Welcome to the Department of Systems and Computer Engineering at Carleton University. Together with our sister Department of Electronics we make up a super-power Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE). We are one of the largest and most research intensive departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering in Canada and recognized as one of the world leaders in software engineering and computer systems engineering. The source of our success is due to our outstanding and internationally respected faculty members.

The Department of Systems and Computer Engineering has administrative responsibility for the undergraduate degree programs in Computer Systems Engineering (CSE), Communications Engineering (CE), Software Engineering (SE) and Biomedical and Electrical Engineering (BME) whereas, the Department of Electronics takes administrative responsibility for the degree programs in Electrical Engineering (EE) and Engineering Physics (EP)

The Department has research strengths in communications, software design, computer systems, biomedical engineering and technology management. Our communications research group is internationally recognized and supported by a strong team of faculty members. We have expertise in Broadband and Wireless Communications and Network Communications . The department is home to the only undergraduate degree in communications engineering in the country. We have developed a very strong biomedical research group which includes two Canada Research Chairs. More information is available at CUBE and at the Biomedical Sensors lab. Our Software Engineering research team is ranked as one of the best in the world and the SQUALL lab is internationally recognized. Our strong team of computer systems researchers has been developed over three decades and there too we are ranked as one of the best programs in the world. For more details, click on the RADS lab. The department also has a prominent research group in simulation and visualization; watch the videos at the ARS Lab . Please visit our research page to get an idea of our large and diverse research enterprise.

Our research is supported by a wide array of industrial leaders including, IBM, Texas Instruments, Mitel, Ericsson, Alcatel, Huawei and Telus among others. Texas Instruments, Huawei, Telus, Alcatel, Mitel and RIM have all donated research and teaching laboratories.  We have the only Huawei-Telus “Cloud Computing” laboratory in the world and we have the only “Elite” TI laboratory for embedded systems in Canada, and one of only 8 Alcatel laboratories in the world and the only one in Canada. International industrial leaders recognize The Department of Systems and Computer Engineering at Carleton University as one of the top research institutions in the world.

Carleton University's location in the National Capital City of Ottawa has provided us with easy access to the major Government research laboratories such as the National Research Council, the Communications Research Centre and Defence Research and Development Canada.

Our students are highly sought after by industry and many of our graduates become the technology leaders of tomorrow. Please join our 35 research faculty members, 250 graduate students and 500 undergraduate students as we move forward in developing the technology of tomorrow.