San Francisco State University

Innovation. Challenging the status quo. Creativity. Making waves. All words that define the culture of San Francisco State University (SF State).
 
Just one year after SF State was founded in 1899, as the San Francisco State Normal School, the school’s teaching methods were defined as 'radical', and they've been shaking things up ever since. Through a process of continuous improvement and evolution, SF State has become a university like no other.

- -Firmly connected with its innovative home city.

- -Strongly committed to creating opportunities for each student to discover their unique path in life.

- -Deeply engaged with the world’s economies, cultures and politics.

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-Uniquely focused on excellence in teaching and research that can be actively applied toward improving the world.

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Attending SF State is more than an education -- it’s an experience, and true preparation for living a life of principle and value. SF State alumni are known worldwide as agents of change, creative artists, activists, inventors and company founders. Once a student at SF State, always a leader who is engaged and innovative. SF State offers bachelor’s degrees in 75 disciplines, master’s degrees in 63 disciplines and more than 50 certificate and credential programs. Students will be learning from the best, too. SF State’s faculty includes Guggenheim Fellowship recipients, Emmy Award and Pushcart Prize winners, National Science Foundation honorees and other internationally recognized leaders and innovators. They regularly work with Apple, Google, Facebook, the Smithsonian Institute, the National Institutes of Health, NASA and Pixar.