UCLA Samueli COVID-19 Information

This webpage is designed to answer frequently asked questions from students, faculty and staff at UCLA Samueli School of Engineering regarding the impacts of COVID-19. We will update the page as quickly as possible when new information becomes available. This page was last updated  September 22, 2023.

University Status:

Q: What are the COVID testing requirements?

A: Students, staff and faculty are not required to test, but testing is encouraged following travel or exposure to someone else who has tested positive.

For students who test positive:

For faculty and staff who test positive:

  • Individuals who test positive for COVID-19 should isolate immediately and call UCLA Occupational Health at 310-825-6771 to report the positive test. .

Those who test positive should also: 

 

  • Isolate for five days per the LACDPH Isolation Order.
  • Wear a mask
  • UCLA has designated isolation and quarantine spaces available to students living in on-campus housing. 
Q: How does the Campus Self-Testing Process Work?

A:

  • Once a test sample has been completed, it may be deposited in any of the marked collection bins, which are located adjacent to the vending machines.
  • Test samples should be deposited within one hour of taking the test in order to maintain proper temperature.
  • Individuals depositing test samples before 11 a.m. can expect results within 24-36 hours, while those depositing samples after 11 a.m. can expect results within 48 hours.
Q: What is the masking requirement?

A: Indoor masking is strongly encouraged, but not required. For UCLA students, faculty and staff, masks should be worn in the following circumstances:

  • Students: Students released from isolation on or after Day 5 must wear a mask around others through Day 10, but they may discontinue masking sooner if they have two negative COVID-19 tests in a row taken at least one day apart before Day 10.
  • Faculty and staff: It is required by Cal/OSHA that employees who return to work following early release from isolation wear a highly protective mask in the workplace through Day 10.

 

Upgraded masks (i.e. surgical, KN95, N95) are still available to UCLA students, faculty and staff — free of charge — at the UCLA Emergency PPE Supply Store, the John Wooden Center, residence hall front desks and in Ackerman Union at the A-level information window (next to the post office).

Q: Where can I get tested for COVID-19?

A: Beginning June 22, 2023, UCLA will be transitioning the campus from its PCR testing program to a new multi-campus program made available by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) in partnership with the UCLA SwabSeq Laboratory. While existing UCLA testing kits will work in the new system, the sample registration process will switch over to the new program on June 22. UCLA will no longer have access to PCR results, meaning it is important for students who test positive to contact the UCLA Ashe COVID Hotline at 310-206-6217 or exposuremanagementteam@ashe.ucla.edu, and faculty/staff to report positive results to Occupational Health at 310-825-6771. The following testing centers will continue to distribute PCR tests at no charge to the UCLA community via Bruincard: 

  • Ackerman Union, south entrance, UCLA Bookstore
  • Haines Hall, west entrance
  • Pauley Pavilion, north side, adjacent to Bruin Walk
  • Neuroscience Building, west entrance

All other testing centers will be discontinued on June 21, 2023, including Bradley Hall in-person testing center, La Kretz vending machine and all other existing distribution and test collection sites.

Q: I just tested positive for COVID. What should I do?

A:  Report to the appropriate UCLA COVID-19 Hotline and you will be given instructions for isolation:

      • Student: ASHE COVID Hotline (310) 206-6217 and/or email exposuremanagementteam@ashe.ucla.edu Students who need to isolate or quarantine should notify their course instructors as soon as possible and explain their circumstances. If an instructor requires a medical note, students in isolation or quarantine will receive an academic support letter from the Exposure Management Team during the case investigation process
      • Faculty and Staff: Occupational Health (310)-825-6771 (option 4) or email covidcallcenter@mednet.ucla.edu
Q: What are the quarantine requirements for faculty and staff?

A: The UCLA Isolation and Quarantine Process is detailed here (PDF).

Faculty/Staff: 

Faculty/staff do not have to quarantine if they are asymptomatic, regardless of vaccination status, provided they adhere to Cal/OSHA requirements following exposure. Those who have recovered from COVID-19 within the previous 90 days also meet this exemption.



