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
Tyson Condie Named Symantec Chair in Computer Science
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Tyson Condie, an assistant professor of computer science at UCLA, has been named the holder of the Symantec Term Chair in Computer Science. The chair was established in 2009 through an endowment from information security...
UCLA researchers find out why high-performance glass flows, and how fast
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Matthew Chin Does glass in cathedral windows flow downward at room temperature — acting essentially as a liquid in super slow-motion? No. It’s a myth. The larger volume observed at the bottom of some windows is due to...
Ten New Faculty Join UCLA Engineering in 2015-16
By UCLA Samueli NewsroomThe UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science welcomes 10 new faculty members in 2015-16 to a roster that includes 32 affiliated members of the National Academy of Engineering and more than 60...
UCLA Researchers Win NSF Grant to Detect and Characterize Nanoparticles
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science and California NanoSystems Institute have won a $1 million, three-year grant from the National Science Foundation for on-site and ubiquitous...
Antimatter Catches A Wave: Joshi, Mori help develop better linear electron-positron colliders
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]A study led by researchers from UCLA and the U.S. Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has demonstrated a more efficient way to accelerate positrons, the antimatter opposites of electrons. The method...
Cybersecurity: Sahai receives $2.8M grant to develop mathematical software protection
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button] Amit Sahai, UCLA professor of computer science at the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, has been awarded a $2.8 million grant over four years from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency...