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Former name | California Polytechnic School (1901–1947), California Polytechnic State College (1947–1972) |
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Motto | Discere Faciendo (Latin) |
Motto in English | "Learn by Doing" |
Type | Public polytechnic university |
Established | March 8, 1901 |
Parent institution | California State University |
Accreditation | WSCUC |
Academic affiliations | Space-grant |
Endowment | $285.3 million (2022-23)[1] |
President | Jeffrey Armstrong |
Provost | Cynthia Jackson-Elmoore[2] |
Academic staff | 1,469 (Fall 2023)[3] |
Administrative staff | 1,630 (Fall 2023)[3] |
Undergraduates | 21,497 (Fall 2023)[4] |
Postgraduates | 782 (Fall 2023)[4] |
Location | , , United States |
Campus | Small suburb[6], 9,678 acres (3,917 ha) total; 1,321 acres (535 ha) main campus; 155 acres (63 ha) campus core[5] |
Newspaper | Mustang News |
Colors | Green and gold[7] |
Nickname | Mustangs |
Sporting affiliations | |
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Website | calpoly |
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California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo[b] is a public university in San Luis Obispo County, adjacent to the city of San Luis Obispo. It is the oldest of three polytechnics in the California State University system.
The university is organized into six colleges offering 65 bachelor's and 39 master's degrees. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo primarily focuses on undergraduate education and, as of fall 2022, Cal Poly had 20,963 undergraduate and 815 graduate students.[10] The academic focus is on combining technical and professional curriculums with the arts and humanities. Most of the university's athletic teams participate in the Big West Conference.
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