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
2013 UCLA Engineering Commencement Student Awards
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Matthew Chin Several students at the UCLA Henry Sameuli School of Engineering and Applied Science have been honored with school-wide and department awards for 2013. Below, a few profiles of this year's school-wide...
UCLA EE Student Wins $10,000 Broadcom Award
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Bill Kisliuk Rod Yanghyo Kim, a graduate student in electrical engineering at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, was awarded first place and $10,000 at the Broadcom Foundation University...
2013 Senior Dinner and Graduate Student Dinner
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Engineering Graduate Student Dinner On Friday, May 30, approximately 90 engineering graduate students, faculty, and staff, joined Dean Vijay K. Dhir at the James West Alumni Center to celebrate the end of the academic...
NASA Chief to Speak at UCLA Engineering Commencement
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Charles F. Bolden, Former Space Shuttle Astronaut, to Offer June 15 Address By Bill Kisliuk The Honorable Charles F. Bolden Jr., a former combat pilot and Space Shuttle astronaut who now serves as administrator of the...
Two Engineering Post-Docs Receive 2013 Chancellor’s Award
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Matthew Chin Two postdoctoral scholars at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science were among eight winners of the 2013 Chancellor’s Award for Postdoctoral Research at UCLA. In total 23...
UCLA Engineering Opens New NSF-Funded Collaboratories
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Bill Kisliuk Researchers developing sustainable fuels, pollution solutions and nanomaterials for harnessing energy and improving healthcare are the latest to move into state-of-the-art “collaboratories” at the UCLA...