The Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) at the University of Manchester was formed at the merger of the Victoria University of Manchester and UMIST in 2005, formed largely from the former UMIST department of the same name.

[1][2] The department was originally known as the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering following the formation of the University of Manchester, however it was renamed in 2019 following a faculty-wide restructuring.

[4] Notable former staff include Frederic Calland Williams and Tom Kilburn who pioneered the first stored-program digital computer as well as Stephen Butterworth, famous for the eponymous filter.

Notable alumni include the aircraft engineer Beatrice Shilling.

Current professors include Danielle George, a microwave engineer known for her work in public communication of science.