San Diego State University (SDSU), founded in 1897 as San Diego Normal School, is the largest and oldest higher education facility in the greater San Diego area (generally the City and County of San Diego), and is part of the California State University system.
SDSU is the only California State University campus with this classification, which places it among the top 200 higher education institutions in the country conducting research.
San Diego State University awards bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees (Ph.D., Ed.D, and Au.D) in a total of 151 fields. SDSU offers the most doctoral degrees of any campus of the California State University system, currently in sixteen academic and research disciplines.
San Diego State University has been designated a “Research University” by the Carnegie Foundation. University faculty consistently attract hundreds of millions of U.S. dollars annually in grants and contracts for research and program administration, and SDSU’s research and graduate degree programs lead all other campuses of the California State University system.
San Diego State University is the leader in the California State University system in awarding Ph.D. (joint with UCSD or Ed.D degrees, currently awarding such degrees in 16 academic disciplines.
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San Diego State University
5500 Campanile Drive
San Diego, Ca 92182
Tel: 619-594-5200
Official Website: http://www.sdsu.edu/