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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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Researchers Decode Cholesterol Drug Synthesis

By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Wileen Wong Kromhout Researchers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have for the first time successfully reconstituted in the laboratory the enzyme responsible for producing the...

Realistic Human Simulation

By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]From simulating real-world objects, to creating comprehensive simulations of reality In his distinguished career in computer science, Demetri Terzopoulos has evolved from simulating real-world objects, to creating...

K-12 Students learn from UCLA Engineers

By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Middle and High School Students in Los Angeles Learn from UCLA Science and Engineering Experts In an effort to improve science education at the middle and high school levels as well as raise students’ awareness and...

Clean Tech Leaders

By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Stimulus funds help educate next generation of clean-tech leaders So she created it — and, working with about 20 other professors, won support for it: $3 million in stimulus funding via a highly competitive grant from the...