UCLA Engineering Ranks Among Top 15

The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a leading "public ivy" research university in the US, ranked 25th among the Best National Universities in the country by US News & World Report's America's Best Colleges 2009.

UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science is ranked among the top 15 graduate engineering schools in the nation, placed 14th nationally in the US News Graduate Engineering Rankings 2010. The School has seven academic departments and one interdepartmental program, all of which are accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). It offers the following programs:

• Aerospace Engineering
  
• Bioengineering
  
• Biomedical Engineering
  
• Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
  
• Civil Engineering
  
• Computer Science and Engineering
  
• Electrical Engineering
  
• Manufacturing Engineering
  
• Materials Engineering
  
• Mechanical Engineering
  

Engineering Ranking Achievements:

- In the US News Best Colleges Rankings 2009: Undergraduate engineering specialties, it is rated highly in the following disciplines:

- 18th in Civil
- 16th in Computer Engineering
- 20th in Mechanical
- 17th in Environmental/Environmental Health

- In the US News “America’s Best Graduate Schools” 2007, UCLA is ranked in the top 15 in graduate engineering program. Rankings for specialty areas include:

- 13th in computer science
- 13th in electrical
- 15th in aerospace engineering
- 16th in mechanical
- 19th in materials science and engineering
- 24th in chemical
- 24th in civil
- 42nd in biomedical

- 20th among the Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs (US News 2008).

- 32nd in the world for Engineering/Technology and Computer Sciences, according to the ARWU Broad Subject Fields Ranking 2008.