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.
News
Salute Our Veterans: UCLA Samueli Pays Tribute to Military-Service Engineering Alumni
In honor of Veterans Day, UCLA Samueli School of Engineering is proud of the many patriotic sacrifices our alumni have made over the years.
UCLA Samueli Announces New Endowed Faculty Chairs
The UCLA Samueli School of Engineering is proud to announce that seven faculty members have been selected to hold endowed faculty chairs.
Computer Science Alumnus on Work at Google and Teaching Programming at UCLA
After graduating from UCLA Samueli in 2005 with a bachelor’s degree in computer science, Josh Hyman (’05, MS ’08, Ph.D. ’10) accepted an offer to work full-time at Google.
UCLA Researchers Create Armored Emulsions as Tiny Test Tubes for Parallel Reactions
If you have ever shaken a salad dressing bottle mixed with oil and vinegar, you have temporarily created an emulsion.f you have ever shaken a salad dressing bottle mixed with oil and vinegar, you have temporarily created an emulsion.
UCLA-Led Research Shows Efficient and Inexpensive Fuel-Cells in Sight
A team of UCLA, Caltech and Ford Motor Company researchers has improved fuel-cell technologies to exceed U.S. Department of Energy targets in efficiency, stability and power. No other reported fuel cells have reached all these milestones simultaneously.
Summer Program Helps Prepare Engineering Transfer Students for UCLA
The first year at a four-year university can be daunting, especially in the current environment of remote learning, but the Transfer Bridge to UCLA Engineering program aims to ease the transition for transfer students.