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 Researchers Demonstrate Fully Printed Carbon Nanotube Transistor Circuits for Displays
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Jennifer Marcus Since the invention of liquid crystal displays in the mid-1960s, display electronics have undergone rapid transformation. Recently developed organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) have shown several...
Ronald and Valerie Sugar Chair in Engineering Established at UCLA with $1 Million Gift
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]The UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science has announced the establishment of the Ronald and Valerie Sugar Chair in Engineering, made possible by a $1 million gift from UCLA alumni Ronald D. and...
UCLA Team Develops Highly Efficient Method for Creating Flexible, Transparent Electrodes
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Jennifer Marcus As the market for liquid crystal displays and other electronics continues to drive up the price of indium — the material used to make the indium tin oxide (ITO) transparent electrodes in these devices —...
UCLA Bioengineering Graduate Student Receives the Bronze Medal in National Collegiate Inventors Competition
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Collegiate inventors honored by leading U.S. organizations for pioneering science and technology advances Invent Now, a nonprofit organization that recognizes and encourages invention, announced the first prize winners of...
Archive Illuminates UCLA’s Place in Internet History
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]The first ARPANET host-host connection through BBN systems marked its 42nd anniversary last Saturday, Oct. 30. Technobabble translation: In 1969, a UCLA team sent the very first message ever on the Internet — the...
Second Guru Krupa Foundation Fellowship in Electrical Engineering established at UCLA Engineering
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]The UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science has received an additional $500,000 from engineering alumnus Mukund Padmanabhan to establish the 2011 Guru Krupa Foundation Fellowship in Electrical...