Electrical engineering deals with the study and application of physics and math to electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. Electrical engineering includes electronics, telecommunications, radio-frequency engineering, signal processing, instrumentation, and microelectronics.

Working in industries such as research-and development, engineering services, manufacturing, telecommunications, and the government, electrical engineers are able to design, develop, and supervise the manufacturing of cutting edge electrical and electronic equipment, such as electric motors, radar and navigation systems, and communications systems.

Electrical engineering sub-disciplines include: electrical power systems, microelectronics, biomedical instrumentation, wireless and wireline communication systems, software engineering and computer design.