San Jose State University
San José State University (San Jose State or SJSU) is a public university in San Jose, California. Established in 1857, SJSU is the oldest public university on the West Coast and the founding campus of the California State University (CSU) system.[9][10] The university, alongside the University of California, Los Angeles has academic origins in the historic normal school known as the California State Normal School.
Former name
Minns' Evening Normal School (1857–1862)
California State Normal School (1862–1921)
San Jose State Teachers College (1921–1935)
San Jose State College (1935–1972)
California State University, San Jose (1972–1974)
"Powering Silicon Valley"
1857
$250.8 million (2023–24)[1]
$448.4 million (2023–24)[2]
Vincent Del Casino[3]
2,179 (Fall 2023)[4]
1,424 (Fall 2022)[4]
36,062 (Fall 2023)[5]
27,111 (Fall 2023)[5]
8,595 (Fall 2023)[5]
Large city[6], 154 acres (62 ha) on main campus and 62 acres (25 ha) on south campus
Blue and gold[7]
Sammy Spartan
First Normal School in California (San Jose State College)
1/6/1949
417[8]
Located in downtown San Jose, the SJSU main campus is situated on 154 acres (62 ha), or roughly 19 square blocks. As of spring 2023, SJSU offers 150 bachelor's degree programs, 95 master's degrees, five doctoral degrees, 11 different credential programs and 42 certificates.[11] SJSU is accredited by the WASC Senior College and University Commission.[12]
SJSU's total enrollment was 36,062 in fall 2023, including nearly 8,600 graduate and credential students.[5] SJSU's student population is one of the most ethnically diverse in the nation. As of fall 2022, graduate student enrollment, Asian, and international student enrollments at SJSU were the highest of any campus in the CSU system.[5]
SJSU is consistently listed among the leading suppliers of undergraduate and graduate alumni to Silicon Valley technology firms,[13][14][15][16] and philanthropic support of SJSU is among the highest in the CSU system.[17]
SJSU sports teams are known as the Spartans and compete in the NCAA Division I FBS Mountain West Conference.
As a member institution of the California State University System, San Jose State falls under the jurisdiction of the California State University Board of Trustees and the chancellor of the California State University.
The chief executive of San José State University is the university president. On December 21, 2021, Mary A. Papazian officially resigned as SJSU president. CSU Chancellor Joseph Castro appointed Stephen Perez as interim university president effective January 3, 2022. Perez previously served as provost and vice president of academic affairs at California State University, Sacramento.[71]
In November 2022, the California State University Board of Trustees named Cynthia Teniente-Matson as the new, permanent SJSU president. Teniente-Matson officially took over in January 2023.
The university is organized into nine colleges:
Additionally, SJSU has seven focused schools:
Academic rankings
30
17
87
291
1001–1200
1452
Air Force ROTC[edit]
Known academically as the Department of Aerospace Studies, SJSU's Detachment 045 is one of only two Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps detachments in the San Francisco Bay Area.[131] As such, Detachment 045 hosts "crosstown cadets" from other Bay Area schools including Santa Clara University, Stanford University and UC Santa Cruz.[132] San Jose State students and crosstown cadets enrolled in the AFROTC program learn leadership skills and participate in a number of other mandatory activities leading to an active-duty U.S. military officer commission.
