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San Jose State is conveniently located on 154 acres in downtown San Jose, midway between San Francisco and the Monterey/Carmel area at the sunny southern end of the San Francisco Bay, and is easily accessible from area freeways.From its beginnings as a normal school that trained teachers for the developing frontier, SJSU has matured into a metropolitan university offering more than 145 areas of study with an additional 108 concentrations.

You are a domestic or international applicant who has earned a bachelor’s degree and want to pursue a master's degree from one of our graduate programs.You have earned a bachelor’s degree and would like to return to college for another. Unfortunately we currently do not accept students pursuing a second bachelor’s degree except for students who are pursuing a bachelor’s degree in nursing.

Looking for ways to stay healthy and active? SJSU offers a variety of facilities where you can work out, and plenty of opportunities to have fun and stay fit with other Spartans through group fitness classes, intramural sports and outdoor adventures. Arts and culture are a vital part of the campus community. SJSU’s wealth of talent and diversity means there is almost always a performance, recital or cultural event for you to attend.

San Jose State is a major, comprehensive public university located in the center of San Jose and in the heart of Silicon Valley. SJSU is the oldest public university in the West. Its distinctive character has been forged by its long history, by its location, and by its vision—a blend of the old and the new, of the traditional and the innovative. Among its most prized traditions is an uncompromising commitment to offer access to higher education to all persons who meet the criteria for admission, yielding a stimulating mix of age groups, cultures and economic backgrounds for teaching, learning and research. With a faculty that is active in scholarship, research, technological innovation, community service and the arts, SJSU takes pride in and is firmly committed to teaching and learning.

In collaboration with nearby industries and communities, SJSU faculty and staff members are dedicated to achieving the university's mission as a responsive institution of the state of California: To enrich the lives of its students, to transmit knowledge to its students along with the necessary skills for applying it in the service of our society, and to expand the base of knowledge through research and scholarship.

Consistently ranked as one of the West’s top public universities offering bachelor’s and master’s degrees, San Jose State provides a wide range of undergraduate, graduate and doctoral programs that promote intellectual inquiry and independent thought. From the arts to engineering, SJSU's academic environment is one of the most challenging in the nation. SJSU received re-accreditation by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.

Some of the best learning experiences at San Jose State emerge where academia meets the wider community. Students at SJSU benefit from the many partnerships the university has built across Silicon Valley and our campus initiatives seek to mirror the values of diversity and sustainability mirrored in both local communities and the high-tech industry.

San Jose State provides the tools researchers need to thrive. Our researchers contribute to their fields and have a positive impact on our local and global communities. Working with both graduate and undergraduate assistants, our researchers make the world a better place one experiment at a time. Some of our major programs include the Mineta Transportation Institute, Moss Landing Marine Labs and Human Factors Research at NASA.Every year, hundreds of local, state, and federal agencies, businesses and private foundations work with SJSU faculty members and specialists to perform basic and applied research, public service and community projects, consulting and other specialized educational activities. It's no wonder that San Jose State ranks among the top 200 schools nationwide for total research and development expenditures.

On a typical day, molecular biology major Nikki Nguyen sets up her experiments in a cancer biology lab. Before removing her T-75 flask from the incubator, Nguyen sprays her bottles with 70 percent ethanol and then distributes the ethanol with Kimwipes. Sterilizing and working under a laminar flow hood ensures that the research team does not contaminate the spindle-shaped breast cancer cells within. They don't want to chance starting over.

Through the prestigious Howard Hughes Medical Institute SCRIBe Undergraduate Research Program, a partnership between San Jose State's biology department and HHMI, Nguyen gets to engage in cutting-edge independent research in a molecular biology lab. At most large research universities, participation in faculty research is the domain of graduates students.At San Jose State, undergraduate students frequently work alongside their professors doing cutting-edge research.

Opportunities abound to pursue an exciting array of basic and applied research. San Jose State offers comprehensive resources to support the research endeavors of our faculty and students. From identifying internal and external funding opportunities and preparing proposals to managing awards and complex compliance requirements, San Jose State provides the tools researchers need.

San Jose State University was founded in 1857 as Minns' Evening Normal School, and is the oldest public school of higher education in the state. The university now offers more than 145 areas of study with an additional 108 concentrations.