The IEC was founded in 1944 by several universities and corporate executives. These affiliated universities have grown in number to include many of the world's leading research universities in information sciences, computer sciences, and electical and computer engineering. IEC University Affiliates provide guidance and support for IEC programs.

• Arizona State University
• Auburn University
• Carnegie Mellon University
• Case Western Reserve University
• Clemson University
• Columbia University
• Cornell University
• Drexel University
• Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications de Bretagne
• Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications de Paris
• Georgia Institute of Technology
• Grenoble Institute of Technology
• Howard University
• Illinois Institute of Technology
• Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine
• Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
• Iowa State University
• Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
• Lehigh University
• Marquette University
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• McGill University
• Michigan State University
• Mississippi State University
• North Carolina State University-Raleigh
• Northwestern University
• Ohio State University
• Oklahoma State University
• Oregon State University
• Pennsylvania State University
• Polytechnic University
• Purdue University
• The Queen's University of Belfast
• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• Stanford University
• Syracuse University
• Technische Universität München
• Texas A&M University
• Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
• Université d'Ottawa
• University College London
• University of Arizona
• University of California-Berkeley
• University of California-Davis
• University of California-Santa Barbara
• University of Colorado-Boulder
• University of Edinburgh
• University of Florida
• University of Glasgow
• University of Illinois-Chicago
• University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign
• University of Kansas
• University of Kentucky
• University of Maryland-College Park
• University of Massachusetts-Amherst
• University of Michigan
• University of Minnesota
• University of Mississippi
• University of Missouri-Columbia
• University of Missouri-Rolla
• University of Notre Dame
• University of Oklahoma
• University of Pennsylvania
• University of Pittsburgh
• University of Southampton
• University of Southern California
• University of Texas-Austin
• University of Tennessee-Knoxville
• University of Toronto
• University of Virginia
• University of Washington
• University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• Worcester Polytechnic Institute