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.
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New Engineering Student Mentorship Program Helps New Students Ease into University Life
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Matthew Chin All UCLA Engineering students are admitted after having proven themselves by earning top grades in the classroom. However, navigating university life is more than just classes and labs, homework and...
Emerging Contaminants in the Water? Microbes to the Rescue
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Matthew Chin Now, as new threats of environmental contaminants are being identified, UCLA civil and environmental engineering assistant professor Shaily Mahendra is investigating their environmental implications, and...
UCLA Graduate Students Bring Clean Energy Workshops to High School Classrooms
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Matthew Chin Energy takes work. Hard work, and a lot of it, in fact. That’s the starting point in the EnGen Roadshow, a presentation to Los Angeles-area high school science classes created by several UCLA graduate...
UCLA Researchers Enhance Graphene to Enable Multicolor Photodetection
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Work could improve image sensors, biosensors and communications By Wileen Wong Kromhout UCLA RESEARCH ALERT FINDINGS: Graphene, a one-atom–thick layer of carbon lattice with a honeycomb structure, is seen as an attractive...
7 UCLA professors named fellows by American Association for the Advancement of Science
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]UCLA Engineering distinguished professor William Yeh selected as one of the seven Seven UCLA scholars have been selected as fellows by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world's largest...
Engineering VI: New Anchor for Innovation
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Wileen Wong Kromhout The UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, established in 1945, consistently ranks among the top 10 engineering schools in public universities. In the last decade, the...