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
First-Gen Latinx Engineering Ph.D. Student Leads Research on Water Quality in Belize
While the rest of the world shut down amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Ileana Callejas ’18, M.S. ’19 kept busy studying how the sudden drop in tourism was affecting the waters off the coast of Belize.
Civil Engineering Professor on National Academies Committee to Improve Resilience of Transportation Systems
Henry Burton, UCLA’s Englekirk Presidential Endowed Chair in Structural Engineering, was appointed by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to serve on a 12-person committee
UCLA Engineering Student, Alumnus Selected as 2021 Kleiner Perkins Fellows
Recent UCLA Samueli School of Engineering computer science graduate Yash Moondhra ’21 and current computer science student Sriram Balachandran have been selected as 2021 Kleiner Perkins Fellows.
UCLA a Key Partner in New $15 Million NSF Consortium Promoting Tech Innovation
UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, along with seven other universities in the Western United States, received a $15 million National Science Foundation (NSF) award to advance commercialization of technological
Artificial Intelligence Re-stained Images of Tissue Biopsy Expedite Diagnoses
In lifesaving situations, expedient and accurate diagnostic tools are critical to aid pathologists in examining biopsied tissue samples looking for signs of diseases. UCLA engineers found a new path to achieve that
Transportation Equity Expert to Join UCLA Engineering, Public Affairs Faculty
The UCLA Samueli School of Engineering welcomes Tierra Bills, who specializes in the socioeconomic impacts of transportation decisions, to its faculty as an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering. Bills