For PhD program, entrance bar for CS is a lot higher than CE (ECE dept) and is very competitive. 4 l8 ?1 F8 c7 p; R - K& M2 U8 s% p6 `3 R' t; B2 P9 UAs for Master program, I know that ECE department had trouble to recruit master students in CE program. At least it was true two years ago as I was told by the associate head of the ECE department at UA.