Ph.D.: 32
Entering Freshmen
Nearly 60 percent were ranked in the top quarter of their high school graduating class
Research Funding (2008)
$31.3 million
Technology Focus Areas
- Analog and mixed-signal circuits and systems
- Bioengineering
- Human communication technology
- Information assurance and cyber security
- Nanoelectronic materials, devices and systems
- RF/microwave technology
- Wireless communications engineering
Core Competences
- Computer systems
- Software engineering
- Optics, electro-optics and photonics
- Digital circuits and systems
- Microelectronics, MEMS and NEMS
Additional Facts
- The Jonsson School has more than doubled its research funding since 2004 and plans to double it again by the end of the decade, topping $50 million annually.
- 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 and cybersecurity.
- 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, Georgia Tech and UCLA as well as seasoned professionals from Rutgers University, USC, UC Davis, Freescale Semiconductor and elsewhere.
- The school is in the process of adding new programs and departments in materials science and engineering, bioengineering, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering and systems engineering.
- The Jonsson School operates the largest internship and cooperative education program of its kind in Texas, averaging more than 500 student placements a year at Dallas-area high-tech companies.
- The school’s computer science program ranks third in the state and 29th nationally based on faculty members’ research productivity, according to a June 2007 article in the journal of the Association for Computing Machinery.
- The school’s graduate program in software engineering ranks second in the state and 24th worldwide based on faculty members’ research productivity, according to the Association for Computing Machinery article.
- Explore our faculty research summaries at: http://ecs.utdallas.edu/research/summaries-web.pdf.
