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Rankings and Awards

Our focus on Learn by Doing and its ability to produce a high return on investment, has consistently helped us achieve high rankings in influential university ranking publications such as U.S. News & World Report and Forbes.

Professor Aydin Nazmi is one of four faculty members from across the CSU system to earn the Wang Family Excellence Award.

Cal Poly mechanical engineering seniors advanced to the semifinals of a NASA challenge to develop a device that harvests water from the moon and Mars.

Jafra Thomas received the 2021 Hally Beth Poindexter Young Scholar Award for his contributions to interdisciplinary scholarship.

Student-run Mustang Media Group received the awards at the Associated Collegiate Press and the College Media Association virtual awards ceremony.

The Institute of International Education found in a national survey that Cal Poly students are increasingly choosing to study abroad.

Cal Poly architecture students earned honorable mentions at the national ACSA/AISC Steel Design Student Competition.