USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Higher EducationCalifornia, United States501-1000 Employees
The USC Viterbi School of Engineering is the engineering college of the University of Southern California, based in Los Angeles, California, founded in 1905 and named for Andrew Viterbi. It draws students from 64 countries and emphasizes entrepreneurship as a core element of its approach to engineering education. The school is consistently ranked among the top graduate programs and operates under the leadership of Dean Yannis C. Yortsos, with a mission to serve California, the nation and the world. It enrolls about 2,925 undergraduates and 6,689 graduate students across 14 bachelor's programs, 22 minors, 65 master's programs, and 13 doctoral programs. The institution supports research that aims to restore sight to the blind, restore memory in Alzheimer’s patients, and develop socially assistive robots, and it houses the first operational quantum computing center in academia. In 2025, USC announced a partnership with OpenAI, reflecting ongoing collaboration to expand its research footprint.