Facts and Figures
The UCLA name in itself conjures up images of sun, palm trees and a bustling community of social and tech-driven activities. Of course we have those, but UCLA Samueli also more than holds its own in the traditional school ranking systems. In fact, we are consistently ranked in the top 10 among U.S. public engineering schools and are one of the top engineering programs in the world. In addition, the school’s master’s online program has been ranked No. 1 by U.S. News & World Report for three years running. UCLA Samueli has earned its place at the forefront of interdisciplinary research and education through the efforts of our students, faculty and alumni.
Enrollment 2025–2026
Undergraduates: 4,142
Graduate students: 2,501
Full-time faculty members: (headcount) 213
Degrees granted 2024–2025
Bachelor’s of Science: 1,098
Master’s of Science: 845
Ph.D.: 227
Seven Academic Departments and the Affiliated Department of Computational Medicine:
Bioengineering; Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Civil and Environmental Engineering; Computer Science; Electrical and Computer Engineering; Materials Science and Engineering; Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
UCLA Samueli is a tightly knit community of 213 full-time faculty members, more than 6,500 undergraduate and graduate students, and nearly 50,000 active alumni. Known as the birthplace of the internet, UCLA Samueli is also where countless other fields took some of their first steps – from artificial intelligence to reverse osmosis, from mobile communications to human prosthetics. In 2021, UCLA became the first university to win an XPRIZE with a UCLA Samueli team awarded a $7.5 million grand prize in the NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE. UCLA Samueli is consistently ranked in the Top 10 among U.S. public engineering schools.
* Enrollment and and degree numbers are from the UC Information Center. Faculty headcount number is from the UCLA Office of Academic Planning and Budget (APB).
News
Driven by Family Sacrifice, UCLA Samueli’s Class of 2026 Outstanding Bachelor Seeks to Improve Lives Through Engineering
Graduating mechanical engineering student Ereni Delis still remembers the first time her grandmother, whom she affectionately calls “yiayia,” the Greek word for grandmother, visited UCLA
UCLA Engineering Professor Nasim Annabi Receives Nearly $2.5 Million in NIH Funding to Develop Tunable Biomaterials for Corneal Repair and Wound Healing
Nasim Annabi, an associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has received two grants from the National Institutes of Health to support her research on developing regenerative biomaterials and bioadhesive therapies
How Two UCLA Engineering Students Built a Self-Playing Piano That Can Do the Impossible
It’s the best project in the nearly eight years that the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering’s Makerspace has been open, according to bioengineering professor Jacob Schmidt, who oversees the space
UCLA Joins New Southwest Semiconductor Workforce Consortium to Expand Hands-On Microelectronics Training
UCLA is joining a major new regional initiative to strengthen the semiconductor and microelectronics workforce pipeline across the Southwest
UCLA Samueli School of Engineering Launches $125 Million Semiconductor Hub With Top Industry Leaders
Broadcom, Applied Materials, GlobalFoundries, Meta and Synopsys are partnering with the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering to establish a $125 million Semiconductor Hub aimed at accelerating research and workforce development in artificial intelligence–powered chip technologies
Electrical Engineering Undergrad Builds Award-Winning Remote Platform to Expand Access to Hands-On Learning
The summer after ninth grade, the air conditioner in Ethan Ge’s house in Riverside, California, gave out. He opened it up, traced the issue to a failed capacitor and replaced it. The unit hummed back to life. It was the first time Ge understood how his technical knowledge could solve a real problem.