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'''Computer engineering''' is a discipline that combines elements of both electrical [[engineering]] and computer science. Computer engineers are electrical engineers that have additional training in the areas of software design and hardware-software integration. In turn, they focus less on power electronics and physics.  

'''Computer engineering''' is a discipline that combines elements of both electrical [[engineering]] and computer science. Computer engineers are electrical engineers that have additional training in the areas of software design and hardware-software integration. In turn, they focus less on power electronics and physics. However, a common dual degree program at many technical universities combined Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering, allowing for more hardware-oriented designs and integration, or, conversely, a Computer Engineering and Computer Science ([[Programming]]) degree focusing more on the software-oriented side of things. Due to the overlap in courses and skills required for these dual degree, the extra major can usually be achieved within a year of the first.

Computer engineers are involved on all aspects of [[computing]], from the design of individual microprocessors, personal computers, and supercomputers, to circuit design, as well as the integration of computer systems into other kinds of systems (a motor vehicle, for example, has a number of subsystems that are computer and digitally oriented). Common computer engineering tasks include writing embedded software for real-time microcontrollers, designing VLSI chips, working with analog sensors, designing mixed signal circuit boards, and designing operating systems. Computer engineers are also well-suited for research in the field of robotics, which relies on using computers together with other electrical systems.

Computer engineers are involved on all aspects of [[computing]], from the design of individual microprocessors, personal computers, and supercomputers, to circuit design, as well as the integration of computer systems into other kinds of systems (a motor vehicle, for example, has a number of subsystems that are computer and digitally oriented). Common computer engineering tasks include writing embedded software for real-time microcontrollers, designing VLSI chips, working with analog sensors, designing mixed signal circuit boards, and designing operating systems. Computer engineers are also well-suited for research in the field of robotics, which relies on using computers together with other electrical systems.