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
Snow Days: Hydrology of Mountain Watersheds Course Takes Classroom into the Field
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Matthew Chin Southern California imports between 80 to 90 percent of its water from outside the metropolitan region. And much of it comes from the Sierra Nevada. So to learn right at the source, UCLA students in the...
Di Carlo Receives DARPA Young Faculty Award
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Dino Di Carlo, an assistant professor of bioengineering, was awarded a Young Faculty Award (YFA) from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The goal of the DARPA YFA program is to identify and engage...
UC-Developed Technology Saving Consumers Trillions of Watt-Hours, Millions of Dollars
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]A University of California technology that significantly reduces the amount of energy wasted by chips in computers, mobile phones and other electronic devices has recently passed the trillion watt-hour milestone in energy...
Accessible and Affordable Care at Heart of Healthcare Technology Grants
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Winners receive up to $100K to commercialize innovations Five teams of scientists from multiple campuses of the University of California and a Southern California hospital have been awarded up to $100,000 each to...
Scientists Shake Fragile Delta Levee in Hope of Averting Statewide Catastrophe
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Judy Lin What happened to the levees of New Orleans in 2005 — massive collapses during Hurricane Katrina, leaving most of the city underwater — could happen to fragile levees near Sacramento that protect supplies of...
UCLA’s Top Teachers: Helping Students Find Treasures Locked in an Equation
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Judy Lin The UCLA Academic Senate has awarded UCLA’s highest teaching prize to six Academic Senate members. In an occasional series of stories that will run throughout the summer, UCLA Today will profile these winners...