Information for New Faculty

The faculty and staff at the Electrical Engineering Department would like to welcome you to the department and to UCLA. This pages overviews many of the resources that are in place to assist new faculty.

Diversity

• Diversity at UCLA 
• Faculty Diversity Information
• UCLA Affirmative Action Plan
  

Academic Resources

• UCLA Faculty Handbook (information on faculty rights and responsibilities, etc.)
• Academic Personnel Manual (information on appointments and promotions, etc.)
• UCLA Benefits Office (information about health & welfare, retirement & savings, on-line forms, etc.)
• UCLA Recruiting Incentives Summary (compendium of recruitment incentives and tax consequences)
• UCLA Campus Human Resources (information about job opportunities, employee and labor relations and training and development)
• UCLA Academic Senate
• Bruin Card (serves as your official University identification card/badge)

   

Computing Resources

• How to Create your Email Account as a new Faculty Member?
• EEweb (EE department's online management system)
• Buin Online (email, web hosting services, network connectivity, etc.)
• SEASnet Computing Facility
• Science and Engineering Library

   

New to California

• Department of Motor Vehicles (for driver's license & motor vehicle infomartion).
• California Franchise Tax Board (for state tax information).
• UCLA International Office (for visa and work permit information).

   

Useful Resources for Moving, Relocation, Mortgages

• US Postal Service (for change of address form). 
• Moving.com (provides moving related services).
• RPSrelocation.com (resources for people on the move)
• Simple Mortgage Calculators (personal finance tools)
• UCLA Policy & Procedures for Moves & Transfers 
• UCLA Policy for Relocation Expenses
• UCLA Recruiting Incentives Summary

   

University Neighborhoods

• Zip Code and Neighborhood Map (university neighborhoods)
• Neighborhood Profiles (university neighborhoods)
  

   

Rentals

• Average Rental Rates
• UCLA Community Housing Office (rental housing assistance) 
• UCLA Housing Office (assistance for faculty and staff)
• Westside Rentals (rental finding service in Southern California)
• Los Angeles Times Rental Ads (rental ads in the Los Angeles Times newspaper)
• Sabbatical Homes (home exchange, temporary housing, furnished homes, home rentals and tenant listing opportunities for the academic community)

   

Real Estate

• Realtor.com (search listed homes)
• Move.com (search listed homes)
• ZipRealty.com (search listed homes)
• Zillow.com (search listed homes and estimated home prices)
• MOP Loan Program (university loan program)

   

Schools and Childcare

• UCLA Child Care
• Los Angeles Unified School District
• Beverly Hills Unified School District
• Santa Monica/Malibu Unified School District
• Culver City Unified School District
• Private Schools in Los Angeles (from privateschoolreview.com)
• Private Schools in Los Angeles (from allprivateschools.org)
• Private Schools in Los Angeles (from at-la.com)
• Information on Private Schools in Los Angeles (from Yahoo)

   

Entertainment and Dining

• UCLA Restaurants (campus restaurants) 
• UCLA Faculty Center
• UCLA Store
• UCLA Live (events and performances)
• UCLA Central Ticket Office (sports and performances)
• UCLA Recreation

   

Transportation

• Directions 
• UCLA Transportation and Parking
• Los Angeles Airports
• Santa Monica Bus Lines
• Los Angeles MTA