Learn by Doing ensures you play an active role in helping solve some of California’s — and the world’s — most complex challenges: climate change, tech and humanity, space, the built …

We select some of the best and brightest students in California and around the world to join the Cal Poly family. Choose your status and learn more about what it takes to become a Mustang.

Capping it All Off. Cal Poly first required seniors to complete a capstone project in 1940, placing even greater emphasis on Learn by Doing. Today, your project might take the form of …

Centered In / Central to California. California leads the nation in the number of Fortune 1000 companies that call the state home and is a world leader in a wide range of industries: food …

The right university will offer you resources, opportunities and a place to explore your passions, develop your skills and prepare you for a successful career. It will provide a community where …

Find workshops and programs that support learning how to live and work in a diverse and global society. Visit the Office for University Diversity and Inclusion website for information on how …

We prepare for the future by graduating creative thinkers who have both depth of expertise and breadth of knowledge, and who will be able to help solve the increasingly complex challenges …

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