5151 State University Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90032

California State University Los Angeles, founded in 1947, is a comprehensive university that offers programs of higher education in more than 50 academic and professional fields. The California university is organized into six colleges that house nearly 50 academic departments and divisions.

California State University Los Angeles' reputation as a center of learning attracts students from all areas of the United States and from many foreign countries. One quarter of the campus' 21,000 students are engaged in post-baccalaureate study in programs leading to master's and doctoral degrees; teaching, service, and specialist credentials; certificates; and other types of programs that prepare them for professional advancement.

The campus is nestled among rolling hills on a site that once housed one of California's 36 original adobes, built in 1776 by Franciscan missionaries and destroyed by fire in 1908. These lands once were part of a Spanish land grant known as the Rancho Rosa Castilla, created by the family of Juan Batista Batz, a Basque rancher from northern Spain who settled here in the 1850s. The inspiration for the name of the rancho, according to local historians, was the wild rose that once grew near the ranch home. The main drive through the campus is known as Paseo Rancho Castilla, in acknowledgment of our historic heritage.

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More than 130 student organizations offer countless involvement opportunities and over 350 events are hosted each year on the California State University Los Angeles campus. Bands, movies, TV show tapings, museum trips, snowboarding, and major events: there is always something to do.

California State University Los Angeles operates year round on the quarter system. Four quarters, each 11 weeks in duration, comprise the academic year of this California University. The summer quarter is a regular academic quarter, equal in all respects to the other three quarters.

California State University Los Angeles has one of the most diverse student populations of any college or university in the nation. Building on the strengths of this rich diversity, our University prepares students for success in advanced studies, in their careers, and throughout their lives.

California State University Los Angeles has been a dynamic force in the education of students, setting a record of outstanding academic achievement for more than 50 years within the California State University system and beyond.

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