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
UCLA to play role in developing shape-shifting wings for aircraft
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]An international team of engineers and biologists will gain unprecedented insights into how birds fly so efficiently in order to design unmanned aircraft with shapeshifting wings. These planes may prove to be lighter,...
Grad program ranked 8th among public schools by U.S. News
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]The UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science’s graduate program was ranked eighth among public universities and 14th overall in the 2017 U.S. News and World Report rankings released Wednesday. The...
Engineer wins 2016 UCLA Grad Slam, will represent campus at UC-wide competition
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Aerospace engineering graduate student Gary Li won first place Thursday, March 3, at UCLA Grad Slam, a campus-wide competition where graduate students give three-minute presentations on their research. Li, who bested...
Chemical Engineering Grad Earns Top Thesis Honor for Water Monitoring Technology
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Sirikarn Surawanvifit, who earned her PhD in Chemical Engineering from UCLA in 2015 and her master’s in 2011, has won the award for best doctoral dissertation from the American Water Works Association. Surawanvifit’s...
Confirming Einstein: Q&A with LIGO Scientist and EE Alum Richard Savage
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Earlier this month, researchers at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) announced they had detected gravitational waves, confirming a prediction by Albert Einstein in his theory of general...
Chen Receives NSF CAREER Award
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Grant will support research on engineering tumor-specific T cells for cancer immunotherapy Yvonne Chen, an assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and...