ECE Advising Office
The ECE Advising Office is available to assist students with any questions relating to academics, policies, future planning, opportunities and more! Academic advisors are the first point of contact of contact for students as they are experts on the ECE curriculum, departmental policies, and the available academic and well-being resources.
Connect with an ECE Undergraduate Advisor
Schedule an Advising Appointment
To schedule a 30-minute academic advising appointment, please use our online scheduler.
- Select "ECE Advising" from the drop-down calendar menu
- Indicate your Appointment Reason
- Indicate your Appointment Location (in-person or Zoom)
- In-person appointments are located at ECEB 1070
- Zoom meeting information will be emailed
Office Hours
No appointment is needed for office hours, where we help answer quick questions. Please visit us during our in-person and/or virtual office hours, updated weekly on CampusWire.
CampusWire
All ECE students are encouraged to join our CampusWire platform to see important announcements, advice from fellow ECE peers, employer visits, research/job opportunities, and more. To gain access, search for "ECE Advising" and enter the code "4177."
Connect with an Advisor
Undergraduate students can email ece-advisor@illinois.edu
Connect with an ECE Graduate Advisor
Graduate students should connect with appropriate graduate staff.
Advising Tips and Information
Curricula
Find your path through a bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering.
Course Registration & Information
- AP Credit Tables
- Humanities, Social Sciences, and Liberal Education Requirements
- Restrictions on Free Electives
- Grade Replacement
- Credit/No-Credit (Pass/Fail) option (see below for forms)
- Course Prerequisites
- ECE 445: Ways of receiving credit
- Subdiscipline elective advice -- EE and CompE
- Departmentally approved list of technical electives
Rules and Regulations
Undergraduate Forms
- Faculty Mentor Preference Form
- Forms for Individual Study (ECE 297/397), Senior Thesis (ECE 496+499), and Undergraduates taking 500 level Graduate Courses
- Meeting Planner - must be submitted online from My.ECE before meeting your faculty mentor in the Spring and Fall. If necessary, you may print a copy.
- Credit-No Credit Form Obtain adviser approval within the first eight weeks of instruction (first four weeks of the summer session). This option form cannot be submitted during the advanced enrollment period. The credit/no credit option can be dropped during the same time period, using the same form and procedure.
- Petition for Readmission - Contact the College of Engineering: Academic Affairs Office (206 Engineering Hall, 333-2280) to request form, or contact through the College Advising web page.
Undergrad Advising
Nikita Borisov, Associate Head for Undergraduate Programs
Christopher Schmitz, Associate Head for Undergraduate Student Affairs
Molly Helgesen, Academic Advisor
Tara Murray, Academic Advisor
1070 ECE Building
Hours: Weekdays 8am-12pm, 1-5pm
PH: (217) 333-0716
FAX: (217) 333-8582
MS/PhD Advising
Kent D. Choquette, Associate Head for Graduate Student Affairs
Wenjuan Zhu, Associate Head for Graduate Programs
Jennifer Merry, Associate Director of Academic Programs
2120 ECE Building
Hours: Weekdays 8am-12pm, 1-5pm
PH: (217) 333-0716
FAX: (217) 333-8582
M.Eng Advising
Jonathon Schuh, Associate Head for M.Eng. Programs
Stacy Crusius, MEng Program Coordinator
Tim Tiger, MEng Advisor
1070 ECE Building
Hours: Weekdays 8am-12pm, 1-5pm
PH: (217) 333-0716
FAX: (217) 333-8582