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.
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UCLA Engineers Develop Scalable Process to Decarbonize Cement Production
Researchers from UCLA’s Institute for Carbon Management have developed a method that could eliminate nearly all of of the carbon dioxide emitted during
UCLA Engineer Receives Nearly $1M in Government Funding for Agricultural Research
Khalid Jawed, an associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, recently received nearly $1 million
UCLA Computer Scientist Demetri Terzopoulos Elected to the Canadian Academy of Engineering
Demetri Terzopoulos, a distinguished professor and chancellor’s professor of computer science at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, was named a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering.
UCLA Chemical Engineer Receives Two Early Career Awards to Fund Microscopic Imaging and Alternative Battery Research
Yuzhang Li, an assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has received a pair of early career awards in recognition of
UCLA Computer Science Professor Receives NSF CAREER Award for Research on Generative AI to Aid Scientific Discovery
Aditya Grover, an assistant professor of computer science at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to support his research designing
UCLA Materials Science Professor Receives DOE Award for Materials Synthesis Research
Daniel Schwalbe-Koda, an assistant professor of materials science and engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has received