The Henry Samueli School of Engineering

At the UC Irvine Samueli School of Engineering, we are reimagining what a modern engineering education could look like. Sure, our students must take (and hopefully ace) their thermodynamics and machine learning courses. But it’s outside the classroom that the real magic happens.

Students who participate in cohort-based experiences not only do better academically, they also gain valuable experiences and have more fun. We have students launching rockets, creating hyperloop pods, and building robots that perform on stage. Talk about magic!

In fact, the Samueli School of Engineering is on track to becoming one of the world’s preeminent institutions, as an innovative, inclusive, and forward-thinking program. But we cannot do it alone, or without resources. Anything we do beyond business as usual requires additional, external support, which is why Giving Day is so important.

Your support has allowed us to roll out the E-SONIC competition that we hold jointly with the Pacific Symphony and the UC Irvine Claire Trevor School of the Arts, where student teams design and showcase never-before-seen musical instruments. Your support has also helped us launch our Office for Experiential Learning, where students can see their wild ideas come to life in physical and digital makerspaces with direct industry relevance.

With your support today of the Dean’s Excellence Fund, all the donations will go to support student projects and other cohort-based programs and will help us connect project-based learning activities with industry and career readiness initiatives.

I hope you can help contribute to what is happening now, and for the future, in the UC Irvine Samueli School of Engineering.

Best,

Magnus Egerstedt, Ph.D.
Stacey Nicholas Dean of Engineering
UC Irvine Samueli School of Engineering


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Samueli School Donor Heatmap
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2 AA 0
2 AE 0
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Early Bird Challenge
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Early Bird Challenge
Thanks to a generous gift from UC Irvine Foundation trustees Gary and Melanie Singer, donors will be chosen at random to unlock an additional $500 for the school, program or cause supported during the Giving Day Early Access Period (ends 11:59pm on April 21)!
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Social Media Challenge
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Social Media Challenge
Show your UC Irvine pride! Post on social media with #UCIGivingDay and let us know what you care about most at UC Irvine. We'll be selecting and featuring our favorite posts, and if we feature yours, $500 will be donated in your honor to the initiative mentioned in your post!
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1965 Challenge
$1,965
1965 Challenge
In celebration of UC Irvine's founding, the 1,965th gift will receive $1,965 in matching funds for the school, program or cause supported from UC Irvine alum and trustee, Terry Godfrey ’86 and Steve Godfrey!
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Brilliant Future Challenge
Thanks to a generous commitment from UC Irvine Foundation trustee Julie Hill, the top-3 academic units with the largest growth in donors over last year's Giving Day will share a bonus prize of $5,000!
Rank Prize Academic Unit % +/- Goal
1 $2,500 School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences -96.67% 1
goal: 30
2 $1,500 School of Social Sciences -97.22% 1
goal: 36
3 $1,000 Donald Bren School of ICS -97.56% 2
goal: 82
4 The Paul Merage School of Business -98.33% 2
goal: 120
5 The Henry Samueli School of Engineering -98.43% 2
goal: 127
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Engineering 120 Gifts for $100,000 Challenge
$25,000
Engineering 120 Gifts for $100,000 Challenge
Thanks to a generous commitment from an anonymous donor, every 30 gifts made to any Samueli School of Engineering initiative on Giving Day will unlock $25,000 in support for the school. Help us reach 120 gifts to unlock the full $100,000!
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