Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Honors Program

• About

  The Chandra Family Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Honors Program is an honors program for outstanding and highly motivated ECE undergraduate students. 

  The ECE Honors Program provides a rigorous, challenging and faster-pace curriculum and environment to a cohort of students who have the background, ability and the desire and motivation to pursue a more demanding track. 

• Eligibility

  All freshman applicants must have received credit for M 408C via an exam or by taking an equivalent course at another institution. Current ECE majors also qualify to apply to the Electrical and Computer Engineering Honors Program. 

  Exams accepted include: 

  AP Exams 

  • Mathematics AB 

  • Mathematics BC 

  IB Exams 

  • Mathematics (HL) 

  • Mathematics: Analysis & Approaches (HL) 

  • Mathematics: Applications and Interpretation (HL) 

  UT CLEP exam in Calculus 

• Application Process

  Prospective freshman applicants may apply to the ECE Honors Program via the Common App. Please note there is an additional honors essay question as a part of the application that must be completed. 

  Current ECE majors can apply for admission to the Electrical and Computer Engineering Honors Program at the end of each semester by submitting an online application. 

  For current UT students: The application system will open April 15 and applications will be accepted until May 15 for students wanting to begin the program in the following Fall semester.