The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at North Carolina State University is prominently located in Raleigh, the capital of North Carolina. The city of Raleigh has been rated as one of the best big cities to live in by Money and currently tops the list of the best US cities to find employment in by Forbes.

NC State - the ECE Department in particular - holds strong ties to the rapidly-growing hi-tech industry of nearby Research Triangle Park - the largest research park in the world - providing them with an abundance of innovative and cutting-edge research, a wealth of academic knowledge in the department's 70+ faculty members, and a great source of potential employees in the department's highly-trained graduates.

The ECE Department offers programs of study leading to Bachelors of Science, Masters of Science, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Electrical Engineering and/or Computer Engineering. The department's graduate program is nationally and internationally recognized as one of the premier engineering programs in the world, ranked 26th according to US News and World Report.

Consisting of a large and diverse student base of some of the brightest young minds in the engineering field, the ECE Department has demonstrated excellence and commitment in the areas of academics, student support, and community. In the 2006-2007 academic year, 319 Bachelor's, 116 Master's, and 48 Doctoral degrees were awarded. More than 150 graduate students are supported each year through fellowships, research assistantships, and teaching assistantships. Additionally, ECE students can participate in many well-respected and nationally recognized student organizations.

The large ECE graduate enrollment is sustained by a research program with an expenditure rate of approximately $9M per year. The university's contribution in the areas of new technology development and research has been rewarded with NC State being consistently ranked among the top 10 institutions in the United States in industrial research funding. The research program of the ECE Department is organized into several different research areas whose disciplinary domains span a wide variety of diverse topics.