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 Approach to Encryption Takes IT Departments One Step Closer to True Security
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]UCLA Engineering professor’s love of elliptic curves leads him to revolutionary research By M. Abraham Encryption is a tricky business, but one professor at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science...
Television Just Got Brighter: UCLA Engineers Are Obsessed With the Next Generation of LED Panels, and That’s Good News for Consumers
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Record-breaking LED device means brighter, more glorious color, a slimmer profile and an all-around cheaper price tag By M. Abraham Two researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science want...
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne President Jim Maser to Deliver 2007 Commencement Address for UCLA Engineering on June 16
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Maser graduated magna cum laude from the University of Akron (Ohio) with a Bachelor's degree in Engineering, followed by a Master's degree in Engineering. He later received a Master's degree in Business Administration from...
Taking It to the Streets – Turning Cars Into a Mobile Communications Network
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Computer science professor Mario Gerla and researcher Giovanni Pau at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science envision using cars as computer nodes in a mobile network on wheels. By M. Abraham It's...
UCLA Scientists and Engineers Design New Super-Hard Material
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By M. Abraham Ultra-hard materials are used for everything from drills that bore for oil and build new roads to scratch-resistant coatings for precision instruments and the face of your watch. UCLA scientists and engineers...
UCLA Engineers Set New World Record in Generation of High-Frequency Submillimeter Waves
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Discovery paves the way for a new generation of sensing and imaging devices By M. Abraham Researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have achieved a new world record in high-frequency...