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 Engineering’s Deborah Estrin Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]UCLA Engineering professor Deborah Estrin has been elected as a fellow of the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences for her work with large-scale computer networks. By M. Abraham The Academy is an international...
Systems Career Check
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Few Bruin engineers are as colorful or as qualified to offer advice as Marc Tremblay, senior vice president, fellow and chief architect at Sun Microsystems, Inc. His job is to see the future. He's got 115 patents — and...
UCLA’s Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science to Hold Research Review on Emerging Disciplines
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Keynote to be delivered by Anthony Tether, Director, Defense Advanced Research Project Agency By M. Abraham Marking another milestone year of growth, the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science will...
New Endowments to Benefit Students
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]The Wolfe scholarship supports aerospace engineering students. Undergraduate students in the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science not only excel in the classroom, but are making important...
Guided Surgery Tool Brings Expertise to Remote Locations
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Collaborative System Offers New Training Method Researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, working with laparoscopic surgeons, have developed a new method of guided surgery that will...
UCLA Engineering Faculty Garner National Science Foundation 2007 Faculty Early Career Development Awards
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]With prestigious awards from the National Science Foundation (NSF), two UCLA Engineering faculty members are tackling issues ranging from the creation of highly sensitive biomolecular sensors to using the physics behind...