How a Tiny Yellow Handheld Changed How Duke University Teaches Game Design
Duke’s MEng in Game Design, Development, and Innovation program connected with an alumnus to use a quirky, yellow, handheld game console to teach iterative design.
Master’s Student Outcomes
Launch into a High-Impact Career
When our ECE students complete their master’s degrees, they don’t leave Duke. They launch.
Our graduates accelerate from our forward-looking programs with wide-ranging connections and opportunities. During your studies, you’ll work 1:1 with a career coach and discover how far your purpose and drive can take you.
Graduates of our ECE program have gone on to careers with some of the world’s leading tech companies.
Select Job Titles
- Data Scientist
- Machine Learning Engineer
- Software Developer
- Software Engineer
Select Industry Employers
- Amazon
- Amazon Web Services
- Apple
- Cadence Design Systems
- Lucid Software
- Meta
- Microsoft
- NVIDIA
- Oracle
- Pax Technology
- Veeva Systems
Select Academic Institutions
- Duke University
- Purdue University
- University of California
- University of Pittsburgh
Meet Duke ECE Alumni
From ECE Master’s to the High-Performance Computing Industry
Patrick Pensabene, MEng ’14, shares his experience in the ECE master’s program at Duke University. A rigorous curriculum plus supportive faculty with industry connections opened the path to the exact career he wanted in high-performance computing.
Catherine Yang Goes Above and Beyond
Electrical and computer engineering and biomedical engineering major honored by Duke Alumni Engagement and Development for efforts to streamline alumni-student mentorship programs.