Hardest ECE classes at UIUC

Ranked by average GPA from official grade distributions. Only courses with at least 100 graded students.

  1. ECE 340: Semiconductor Electronics Average GPA 2.66, 4,336 students
  2. ECE 210: Analog Signal Processing Average GPA 2.69, 10,183 students
  3. ECE 190: Intro to Computing Systems Average GPA 2.69, 1,607 students
  4. ECE 430: Power Ckts & Electromechanics Average GPA 2.69, 327 students
  5. ECE 410: Digital Signal Processing I Average GPA 2.72, 322 students
  6. ECE 313: Probability with Engrg Applic Average GPA 2.76, 8,391 students
  7. ECE 440: Solid State Electronic Devices Average GPA 2.77, 539 students
  8. ECE 329: Fields and Waves I Average GPA 2.88, 4,938 students
  9. ECE 290: Computer Engineering I Average GPA 2.89, 1,623 students
  10. ECE 391: Computer Systems Engineering Average GPA 2.90, 5,659 students
  11. ECE 330: Power Ckts & Electromechanics Average GPA 2.90, 3,828 students
  12. ECE 198: James Scholars Honors Course Average GPA 2.91, 1,820 students
  13. ECE 220: Computer Systems & Programming Average GPA 2.96, 6,809 students
  14. ECE 310: Digital Signal Processing Average GPA 2.97, 5,495 students
  15. ECE 411: Computer Organization & Design Average GPA 2.98, 2,801 students
  16. ECE 211: Analog Circuits & Systems Average GPA 2.99, 233 students
  17. ECE 464: Power Electronics Average GPA 3.03, 1,238 students
  18. ECE 304: Photonic Devices Average GPA 3.07, 328 students
  19. ECE 482: Digital Ic Design Average GPA 3.09, 518 students
  20. ECE 473: Fund of Engrg Acoustics Average GPA 3.10, 306 students
  21. ECE 476: Power System Analysis Average GPA 3.11, 717 students
  22. ECE 408: Applied Parallel Programming Average GPA 3.13, 3,823 students
  23. ECE 342: Electronic Circuits Average GPA 3.13, 3,722 students
  24. ECE 442: Electronic Circuits Average GPA 3.13, 280 students
  25. ECE 361: Digital Communications Average GPA 3.14, 123 students
  26. ECE 425: Intro to Vlsi System Design Average GPA 3.15, 452 students
  27. ECE 307: Techniques for Engrg Decisions Average GPA 3.16, 181 students
  28. ECE 120: Introduction to Computing Average GPA 3.17, 8,315 students
  29. ECE 431: Electric Machinery Average GPA 3.17, 709 students
  30. ECE 350: Fields and Waves II Average GPA 3.19, 927 students
  31. ECE 333: Green Electric Energy Average GPA 3.20, 2,545 students
  32. ECE 205: Electrical & Electronic Ckts Average GPA 3.21, 8,598 students
  33. ECE 110: Introduction to Electronics Average GPA 3.22, 13,632 students
  34. ECE 445: Senior Design Project Lab Average GPA 3.22, 4,638 students
  35. ECE 479: Iot and Cognitive Computing Average GPA 3.22, 180 students
  36. ECE 453: Wireless Communication Systems Average GPA 3.24, 582 students
  37. ECE 380: Biomedical Imaging Average GPA 3.25, 430 students
  38. ECE 455: Optical Electronics Average GPA 3.26, 354 students
  39. ECE 456: Global Nav Satellite Systems Average GPA 3.28, 104 students
  40. ECE 450: Lines, Fields, and Waves Average GPA 3.29, 197 students
  41. ECE 459: Communications Systems Average GPA 3.29, 169 students
  42. ECE 483: Analog Ic Design Average GPA 3.30, 667 students
  43. ECE 385: Digital Systems Laboratory Average GPA 3.31, 8,668 students
  44. ECE 441: Physcs & Modeling Semicond Dev Average GPA 3.31, 199 students
  45. ECE 462: Logic Synthesis Average GPA 3.32, 678 students
  46. ECE 407: Cryptography Average GPA 3.32, 287 students
  47. ECE 416: Biosensors Average GPA 3.33, 395 students
  48. ECE 470: Introduction to Robotics Average GPA 3.36, 2,099 students
  49. ECE 444: Ic Device Theory & Fabrication Average GPA 3.37, 1,579 students
  50. ECE 486: Control Systems Average GPA 3.39, 2,044 students