Q: What should I do if I know I’ve been exposed to COVID-19?

A: Adherence to the latest UCLA isolation/quarantining policies (PDF) is essential for those who have tested positive for COVID-19 or have been in close contact with an individual who has tested positive. It is important to remember that the contagious period may begin as early as two days prior to the onset of symptoms.

Individuals who were a close contact to a COVID-19 infected person will be subject to quarantine per the LACDPH Quarantine Order unless the following exemption criteria are met:

  • Wear a highly protective mask (e.g., surgical mask, N95, KN95 or KF94) around others for 10 days after the last date of exposure.
  • Test with an FDA-authorized vial COVID-19 test (e.g., PCR or Antigen test, including at-home tests) 3-5 days after date of exposure.
  • Monitor health for 10 days.

Changes to campus policies include:

Positive tests performed outside of the UCLA testing program must be reported through the UCLA COVID-19 Action Center (formerly known as the Symptom Monitoring System) and to the appropriate UCLA COVID-19 Hotline:

  • Students: 
    Call the Ashe COVID Hotline at 310-206-6217 and/or send an email to exposuremanagementteam@ashe.ucla.edu

 

  • Faculty and Staff: 
    Call UCLA Occupational Health at 310-825-6217

 

Q: Does the university require that all students and community members get vaccinated for COVID-19? Are vaccine boosters required?

All UCLA students, staff and faculty must either self-attest to being up-to-date* with the COVID-19 vaccination OR affirmatively decline the vaccine by Dec. 1, 2023 (same as flu vaccine). 

This can be done through the UCLA COVID-19 Action Center starting Oct. 2, 2023. If you are unsure whether you need to take action, you can check your status as an option in the action center.

Beyond this date, only new students and new employees will be required to take action in accordance with the specified timeframes outlined in the UC Policy on Vaccination Programs — With Interim Revisions (8/16/23). The policy allows covered individuals to either confirm being up-to-date* with vaccination having received the COVID-19 vaccine or affirmatively decline with appropriate education. 

*Up-to-date is when one has received doses of a vaccine recommended by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the California Department of Public Health.The CDC currently recommends everyone aged 5 years and older get 1 dose of the updated 2023-2024 COVID-19 vaccine that the CDC authorized for use on Sept. 12, 2023.

Q: Can I get my updated COVID-19 booster and/or a flu shot on campus?

A: For students, COVID-19 and flu vaccinations are available by scheduling an appointment at the Arthur Ashe Health and Wellness Center. The Ashe Center is also hosting an Immunization Requirement Fair from September 25 to September 29 at the Wooden Center. Students must schedule an appointment for the fair ahead of time on the UCLA Immunization Requirements website.

Faculty and staff can make COVID-19 and influenza (flu) vaccine appointments through their medical provider, pharmacy, clinic, or at a public vaccination site. Please visit the LADPH COVID-19 Vaccines website for more information about where to get vaccinated.
A flu vaccine fair for faculty and staff will also be held at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, B-Level, from Oct. 16–21. More info to come.

 

Q: I tested positive on a rapid antigen test done at UCLA, but am waiting for the result of my confirmatory PCR test. What do I do?

A: Please continue to quarantine pending the result of your PCR test. If your PCR test if negative, you are free to leave isolation as long as you do not have symptoms. If your result is positive, please continue to isolate and a member of the exposure management team will contact you for case investigation.

Q: I recently did a rapid test at home and it was positive. What should I do?

A: You need to quarantine immediately. Call the COVID hotline at 310-206-6217 if you are a student and leave a voicemail for the Exposure Management Team who will return your call during business hours. For faculty and staff, please contact the UCLA COVID Call Center at (310) 267-3300. 

Training for Voluntary Use of N95 Respirators

Students are also highly encouraged to complete this training to better educate themselves on proper use and fit.

We encourage any faculty, staff or students who wish to take advantage of the personal protection that voluntary-use N95 masks provide to request one from their department and attend the clinic. More information about the clinic time and location will be provided soon.

