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-Led Effort to Improve Medical Computing Gets $3M Boost from Public-Private Partnership
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]NSF and Intel join to support Center for Domain-Specific Computing's work to improve care, reduce patient exposure to radiation By Bill Kisliuk A group led by UCLA engineering researchers that designs high-performance,...
EE Professor Receives $1M Grant from Keck Foundation for Compact X-ray Laser Research
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Robert Candler, assistant professor of electrical engineering at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, has received a $1 million research grant from the W. M. Keck Foundation to develop an...
New Terahertz Modulator Could Lead to More Advanced Medical and Security Imaging
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Matthew Chin A UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science research team has developed a breakthrough broadband modulator that could eventually lead to more advanced medical and security imaging...
Professor Named to Academia Sinica
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]July 9, 2014 James C. Liao, UCLA's Ralph M. Parsons Foundation Chair in Chemical Engineering, was named this month to Taiwan's Academia Sinica, the preeminent academic institution in the Republic of China. Liao was one of...
UCLA Engineering Toasts More Than 1,100 Graduates at 2014 Commencement
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Bill Kisliuk The floor of Pauley Pavilion filled with more than 1,150 graduates of the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science on June 14, 2014, for the school’s 50th commencement ceremony. Faiz...
Frank Chang Receives John J. Guarrera Engineering Educator of the Year Award
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Frank Chang, the Wintek Chair in Electrical Engineering at UCLA’s Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and chair of the department, has been selected to receive the 2014 John J. Guarrera Engineering...