  51. ECE 498: Deep Generative Models Average GPA 3.42, 796 students
  52. ECE 101: Exploring Digital Info Technol Average GPA 3.42, 332 students
  53. ECE 471: Data Science Analytics and Pgm Average GPA 3.42, 111 students
  54. ECE 439: Wireless Networks Average GPA 3.44, 190 students
  55. ECE 454: Antennas Average GPA 3.45, 142 students
  56. ECE 457: Microwave Devices & Circuits Average GPA 3.47, 131 students
  57. ECE 402: Electronic Music Synthesis Average GPA 3.49, 990 students
  58. ECE 418: Image & Video Processing Average GPA 3.50, 276 students
  59. ECE 535: Theory of Semicond & Devices Average GPA 3.50, 125 students
  60. ECE 398: Robotics Project Average GPA 3.51, 570 students
  61. ECE 311: Digital Signal Processing Lab Average GPA 3.53, 2,636 students
  62. ECE 488: Compound Semicond & Devices Average GPA 3.53, 166 students
  63. ECE 365: Data Science and Engineering Average GPA 3.55, 454 students
  64. ECE 490: Introduction to Optimization Average GPA 3.56, 922 students
  65. ECE 438: Communication Networks Average GPA 3.56, 147 students
  66. ECE 434: Real World Algorithms - Iot/ds Average GPA 3.57, 379 students
  67. ECE 484: Principles of Safe Autonomy Average GPA 3.58, 413 students
  68. ECE 417: Multimedia Signal Processing Average GPA 3.58, 381 students
  69. ECE 485: Mems Devices & Systems Average GPA 3.58, 242 students
  70. ECE 541: Computer Systems Analysis Average GPA 3.61, 127 students
  71. ECE 515: Control System Theory & Design Average GPA 3.62, 1,154 students
  72. ECE 420: Embedded Dsp Laboratory Average GPA 3.65, 736 students
  73. ECE 469: Power Electronics Laboratory Average GPA 3.65, 600 students
  74. ECE 481: Nanotechnology Average GPA 3.65, 322 students
  75. ECE 314: Probability in Engineering Lab Average GPA 3.66, 776 students
  76. ECE 395: Advanced Digital Projects Lab Average GPA 3.68, 370 students
  77. ECE 551: Digital Signal Processing II Average GPA 3.68, 347 students
  78. ECE 317: Ece Technology & Management Average GPA 3.68, 270 students
  79. ECE 528: Analysis of Nonlinear Systems Average GPA 3.68, 188 students
  80. ECE 316: Ethics and Engineering Average GPA 3.69, 1,510 students
  81. ECE 544: Pattern Recognition Average GPA 3.69, 518 students
  82. ECE 520: Em Waves & Radiating Systems Average GPA 3.69, 405 students
  83. ECE 527: System-on-chip Design Average GPA 3.69, 337 students
  84. ECE 511: Computer Architecture Average GPA 3.70, 249 students
  85. ECE 549: Computer Vision Average GPA 3.72, 2,287 students
  86. ECE 534: Random Processes Average GPA 3.72, 1,267 students
  87. ECE 199: Undergraduate Open Seminar Average GPA 3.72, 324 students
  88. ECE 451: Adv Microwave Measurements Average GPA 3.72, 156 students
  89. ECE 206: Electrical & Electronics Lab Average GPA 3.73, 2,558 students
  90. ECE 364: Programming Methods for Ml Average GPA 3.73, 145 students
  91. ECE 343: Electronic Circuits Laboratory Average GPA 3.75, 1,067 students
  92. ECE 298: Semiconductor Chips Revolution Average GPA 3.75, 257 students
  93. ECE 563: Information Theory Average GPA 3.78, 205 students
  94. ECE 598: Intro to Humanoid Robotics Average GPA 3.79, 687 students
  95. ECE 437: Sensors and Instrumentation Average GPA 3.79, 287 students
  96. ECE 517: Nonlinear & Adaptive Control Average GPA 3.79, 150 students
  97. ECE 508: Manycore Parallel Algorithms Average GPA 3.81, 161 students
  98. ECE 586: Mdps, Reinforcement Learning Average GPA 3.82, 190 students
  99. ECE 543: Statistical Learning Theory Average GPA 3.82, 122 students
  100. ECE 518: Adv Semiconductor Nanotech Average GPA 3.84, 127 students

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