Additional information on acquiring N-95 masks for voluntary use and instructions and required training (PDF), is available on the Emergency PPE Supply Store website.

Instructions for Mask Use, Removal and Reuse

Those using medical-grade masks (see informational PDF), KN95 masks and N95 respirators should follow these tips from the CDC regarding proper fit and use:

  • Wash hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, or use a hand sanitizer containing at least 60% alcohol.
  • Place mask over nose and mouth and secure under chin.
  • Hook loops of mask around ears.
  • Pinch top around the nose.

 

Q: What happens if I have to miss a class or an exam?

A: As we return to campus, there is likely to be an uptick in students missing class due to isolation and quarantine protocols. The prospect of missing class time, projects or assessments can be daunting, and we’d never want our students to attend in-person events with COVID-19 symptoms for fear of missing a class or an exam. If our students do not feel well and are exhibiting COVID-19-related symptoms, they should stay home and rest. As faculty members, we should be committed to accommodating students who cannot be in class for these reasons through video or audio streaming or recordings, makeup assignments and assessments, alternative projects or other means.

Q: What is UCLA doing to address concerns from students with disabilities who need remote access to classes?

A: Since our return to the classroom in fall 2021, we have seen instructors adapt to the needs of students unable to attend class in person by recording and/or broadcasting courses live via Zoom, designing assessments that are not tied to specific times and locations, and more. In keeping with guidance previously offered by the administration and the Academic Senate, we endorse instructor use and sharing of recordings and livestreams for students who are absent for pandemic-related reasons, and reaffirm our support for providing other flexibility when it serves learning and equity goals.

We note that faculty have the responsibility, under UC systemwide policy, for applying academic standards to ensure that our university’s degrees have value — with each individual instructor possessing the authority to make decisions about their courses and the dissemination of teaching materials. We know many instructors are already doing so much to be flexible while maintaining academic excellence, and we offer our gratitude. For those who wish to learn more, resources related to using technology effectively for teaching, learning and assessment can be found on our Center for the Advancement of Teaching website. Several other specific resources appear below:

Students who are immunocompromised, have disabilities or special medical circumstances that make them more vulnerable to contracting COVID-19 may seek reasonable academic adjustments by:

  • Contacting the UCLA Center for Accessible Education (CAE), which will review requests from students to reorder course sequences for their health and safety, seeking to ensure that immunocompromised and other students do not lose opportunities to take required courses in a timely way.
  • Requesting notes from CAE, which is assigning notetakers to attend in-person classes and provide notes and/or individual recordings of the lectures for those students who have been granted accommodations.
Q: Did the university require that all students and community members get the flu vaccine?

A: Yes. UCLA requires all students, faculty, other academic appointees and staff learning, living or working at UC locations to get their flu vaccines by Nov. 1, 2023. Students who are noncompliant are subject to an academic hold. Information about where to find vaccination sites, how to schedule a vaccine and insurance coverage can be found at the Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center website

Those who file for an exception will be required to wear face masks on campus through the end of flu season even if COVID-19 protocols are lifted.
To document your vaccine or to file for an exception, please do the following:

  1. Navigate to the UCLA COVID-19 Symptom Monitoring and Vaccination Verification System.
  2. Click the green “Flu Vaccine Verification” button at the top of the page.
  3. Select your UCLA affiliation.
  4. Enter your Single Sign-On login credentials and follow the prompts.
Q: What does proof of vaccination for COVID-19 mean at UCLA?

A: Information on providing proof of vaccination and booster status is available at this page.

All students, faculty and staff who will be living, learning or working on campus or at other UCLA facilities are required to submit proof of their vaccination and boosters to UCLA. Individuals can do so online or use the UCLA Mobile app, which is available on the App Store and the Google Play Store.

Proof of vaccination and/or booster should be submitted by following the directions below:

  • Students
    Students can submit proof by logging into the Arthur Ashe Student Health & Wellness Center’s electronic patient portal and clicking on the Medical Clearance section. 
  • Employees
    Staff and faculty can most easily confirm their status through UCLA’s UCLA COVID-19 Action Center by giving the university consent to check UCLA Health records and the California vaccination database. (Alternatively, you can upload an image of your CDC vaccination card or non-U.S. equivalent, or upload an official medical record from your health care provider.)

    If you gave consent to check records for your initial vaccination, the survey should automatically update your booster status. If you didn’t, you can give consent for your booster. If your records are not found, the system will provide instructions on how to proceed.
  • Other campus categories
    More information for UCLA Health employees and those in clinical settings, non-matriculating students and K-12 students is
    available at this website.


Q: Where can I find information on daily reported COVID-19 cases on campus and where they occurred?

A: Information on daily reported COVID-19 cases among members of the campus community can be found on the UCLA COVID-19 resources page. As of Sept. 23, 2021, this page also reports the percentage of UCLA students, faculty and staff who are fully vaccinated.

Q: What would cause the university to switch back to remote learning?

A: Eight separate pivot points — including increased UCLA or regional rates of breakthrough cases, increases in UCLA or regional positive tests, increases in COVID-related deaths in the region, decreases in available ICU beds, decrease in available isolation capacity or contract-tracing capacity — will result in implementation of additional health and safety protocols or a scaling down of in-person activities.

Pivots ranging from an increase in remote learning to limitations of campus activities will be triggered based on an increase in those eight factors and the severity of increase in those factors.

This is addressed in the document titled UCLA COVID-19 Pivot Plan and Decision Matrix. This document can also be found on the COVID site protocols page.

UCLA Samueli COVID Efforts:

Q: How is the School of Engineering contributing to COVID-19 relief efforts?

A: Engineers are problem solvers. At UCLA, we have not shied away from challenges presented by COVID-19. Our computer scientists and engineers have been collaborating with colleagues at the David Geffen School of Medicine and UCLA Health to develop urgently needed personal protective equipment, cutting-edge testing methods, predictive models adopted by the CDC and vaccine boosters. And there are numerous creative student-led efforts as well.

You can read the highlights of UCLA Samueli COVID-related research projects and press coverage here.

Enrollment and Classes:

Q: Will I be able to audit a class?

A: Auditing classes will be up to each individual professor’s discretion. If you’d like to audit a specific class, you can email the professors and they may be able to add you as a participant to the CCLE page and allow you to access course material.

Q: Will lectures be recorded for students who cannot attend in-person classes?

A: If students cannot attend in-person classes, professors should consider the best means to provide instruction to these students. This can include allowing the student to arrange for the classes to be recorded through Zoom. Many classrooms are equipped for BruinCast Video or Audio or Zoom streaming and professors are encouraged to record their lectures.

Q: Are there limits on the number of students that can be in a classroom when in-person instruction is taking place?

A: UCLA is not subject to any classroom density limitations. There are no caps on the number of students in a classroom beyond the normal room capacity. See UCLA’s Protocols for Fall 2021 Instruction from the COVID-19 Response and Recovery Task Force and the Academic Personnel Office.

Faculty and Staff:

Q: What happens if my students have to miss a class or an exam?

A: As we return to campus, there is likely to be an uptick in students missing class due to isolation and quarantine protocols. The prospect of missing class time, projects or assessments can be daunting, and we’d never want our students to attend in-person events with COVID-19 symptoms for fear of missing a class or an exam. If our students do not feel well and are exhibiting COVID-19-related symptoms, they should stay home and rest. As faculty members, we should be committed to accommodating students who cannot be in class for these reasons through video or audio streaming or recordings, makeup assignments and assessments, alternative projects or other means.

Q: How can I best support students who request special accommodations?

A: To best support our entire community, instructors are being strongly encouraged to record live lectures, as per the Academic Senate guidelines and adopt the following approaches:

  • Create video or audio recordings of lectures to be watched either live via Zoom or at a later time.
  • Determine whether the room in which you are lecturing is equipped for BruinCast Video, Zoom Streaming, or BruinCast Audio setup.
  • When broadcasting lectures synchronously via Zoom:
  • Use real-time automatic captions to support many different types of learners and increase access. (Reach out to the Center for Advancement of Teaching about alternative options.)
  • Remember to check in on the remote students and provide opportunities for them to participate by calling on them, having them participate in classroom polls, having them react to questions you pose or other methods that are outlined in the guide for Teaching Local and Remote Students.
  • Allow accommodations for student absences caused by reasons related to public health mitigation (such as a student’s compliance with a symptom monitoring instruction to remain off campus, go into isolation or quarantine) when determining a final grade.
  • Reschedule exams and presentations to accommodate individual student absences caused by the public health risk mitigation requirement to go into isolation or quarantine.

For more information, view the COVID-19 Response and Recovery Task Force Faculty FAQs  and the Teaching Resources and Recommendations.



Q: What are UCLA guidelines for instructors on COVID-related questions in class?

A: For faculty needing information on student masking requirements, accommodations, microphone reservation and other COVID-related questions, please read this FAQ.

Q: When faculty are required to quarantine, what should they do about their classes?

A: Given the university’s commitment to in-person instruction, instructors are not permitted to unilaterally move their classes to a remote format without prior permission from the administration and/or at the direction UCLA’s Exposure Management Team. An instructor may move a single, individual in-person class, or up to two classes in a row, to Zoom without prior authorization under the following circumstances:

  • The instructor has an illness or physical symptoms and is thereby not cleared for onsite work but feels well enough to teach remotely.
  • The instructor has had direct, recent, extensive close contact with someone who is COVID-positive and believes that they should temporarily quarantine (even though current university protocols and public health orders do not require vaccinated individuals to do so if they remain asymptomatic).

The university needs to understand the frequency with which such situations arise across the institution. For this reason, instructors must inform their department chair or chair’s designee within 48 hours of any in-person class moved to Zoom for the above reasons.

Best practices also include preparing a fellow faculty member, co-teacher or TA to lead one or more classes in case the primary instructor is not available.

See the protocols for instructors.

Technology and Accessibility:

Q: How will UCLA assist students who feel they don’t have adequate technology resources? What if I have problems with my laptop/device not being compatible for class?

A: Students can submit a form to borrow a laptop and other technology from the UCLA Library for an entire quarter, while supplies last. If you have compatibility issues with your current technology, submit a message using the MyUCLA Student Support COVID-19 Message Center. For a one-time internet connectivity error, please get in touch with your professor to attempt to resolve the problem. For more major technology accessibility issues, UCLA has several programs that can help with purchasing or borrowing laptops,  and other devices. Please visit Bruin Resources and Tools for more information. We also encourage any student who may be facing financial hardship to reach out to our Economic Crisis Response Team for assistance.

Q: What accommodations can be made for students with technological difficulties, particularly regarding attendance requirements and live-time activities?

A: Students with difficulties that prevent them from participating in synchronous class activities should communicate directly with their professors or TAs to discuss possible accommodations. Further concerns can be directed to the UCLA Academic Senate. Read the full list of adjusted policies from the Academic Senate.



Q: What is the university doing to address concerns from students with disabilities?

A: Students who are immunocompromised, have disabilities or special medical circumstances that make them more vulnerable to contracting COVID-19 may seek reasonable academic adjustments including:

  • Contacting the UCLA Center for Accessible Education (CAE), which will review requests from students to reorder course sequences for their health and safety, seeking to ensure that immunocompromised and other students do not lose opportunities to take required courses in a timely way.
  • Requesting notes from CAE, which is assigning notetakers to attend in-person classes and provide notes and/or individual recordings of the lectures for those students who have been granted accommodations.

To best support our entire community, instructors are being encouraged to adopt the following approaches:

  • Create video or audio recordings of lectures, either live via Zoom or to watch later.
  • When broadcasting lectures via Zoom, use real-time automatic captions to support many different types of learners and increase access. (Reach out to the Center for Advancement of Teaching about alternative options.)
  • Allow accommodations for student absences caused by reasons related to public health mitigation (such as a student’s compliance with UCLA Ashe Center COVID-19 exposure protocols to remain off campus, go into isolation or quarantine) when determining a final grade.
  • Reschedule exams and presentations to accommodate individual student absences caused by public health risk mitigation requirement to go into isolation or quarantine.

Since our return to the classroom in fall 2021, we have seen instructors adapt to the needs of students unable to attend class in person by recording and/or broadcasting courses live via Zoom, designing assessments that are not tied to specific times and locations, and more. In keeping with guidance previously offered by the administration and the Academic Senate, we endorse instructor use and sharing of recordings and livestreams for students who are absent for pandemic-related reasons, and reaffirm our support for providing other flexibility when it serves learning and equity goals.

For those who wish to learn more, resources related to using technology effectively for teaching, learning and assessment can be found on our Center for the Advancement of Teaching website. Several other specific resources appear below:

For more information, view the COVID-19 Response and Recovery Task Force Faculty FAQs and Teaching Resources and Recommendations.

Health and Wellness:

Q: How do I know if someone tested positive for COVID-19 was recently in a campus building I plan to visit?

A: UCLA created a COVID-19 case dashboard (DOCX) in an effort to keep our community members informed if they were present in a building where someone who tested positive for COVID-19 had been. Whenever UCLA receives notice of a COVID-19 positive case occurring on a UCLA property, the case location dashboard will be updated and an email notification will be sent to those who indicated in the symptom monitoring survey if they were present in the related facilities. These email notifications will be sent to both campus and UCLA Health employees.

Q: What precautions is UCLA taking to keep our community safe?

A: The safety of our students, faculty and staff remains our top priority. UCLA has put recommended infection-control procedures in place on campus. These include physical distancing, lower density in classrooms and other spaces, and frequent cleaning of classrooms and facilities. Information on campus protocols is available online and updated frequently.

Please follow UCLA’s Standard Operating Procedure (revised June 1, 2023) when reporting a confirmed COVID-19 case.

Q: What wellness and mental health resources are available to me, even remotely?

A: Students have access to multiple mental health resources from Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS), which has an engineering virtual satellite clinic, to the Resilience in Your Student Experience (RISE) Center. CAPS has also provided a guide that can help inform students on available resources and how to access them. 

The UCLA Samueli School of Engineering continues to partner with CAPS to offer free, confidential, brief support for students within the School of Engineering.

Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) Support Services

Support for students within the School of Engineering will be offered via Zoom or in person.
To schedule, call the CAPS front desk at (310) 825-0768 and mention the Engineering Satellite 

Weeks 5-10 Engineering CAPS Satellite
Wednesdays 10-12 pm
Zoom Meeting ID:  933 5983 1572,  Passcode: 327050
Virtual Only

Fridays 1-3pm
Boelter Hall, 6288-G

In-Person Only 

Additional Wellness Support:

CAPS Training and Support Groups – Relaxation, Time Management, Problem-solving, Academic Success, Anxiety, and more.

The RISE Center
A wellness hub for all students, faculty, and staff who want to find encouragement through mindfulness and resiliency. This hub is called Resilience in the Student Experience (RISE) and is located on campus, downstairs at Lu Valle Commons room B-01. RISE serves as a physical extension of CAPS, and as part of its programming, RISE offers meditations, yoga, peer coaching, and other mind-body modalities.

Dashew Services for International Students

The GRIT Coaching Program – Sign up for a GRIT Peer CoachIf you’re looking to focus on your holistic well-being and personal development this year, join GRIT! GRIT stands for guidance, resilience, integrity, and transformation.  Undergraduate students can enroll at any time during the academic year to receive one-on-one support from trained peer coaches. Topics of focus during individualized coaching sessions include stress/time management, effective communication skills, meditation/mindfulness, cultural humility, goal setting, comprehensive campus resource referrals, and much more! Our goal is to empower students to discover their true thriving potential and ultimately give back to the greater UCLA campus community. Explore our site for more info!

WAZO CONNECT Peer Mentorship Program
Wazo Connect is a peer mentorship program for students who are feeling lonely, stressed, or overwhelmed and who prefer a more informal support system. Mentors are trained by CAPS, CARE, GRIT, LGBTQ+ Center and Psychology professors. Mentors meet with mentees weekly/bi-weekly and can accompany them to important appointments and meetings if requested.  Interested students can sign up to get a peer mentor from the website: https://www.wazoconnect.com/jointhefam For more information please visit our website www.wazoconnect.com or our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/wazoconnect/.

CAPS can also assist incoming students with utilizing resources such as the TAO app, which is available and covered for any student with a UCLA email address. However, CAPS cannot treat incoming students until they are fully registered or enrolled.

Students with disabilities are also eligible to receive accommodations from the Center for Accessible Education. If you are experiencing a crisis, please visit UCLA’s CAPS website for additional resources. For life-threatening emergencies, please call 911 or UCPD’s 24-hour dispatch line at 310-825-1491.

Counseling is also available for staff and faculty.

Q: How can I report violations of public health guidelines in the UCLA campus community?

A: Email the Office of Student Conduct regarding known individuals at dean@saonet.ucla.edu. You can also report incidents anonymously online via the Whistleblower Hotline or by phone at 800-403-4744 providing the date, time, nature and location of the violation. In urgent situations, call the On-Campus Housing Dispatch at 310-206-9633.

Diversity and Inclusion:

Q: What steps has UCLA Samueli taken to address diversity and inclusion in the School of Engineering?

A: At UCLA, diversity is an indispensable element of academic excellence. The UCLA Samueli School of Engineering is committed to providing a more equitable, diverse, inclusive and nurturing learning environment. We strive to foster a diverse student and faculty body, with programs designed to complement a rigorous engineering education for anyone with the talent and desire to succeed. A population rich in diversity expands the range of knowledge, experiences and viewpoints, leading to innovative new solutions that otherwise would not be possible. Programs to enable the success of all of our students, regardless of ethnic or economic background, are in place — and are making progress. Over the next decade, we hope to double the percentage of underrepresented minorities and increase the percentage of women in both our student body and our faculty. Please visit our EDI page for more information.

Clubs & Organizations:
American Indian Science & Engineering Society (AISES)
Arab American Association of Engineers and Architects (AAAEA)
Association for Computing Machinery-Women (ACM-W)
IEEE Women Advancing Technology through Teamwork (WATT)
Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association at UCLA (BruinKSEA)
National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)
Pilipinos in Engineering and Science (PIES)
Queer and Trans in STEM (QTSTEM)
Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers (SASE)
Society of Latino Engineers and Scientists (SOLES)
Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
GradSWE at UCLA

Full List of UCLA Samueli Student Clubs & Organizations

Programs:
Women in Engineering (WE@UCLA)
Center for Excellence in Engineering and Diversity (CEED)

Discrimination:

Q: I feel that I’m being targeted based on my race and ethnic background due to the outbreak of COVID-19, what should I do?

A: UCLA Samueli is deeply committed to providing an equitable, diverse and inclusive learning environment. We ask that anyone who experiences a bias incident to report it to us by completing a UCLA Incident of Bias Reporting Form so we can take action. Learn how to report electronic abuse.

Q: Why might referring to COVID-19 or the coronavirus by a particular geographic location be offensive?

A: At UCLA, we believe it is important to promote an equitable, inclusive and diverse culture. Using terms such as “Wuhan virus” has unfortunately led to people of Asian and Pacific Islander descent being teased, bullied, harassed, harmed or made to feel like outsiders. See this post from the Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion for more information. If you are a target of bullying or harassment, please report it to us by completing a UCLA Incident of Bias Reporting Form so we can take action. Resources to report electronic abuse, including UCPD, can be found here.