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 Engineers Pioneer Lab-on-a-chip Blood Test Handheld Unit Developed for Space Flight
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]A team of mechanical and aerospace engineers at UCLA is developing the tools needed to support NASA's vision of manned space flights to the Moon and beyond. By Marlys Amundson Professor Chih-Ming Ho and graduate student...
UCLA Engineering Joins International Team to Develop Advanced Networks for Defense
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Faculty and students from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science are part of a multimillion dollar collaborative research team exploring wireless and sensor networks for defense By Marlys Amundson...
UCLA and JPL Form Partnership to Enhance Understanding of Regional Climate Change and Support Space Missions
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]UCLA and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) have formed a research institute to better understand and predict regional environmental and climate change and support future space missions. By M. Abraham The Joint...
UCLA Engineering Awarded Grant from the National Institutes of Health to Establish Nanomedicine Development Center
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Researchers to Analyze and Control Body’s Critical Regulatory Circuitries to Aid in Curing Disease By M. Abraham An interdisciplinary team of scientists from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied...
Center for Embedded Networked Sensing Kicks Off Research Review with Opening of New 6,000 SF Glass-Enclosed Facility
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]New Research and Work Space, Loaded With Sensors, Is Itself an Ongoing Experiment By M. Abraham Tucked into a courtyard filled with trees and lush plantings adjacent to UCLA Engineering’s Boelter Hall, a new 6,000 square...
UCLA Engineering Researcher Uses Plant Virus to Create Memory Chip
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Giving your digital camera a virus may not sound very smart, but a memory chip that incorporates millions of viruses may just be the fastest thing around. By M. Abraham **Story excerpted from a New Scientist Tech print...