The Department of Electronic and Information Engineering (EIE) was founded in 1974. Before August 1998 it was known as the Department of Electronic Engineering. With over 70 postgraduate research students, 250 coursework postgraduate students, 500 full-time undergraduate students and 200 part-time undergraduate students, the department is among the largest academic units in Hong Kong providing a full range of tertiary programmes in electronic and information engineering. Numerous prizes were won by students in various external contests and exhibitions, reflecting on the high academic standards and practical value of students. Academic staff members are active in their respective areas of research, delivering an impressive record of publication in a few selected areas including multimedia signal processing, power electronics, nonlinear circuits and systems, and microelectronics and optical communications.