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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.
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 public university (No. 2 in 2021 overall) for its online master’s program by U.S. News & World Report.
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News
Engineering Alumna Makes Strides in Latinx Representation
When Leticia Solis ’90 was 14 years old, her older sister took her to a Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) conference at UCLA. It was there that Solis first learned what an engineer does and
Dean Murthy Shares Journey as Woman Engineer in Interview with Alma Mater
When Jayathi Murthy began her undergraduate studies at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, (IITK) in the 1970s, she was one of only two women in her class of more than 250 students.
UCLA Samueli Welcomes Bolei Zhou as Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Bolei Zhou will join the Computer Science Department at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering in early January as an assistant professor, bringing with him his expertise in computer vision and machine autonomy.
Civil Engineering Professors to Help Lead Natural Hazards Simulation Center
Two UCLA civil and environmental engineering professors have taken leadership roles with a National Science Foundation-funded research center that is developing next-generation computational models and
MAE Professor Receives NSF Grants for Molecular Manufacturing and Computing
Elisa Franco, an associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has received two research grants totaling $3.6 million from the National Science Foundation
Engineering Welcome Day Fosters Community for New Students amid Pandemic
The Engineering Society at UCLA (ESUC) hosted more than 1,300 new freshmen and transfer engineering students Sept. 22 at its annual — and once again, in-person — Engineering Welcome Day.