In 1882 this Mass. univ. established the 1st curriculum for electrical engineering within its physics department
In 1923 the 
Department of Physics acquired its own building the Old Physics Building, now
... [DOC] [TLE] Department History - Electrical & Computer Engineering | Electrical ... [PAR] Jan 28, 2011 ... Engineering at the University of Missouri by Mendell P. Weinbach, ... place, while 
recognizing MIT as having started electrical engineering in 1882.