electrical engineering

American  

noun

1. the branch of engineering that deals with the practical application of the theory of electricity to the construction of machinery, power supplies, etc.

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electrical engineering British  

noun

1. the branch of engineering concerned with the practical applications of electricity

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electrical engineering Scientific  

1. The branch of engineering that specializes in the design, construction, and practical uses of electrical systems.

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Other Word Forms

• electrical engineer noun

Etymology

Origin of electrical engineering

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

Yodchanan received his PhD in electrical engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington and teaches at Mahidol University outside Bangkok.

From Barron's • Feb. 8, 2026

Trying to follow that dream was a long process because I was studying electrical engineering, which had nothing to do with music.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2026

Mr Asaduzzaman came to the UK on a student visa and according to his Facebook profile studied a Masters in electronic and electrical engineering at the University of Portsmouth.

From BBC • Dec. 10, 2025

To move the technology closer to practical use, researchers at Columbia and Stanford created Kampto Neurotech, a startup founded by Columbia electrical engineering alumnus Dr. Nanyu Zeng, one of the project's lead engineers.

From Science Daily • Dec. 9, 2025

There were shelves of paperbacks; there were encyclopedias, histories, novels, philosophies, and textbooks of physics, chemistry, electrical engineering, and others, more than I can name.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien