
WE@UCLA
The UCLA Women in Engineering program, known as WE@UCLA, is an institutionalized student support program within the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science (HSSEAS) Dean’s office; run by full-time professional staff. There is no membership, it’s not a club, and the program is open to all UCLA Samueli students.
Mission
The UCLA Women in Engineering program (WE@UCLA) is committed to enabling the full participation, success, and advancement of women in engineering and computer science. The program is open to all UCLA Samueli students. WE@UCLA promotes an environment that enhances the personal and professional development of students, provides opportunities and resources to develop self-efficacy and leadership skills, and facilitates a rewarding career path after graduation.
Mission
The UCLA Women in Engineering program (WE@UCLA) is committed to enabling the full participation, success, and advancement of women in engineering and computer science. The program is open to all students. WE@UCLA promotes an environment that enhances the personal and professional development of women, provides opportunities and resources to develop self-efficacy and leadership skills, and facilitates a rewarding career path after graduation.
Program Overview

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Engineering Change
At UCLA Samueli, we’re building a new kind of engineering school. Collaborative. Entrepreneurial. Fearless. With a dedication to excellence and a deeply held conviction that anything is possible. This dynamic, can-do attitude is in the DNA of our university – the #1 public university in the country. We make a difference. We solve the problems of the world.
WE Engineer Change.
Women Engineering Deans in 2024
Dean Ah-Hyung “Alissa” Park, a professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering and the Ronald and Valerie Sugar Dean of UCLA Samueli, discusses her journey into academic leadership and her goal for the engineering school to embrace cross-disciplinary collaboration and make societal impact. Park has a joint faculty appointment in civil and environmental engineering.
