Ah-Hyung “Alissa” Park, Dean of the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science
UCLA Samueli offers a world-class education—a rigorous engineering and computer science curriculum to build fundamental knowledge, multidisciplinary collaborations with academia and industry, and a problem-solving approach to real-world challenges. The school has always been, and will continue to be, at the forefront of engineering and computer science. Across the school, we conduct groundbreaking research in areas such as sustainable energy, climate technologies, quantum computing, artificial intelligence and robotics, resilient built environment, advanced materials and engineering in medicine.
UCLA Samueli students engage in hands-on research with world-renowned faculty, in state-of-the-art laboratories and makerspaces. There are wonderful internship opportunities at the world’s leading companies, and students get to network with exceptional industry professionals and leaders, many of whom are UCLA Engineering alumni.
With more than 50 engineering student-led organizations and 1,000 more student clubs across the campus, UCLA students can find shared interest in innovation, entrepreneurship, mentorship, recreation, arts and culture, scholarship, community service, and many more areas. These groups offer a wonderful community in which our students can pursue both their academic and extracurricular interests. Along the way, students are sure to form friendships with fellow Bruins that will last a lifetime.
UCLA is a vibrant community with many highly ranked programs in law, medicine, public policy, social sciences, physical sciences, arts, and many more—all on one campus. These disciplines bring an academic breadth and depth to UCLA as students and faculty work on multiple cross-disciplinary projects together.
Ultimately, what makes UCLA truly special is its people—students who bring a diversity of backgrounds, talents, and perspectives to create an environment in which everyone can succeed and be at their best. At UCLA Samueli, we are committed to creating an equitable and inclusive community where everyone in our student body feels welcome.
As engineers and computer scientists, we are natural problem solvers. There is no shortage of pressing problems with tremendous societal impacts to solve in the 21st century—from the need for accessible health care and quality education to responsible artificial intelligence, and to sustainable energy and environment. We need to address these and many other challenges by sharing our collective resources and adopting a collaborative approach that incorporates the best ideas of every discipline. Only by working together can we build a truly inclusive engineering community, one in which we celebrate our unique experiences and help one another engineer positive change that will benefit many generations to come.
On behalf of the entire UCLA Samueli community, welcome to our school.
Fiat Lux! Go Bruins!
Ah-Hyung Alissa
Park
Ronald and Valerie Sugar Dean
Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science