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
Professor Receives NSF CAREER Award for Cell Biophysical Properties Research and Educational Activities
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Dino Di Carlo, a UCLA assistant professor of biomedical engineering, has received the prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation, for “High-throughput Single-cell...
Electrical Engineering Ranked no. 1 and School Ranked no. 4 in the World by Microsoft Academic Search
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]The UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science is currently ranked highly in several research areas by Microsoft Academic Search. This includes a no. 1 ranking worldwide for electrical engineering by...
Asking an Expert about Biofuels: PortTech LA’s Q&A with Professor Laurent Pilon
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]PortTechLA, a public/private non-profit technology center and business incubator operated by a coalition consisting of the City of Los Angeles, Port of Los Angeles and the San Pedro and Wilmington Chambers of Commerce,...
Mechanical and Aerospace Department’s Research and Technology Review Highlights Innovation
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]UCLA’s Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) Department held its Research and Technology Review (RTR) at the UCLA Faculty Center on April 27. More than 130 people were in attendance at the event, in which...
Five Students Receive NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Five graduate students at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science were recently awarded prestigious Graduate Research Fellowships from the National Science Foundation. The NSF program “recognizes...
Game On! UCLA Researchers use Online Crowd-Sourcing to Diagnose Malaria
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Wileen Wong Kromhout Online crowd-sourcing — in which a task is presented to the public, who respond, for free, with various solutions and suggestions — has been used to evaluate potential consumer products, develop...