Facts at a Glance - The Henry Samueli School of Engineering

• The Samueli School's graduate program is ranked 42nd by U.S. News & World Report, up from 47th last year. Several of the school’s specialty areas are ranked in the top 50 as well, including aerospace/aeronautical/astronautical (31) chemical (50), civil (34), computer engineering (42), electrical/electronic/communications (46), environmental/environmental health (30), materials (36) and mechanical (37).



• The Samueli School is home to five members of the elite National Academy of Engineering and numerous fellows of learned societies.



• This school year, enrollment numbers reached a new high, with nearly 3,000 undergraduates and more than 600 graduate students choosing the Samueli School. This year's freshman class numbered 692 students — the largest incoming class to date.
  
  
• Research at the Samueli School is focused on four of the most exciting, emerging areas in engineering: biomedical engineering, energy/transportation, information technology and nanoscale/microscale engineering.



• The Samueli School has 95 faculty members in five departments: biomedical engineering, chemical engineering and materials science, civil and environmental engineering, electrical engineering and computer science, and mechanical and aerospace engineering.



• The Samueli School’s anechoic chamber is the largest in the University of California system, allowing faculty and industry partners to test antennae arrays ranging from 1.5 GHz to 50 GHz.