The Electrical and Computer Engineering programs at the University of Pittsburgh are accredited by ABET, the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology.
Mission
The University's mission is to:
- provide high-quality undergraduate programs in the arts and sciences and professional fields, with emphasis upon those of special benefit to the citizens of Pennsylvania;
- offer superior graduate programs in the arts and sciences and the professions that respond to the needs of Pennsylvania, as well as to the broader needs of the nation and the world;
- engage in research, artistic, and scholarly activities that advance learning through the extension of the frontiers of knowledge and creative endeavor;
- cooperate with industrial and governmental institutions to transfer knowledge in science, technology, and health care;
- offer continuing education programs adapted to the personal enrichment, professional upgrading, and career advancement interests and needs of adult Pennsylvanians; and
- make available to local communities and public agencies the expertise of the University in ways that are consistent with the primary teaching and research functions and contribute to social, intellectual, and economic development in the Commonwealth, the nation, and the world.
The trustees, faculty, staff, students, and administration of the University are dedicated to accomplishing this mission, to which they pledge their individual and collective efforts, determined that the University shall continue to be counted among the prominent institutions of higher education throughout the world.
The mission of the School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, is to produce highly qualified engineers and useful creative research and technology through academic excellence.
The Educational Objectives of the undergraduate Electrical Engineering Program directly support the educational portion of that mission. These are to:
- produce graduates with a strong foundation in the basic sciences and mathematics that will enable them to identify and solve electrical engineering problems;
- provide students with a solid foundation in Electrical Engineering that prepares them for life-long careers and professional growth in fields of their choice;
- provide our students with the basic skills to communicate effectively and to develop the ability to function as members of multi-disciplinary teams;
- provide our students with a broad-based education so that they can appreciate diversity of opinion, better understand ethical issues, and develop a more global perspective;
- provide our students with a relevant engineering design experience that is integrated across the four-year curriculum. Through those experiences we will develop in our students an understanding of the relationships between theory and practice.
