Stanford has a long-standing policy that any student may declare any major. Hence, there are no separate “entrance” requirements for the School of Engineering. Students at Stanford also have considerable time to weigh their choice of major, and it is useful to take a variety of courses in engineering before settling on a particular major. The majors offered by the School of Engineering are demanding, but also extremely rewarding.
Students at Stanford must declare a major by the time they achieve junior status (85 completed units). Prospective Engineering majors should review their departmental program section for any major-specific declaration procedures. As the final step, students will formally declare their major in Axess. The steps for Declaring an EE Major are below.
You must satisfy department or program declaration requirements before you are officially declared in a major. Your academic record will not be changed until you have satisfied all requirements. When the department certifies in Axess that you have met its declaration requirements, an email message will be sent to notify you that your academic record has been updated.
Previous years of the Undergraduate Handbook are available.
The expectations and collaboration of advisors and advisees document provides general guidance and encouragement for students and their advisors to have a helpful, productive, and supportive relationship.
Checklist to Declare a Major in EE - Complete all four items below
- Complete all three (3) pages of the Electrical Engineering (EE) Major Declaration form.
- Declare the EE major in Axess. Do NOT declare EE Honors, yet. If students decide to do an honors thesis, they will declare EE Honors in Axess later.
- Meet with the Associate Chair of Undergraduate Education, Dustin Schroeder (dustinms@stanford.edu).
- Submit all three (3) pages of the Electrical Engineering Major form to the Degree Progress Officer (DPO), Laura Wuethrich (lwuet72@stanford.edu). No signatures are required on this form.
Congratulations and Welcome to EE!
EE Undergraduate Processes and Resources
- Undergraduate Student Advisor (UG TA): The UG TA may assist students with filling out a program sheet and answering other questions regarding the EE-BS requirements. The program sheet details the classes students need to take in order to fulfill the requirements for the major
- Aya Mouallem
- Email: undergraduateta@ee.stanford.edu
- When emailing this address, students will likely get a response from my Stanford email (mouallem@stanford.edu).
- Office Hours (OHs) Time & Location, Fall Quarter 25-26
- Weekly, by appointment, on Thursdays (3-5 pm) and Fridays (11 am-1 pm)
- Calendly (https://calendly.com/mouallem-lh34/undergraduate-advisor-office-hours) will show my up-to-date calendar with available time slots, and students can use it to book in-person and virtual appointments
- In-person OHs take place in Packard 110, and virtual OHs are over Zoom (the Zoom link will be received via email from Calendly; alternatively, my meeting room ID is 681 608 0400.
- If the above OHs do not work for your schedule, please email me to find alternate options).
- EE Program Sheet: (PDF|Google Sheet)
- Deviation Petitions: The petitions linked below should be completed by the student and submited to the Degree Progress Officer. The student does NOT need to collect any signatures on the petitions. The DPO will obtain the required signatures after the department review.
- School of Engineering (SoE) Deviation Petition: Use this petition to deviate from Math, Science, Technology in Science, and Engineering Fundamentals requirements.
- Departmental Deviation Petition: Use this petition only for exceptions to EE Core, Disciplinary Area, and EE Electives.
- EE Student Mailing Lists:
- As an EE major, students are automatically subscribed to the EE undergraduate student mailing list. This list is used for announcements about degree requirements and other relevant academic announcements.
- Students may subscribe themselves to (optional): ee-students-forum@lists.stanford.edu via Mailman Mailing List Tools. This list posts course/seminar announcements, recruiting events, academic/professional events, textbooks for sale, social activities, etc. Students can post to the list or unsubscribe at any time.
Course Requirements
Required coursework toward a BS in EE is detailed in the EE section of the Stanford Engineering Undergraduate Handbook.
Contact Information
Laura Wuethrich
Degree Progress Officer
lwuet72@stanford.edu
- Packard 165, (650) 723-3194