The Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering was established in 1947 as part of the Melbourne School of Engineering, which has been offering degrees at The University of Melbourne since 1889. The Department today is internationally recognised for its excellence in teaching and training in a range of undergraduate subjects and for providing an outstanding research environment for staff and postgraduate students.

The principal teaching activity of the Department is in the Bachelor of Engineering degree,with significant service teaching into Software Engineering and Mechatronics. The major teaching areas in the Department are telecommunications (devices, systems and networks), signal processing, computer engineering and control systems.

The Department also offers both PhD and Masters research programs as well as a postgraduate coursework degree - Masters in Telecommunication (MTE) -(also Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma) designed specifically to give professionals the cutting edge in Telecommunications Engineering.

The Department has a vibrant research program based on strong specialist research interests in Telecommunications and Signals and Systems Research. We receive exceptional research support from industry, government and other sources.

Four research centres are housed within the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering:

• Centre for Ultra Broadband Networking (CUBIN), an ARC-funded Special Research Centre, established in 2000
• Victoria Research Laboratory of National ICT Australia Ltd (NICTA), established in 2004
• Melbourne Systems Laboratory (MSL)
• ARC Research Network on Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing (ISSNIP)