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California Polytechnic State University, also known as California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, or Cal Poly, is a public university located in San Luis Obispo, California, United States. Founded in 1901 as a vocational high school, it is currently one of only two polytechnic universities in the 23-member California State University system. With six colleges, the university offers 64 bachelor's degrees, 32 master's degrees, and 7 teaching credentials. The university does not grant doctoral degrees.Cal Poly is known for its "learn by doing" educational philosophy that encourages students to solve real-world problems by combining classroom theory with experiential laboratory exercise. Business administration is Cal Poly's highest enrolled major, followed by mechanical engineering and biological sciences. Cal Poly is one of four California State Universities that participate in the Big West Conference in athletics, and is a member of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities.HistoryOverviewCal Poly was established as the California Polytechnic School in 1901 when Governor Henry T. Gage signed the California Polytechnic School Bill after a campaign by journalist Myron Angel. The polytechnic school held its first classes on October 1, 1903 to 20 students, offering secondary level courses of study, which took three years to complete. The school continued to grow steadily, except during a period from the mid 1910s to the early 1920s when World War I led to drops in enrollment and drastic budget cuts forced fewer class offerings.

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