Established in the year 1980, the department of ECE has now grown into 110 faculty strong with over 2000 Under Graduate and 200 Post Graduate students. As the largest academic department of University, Department of ECE and its Faculty are involved in an exceptional range of educational, intellectual and research activities. The department has developed over the years in many directions and is currently recognized as a "Premier Teaching and Research Department" at the KL University and also been recognized by DST under FIST program in the year 2012.

KLU has a three- fold mission in Teaching, Research and Application. This is reflected in the department's operations.

Our first mission is to educate Electronics and Communication engineers for Indian and Global industries. Our philosophy is not only to educate engineers, but also to prepare them for future leadership roles in industry. Indeed many of our alumni are now in directorship positions in the industry and leading their organizations as CEOs and Managing Directors. We provide a broad based engineering curriculum, with opportunities for specialization and self-directed learning and development. We invest much effort to enhance our student’s learning experience through the application of ECE technology.

Our second mission is to strive for research leadership in selected strategic research areas that are relevant to the national strategies for science and technology. Our department encourages multidisciplinary and collaborative approach towards research to solve major research challenges of societal and global significance. Faculty members engage in projects with investigators from other schools within the campus, and other national and international institutions and agencies.

Our third mission is to focus on commercial applications for the research we carry out through patents, licenses or spin off companies.

In order to further develop the faculty and students expertise in a particular area and to focus on product, patent developments and consultancy in that area, we have identified five major areas and formed Research Groups accordingly. Each group is headed by a senior faculty, an expert and qualified research professional, to advance with the result oriented tasks.