<p>At my school EE research includes radio science, medical imaging, photonics, solid state, remote sensing, magnetics... It seems that these topics require lots of physics and are not tied closely to circuit design and signal processing, which are fundamental to EE. In other words, any E/M physics fall under EE. Why is this? Is it the same with your schools?</p>
<p>I enjoy EE more for its physics than the circuitry. Thanks!</p>
<p>EE = ELECTRICAL engineers.</p>
<p>Electricity is not bound to circuits.</p>
<p>I like to think of electrical engineering as a spectrum ranging from physics to math.</p>
<p>Overall, everything relates to circuits. Circuit theory is in the center of the spectrum.</p>
<p>In order to construct circuits, you need to understand how various circuit elements such as transistors, antennae, and so forth operate. This is the physics side of EE.</p>
<p>The math side includes signal processing, communications, algorithms, and the software that runs on the circuit hardware.</p>
<p>A lot of my ECE professors have physics PhD's. The two are fairly inter-related.</p>
<p>E/M starts with "electro"...</p>
<p>All of the fields you've mentioned deal with electrons, electromagnetic fields (which are caused by electrons, remember?) or the processing thereof (in electronic computers)</p>
<p>It's only natural that anything "electro" falls under Electrical Engineering. Could you suggest an area of engineering (pre-existing or new) which would better hold these areas?</p>