Transforming Southern California and the World
The UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science includes more than 6,500 undergraduate and graduate students and 190 full-time faculty members. Established in 1945, UCLA Samueli is known as the birthplace of the internet, and where countless other fields took some of their first steps — from artificial intelligence to reverse osmosis, from mobile communications to human prosthetics.
The school academic departments include Bioengineering, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, as well as the recently added Department of Computational Medicine, which is affiliated with both the David Geffen School of Medicine and Samueli. In addition, UCLA Samueli offers the Master of Science in Engineering Online program and a Master of Engineering professional degree program.
In 2000, the engineering school was re-named in honor of alumnus Henry Samueli, following a $30 million gift that supported capital improvements as well as fellowships for graduate students and early career faculty. In 2019, Samueli and his wife Susan gave another gift of $100 million to support the school’s expansion well into the next decade.
UCLA Samueli is in the midst of an extraordinary period of growth, with expansion in the number of research labs, faculty and students. New faculty will bring expertise in emerging research areas, such as engineering in medicine, quantum technologies, and sustainable and resilient urban systems.
The school’s facilities include four major buildings — Boelter Hall, Engineering-IV, Engineering-V and Engineering-VI. Recent renovations have added the Student Creativity Center — home to many of its student organizations, and the Innovation Laboratory — a makerspace for hands-on learning and creativity.
The school is ranked No.1 as of 2023 for its online master’s program by U.S. News & World Report.
To see what makes the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering so special, book a tour with one of our Engineering Ambassadors on campus, and download our Viewbook.
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UCLA Samueli Students Earn Second and Third Place at 2025 Grad Slam
Shreeram Athreya and Parnian Hemmati — two graduate student researchers at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering
UCLA Mobility Center of Excellence Hosts Government and Industry Workshop on Emerging Transportation Technologies
The federally funded Center of Excellence on New Mobility and Automated Vehicles, based at UCLA, recently convened a daylong workshop
UCLA Breakthrough Extends Fuel Cell Lifespan Beyond 200,000 Hours, Paving the Way for Clean Long-Haul Trucking
For trucks and heavy-duty vehicles that must travel long distances without frequent, time-consuming charging stops, batteries often fall short. Hydrogen fuel cells — which can be refueled
Bursting your bubble: Chewing gum releases microplastics into your saliva, UCLA research shows
Many of us don’t think twice about casually popping a stick of gum in our mouth. But chew on this: When you do, you’re also chomping on, and possibly ingesting, hundreds, if not thousands, of microplastic particles,
UCLA Electrical and Computer Engineer Mona Jarrahi Named Guggenheim Fellow
Electrical and computer engineering professor Mona Jarrahi from the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering has been named a 2025 Guggenheim Fellow.
UCLA Bioengineer Jun Chen Awarded Top Honor for Early-Career Scientist in Materials Research
Jun Chen, an associate professor of bioengineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has been named the recipient of the 2025 Outstanding Early-Career Investigator Award by the Materials Research Society