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From first-hand access to leading-edge research and scholarship to connections to industry leaders in the Silicon Valley, SJSU is the gateway to creativity and innovation — and the place to transform your future. Find out more.

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Most Transformative University

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Best Undergraduate Engineering Program

Ranked by U.S. News and World Report among Public Universities that offer bachelor’s and master’s degrees.

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Top Colleges for Diversity in the Nation

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News

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SJSU Receives $1.2M for Wildfire Research, $500K for Community Clinic

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SJSU's First Healthy Development Community Clinic

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Women in Engineering Conference: ‘Leaders for Tomorrow’

SJSU Presidential Seal.

Updates on SJSU Athletics Department

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Events

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Latin American Choral Festival

Event On Mar 19

Title IX 50th Anniversary Event

Event On Mar 22

Robin Lasser - Breathing Fire: The Voices of Those Left Standing

Event On Mar 23

MLK Library Late Night Tutoring: Bio, Chem, Math & Physics

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Why Choose SJSU?

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Shaping the Future of Student Success

San José State provides a world-class education—whether courses are online or in person. The university is expanding the ways we provide high-quality education and unique research and hands-on experiences to students.

Research

Katie Wilkinson.

How a ‘Lucky Accident’ Contributed to Nobel Prize-Winning Research

Thanks, in part, to research conducted by Assistant Professor of Biology Katie Wilkinson and two of her undergraduate students — two California scientists won this year’s 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Creativity

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Listen to “The Accidental Geographer” Season 2

Hosted by our very own Provost, Vincent del Casino, “The Accidental Geographer” is designed to introduce the expertise of SJSU faculty, whose research, teaching, and commitments to community engagement bring life to this cutting-edge university. Available on your favorite podcast platforms.

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Last Updated Mar 15, 2022