For PhD program, entrance bar for CS is a lot higher than CE (ECE dept) and is very competitive. E6 l* j, C' `% s5 r ) B; @7 e0 J0 a! x7 u' P& ]As 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.