The UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering has a long legacy of excellence in education and research.The UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering has a long legacy of excellence in education and research.
In the twenty-first century this includes designing sustainable and resilient communities, developing personalized medicine, advancing artificial intelligence, and unearthing insights from an unprecedented volume of data. We welcome a new generation of engineers to join us as we tackle these and many more compelling issues.
Our classes are taught by faculty members who are among the best in the world in their respective fields, and we are proud to instruct students of all backgrounds who are creative, motivated, and bring an exemplary work ethic to their studies.
The school offers a rigorous curriculum that pairs strong fundamentals with practical, hands-on experience. For our prospective students, let me offer three points beyond the curriculum that this dynamic school offers.
First, UCLA Samueli isn’t just a great school standing in isolation. It is an integral part of one of the world’s most innovative cities, and offers unparalleled access to sought-after internships and careers. Leading firms in aerospace, semiconductors, biotechnology, and other impactful areas are headquartered in Southern California. The region is also home to a major startup scene in which our engineers are involved; many founded their first startup while at UCLA.
Second, in addition to paving the way into industry, we offer unique research opportunities for our undergraduate students. Our faculty members are distinguished leaders in their fields and students have an active role in their research labs, with some research even earning course credit. Our students also often collaborate with the UCLA medical school, and other disciplines, as they pursue new approaches and breakthroughs.
Third, you will meet some extraordinary people in your fellow students. The talent, smarts, outside-the-box thinking, and collaborative can-do energy at UCLA are unparalleled. If you are interested in exploring fields outside your major, we have more than 44 engineering clubs focused on a wide range of activities. We also recently opened a 9,000-square-foot makerspace where you can work on personal projects, and hold group activities such as hack-a-thons.
UCLA Samueli is entering an extraordinary period of growth, with significant expansion in the number of research labs, faculty, and students. The school already is world-renowned, but we are reaching for new heights. This growth will offer extraordinary new opportunities for you to make a significant impact on our society and the world, and I invite you to be part of it.
Jayathi Y. Murthy Ronald and Valerie Sugar Dean of UCLA Engineering