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
Nano Gold Rush: Researchers Use Tiny Gold Particles to Boost Organic Solar Cell Efficiency
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Plasmonic technique helps enhance power conversion by up to 20 percent By Jennifer Marcus In the world of solar energy, organic photovoltaic solar cells have a wide range of potential applications, but they are still...
Phone Losing Charge? Technology Created by UCLA Engineers Allows LCDs to Recycle Energy
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]With photovoltaic polarizers, devices could be powered by sunlight, own backlight By Matthew Chin and Wileen Wong Kromhout We've all worried about the charge on our smartphone or laptop running down when we have no access...
UCLA Engineers Create Polymer Light-Emitting Devices That Can Be Stretched Like Rubber
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Wileen Wong Kromhout FINDINGS: Stretchable electronics, an emerging class of modern electronic materials that can bend and stretch, have the potential to be used in a wide range of applications, including wearable...
Profs’ Water Cleaning System Could Save Thousands of Gallons, Dollar Bills
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Alison Hewitt UCLA’s power plant had something that professors Yoram Cohen and Panagiotis Christofides wanted: hopelessly filthy water. And they have invented something that the Cogeneration Plant wanted: a way to clean...
UCLA Engineering Establishes Endowed Chair in Chemical Engineering with $2M Gift
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Wileen Wong Kromhout The UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science has announced the establishment of the William D. Van Vorst Chair in Chemical Engineering, made possible by a $2 million gift from...
Summer Program Sparks Teens’ Interest in Computer Science Careers
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By V. Claire Jadulang Tucked away on an underground level of Boelter Hall, the Center for Embedded Networked Sensing (CENS) hosts a conference room gathering where six computer science researchers discuss a cell phone...