Co-op Required
Salary and Career Info
Computer Engineering BS
In RIT’s BS in computer engineering you’ll design computer hardware, components, and software to develop next-gen products and appliances that contain embedded systems.
Program skills
Competencies include Software Systems, Circuits and electronics, Digital systems and IC design, Computer networks, Robotics, Embedded Systems, Hardware-software interfaces, Computer architecture, Digital signal processing. Students design and build computing and electronic devices such as a heart-beat monitor, autonomous vehicles, and audio/video processing systems.
Computer languages: JAVA, C++, C, Assembly, VHDL, Matlab, Python, UNIX, Linux, Solaris, VMS, Windows
Program facilities equipment
Digital Computer Organization and CUDA Laboratory, NXP Embedded Systems Laboratory, Harris Senior Design Laboratory, Computer Engineering Mentoring Laboratory, Digital IC Design Laboratory, NanoComputing Research Laboratory, Real-time Vision & Image Processing Laboratory, Networking and Information Processing Laboratory, High Performance Architectures Laboratory, Multi-core Systems Laboratory, Cryptographic Engineering Laboratory, Machine Intelligence Laboratory.
Program job titles
Computer Engineer; Semiconductor Engineer; Electrical Engineer; Firmware Engineer; Embedded Software Engineer; Test Automation Engineer; Manufacturing Engineer; Quality Engineer; Project Engineer; Sales Engineer
Program significant points
- Nearly everything we touch each day, from coffee makers to smartphones, wearable devices, and cars is powered by computing systems designed and built by computer engineers.
- The Internet of things (IoT) extends from homes for automation to manufacturing with sensors and actuators. Today’s vehicles are equipped with multiple computing subsystems.
Select program hiring partners
Texas Instruments (TI); L3Harris Technologies; Xelic Inc; Waters Corporation; Veritas Technologies, LLC; The MIL Corporation; STR; REDCOM Laboratories, Inc.; Orolia; NVIDIA Corporation; Moog Inc.; Microsoft; Meta (formerly Facebook); Mastodon Design, a CACI company; Magtrol, Inc.; LOCKHEED MARTIN; IOActive; Infosys; Indy Autonomous Challenge; ICR inc.; FileBank Inc; Erie Insurance; Equitable; D3 Engineering; Chimera Investment Corporation; Chameleon Consulting Group; Bose Corporation; Axiom Space; Aptera Motors; Apple; Annapolis Micro Systems; AMD - Advanced Mirco Devices; Alion Science and Technology; Aerotek Engineering
100%
Outcome Rates for Computer Engineering BS
Total percentage of graduates who have entered the workforce, enrolled in full-time graduate study, or are pursuing alternative plans (military service, volunteering, etc.).
85.71%
Knowledge Rate
Total percentage of graduates for whom RIT has verifiable data, compared to national average knowledge rate of 41% per NACE.
| Outcome | % of Students |
|---|---|
| Employed | 100.00% |
| Full-time Graduate Study | 0% |
| Alternative Plans | 0% |
Accreditation
The BS program in computer engineering is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET. Visit the college's accreditation page for information on enrollment and graduation data, program educational objectives, and student outcomes.
Experiential Learning
Cooperative Education
What’s different about an RIT education? It’s the career experience you gain by completing cooperative education and internships with top companies in every single industry. You’ll earn more than a degree. You’ll gain real-world career experience that sets you apart. It’s exposure–early and often–to a variety of professional work environments, career paths, and industries.
Co-ops and internships take your knowledge and turn it into know-how. Your engineering co-ops will provide hands-on experience that enables you to apply your engineering knowledge in professional settings while you make valuable connections between classwork and real-world applications.
The computer engineering degree requires students to complete four blocks (48 weeks) of cooperative education experience. After completing the first two years of course work, you'll spend the next two years alternating course work on campus with cooperative education experience. This employment not only adds real experience to your resume, but prepares you for more sophisticated academic work. Students have completed co-ops at companies as Motorola, Intel, Advanced Micro Devices, IBM, Hewlett Packard, Eastman Kodak Company, and for the federal government, as well as a host of smaller companies. Co-op has taken our students from the high-tech corridors of New England and California to businesses close to their hometowns. Students have worked on product development teams for companies like IBM, Intel, Hewlett-Packard, Lucent Technologies, and Kodak. They have also worked on software projects for smaller companies and the government.
During co-op experiences, computer engineering students have been on product development teams for new computers and electronic imaging systems as well as a variety of large software projects for industry and government.