Cal Poly Humboldt

Cal Poly Humboldt At Cal Poly Humboldt, students find their futures with creativity and practicality. They’re preparing to shape the world today and for the future.

Founded in 1913, Cal Poly Humboldt began as a small college for teachers. Today Humboldt has grown into a comprehensive university with rigorous science and liberal arts programs. Designated a polytechnic in 2022, Cal Poly Humboldt provides hands-on, impactful educational opportunities that lead to meaningful, measurable outcomes for the individual, for the state, and the world. Cal Poly Humboldt

is proud to have nearly 6,000 students of all backgrounds spread across 61 majors, 13 graduate programs, and 4 credential programs — all of whom contribute passion and creativity within their fields and set the stage for a future grounded in equity and sustainability. Hands-on learning, inspired teaching, ground-breaking research, and thought-provoking creative activity happen daily at Humboldt. Finding a better future is a task for the bold and open, the down-to-earth and visionary. Cal Poly Humboldt strives to cultivate these qualities in leaders, innovators, and scholars in every field.

Day 1️⃣✅️Welcome back 'Jacks!
08/25/2026

Day 1️⃣✅️

Welcome back 'Jacks!

08/19/2026
Less than a week until classes begin, but campus is already feeling more lively!
08/19/2026

Less than a week until classes begin, but campus is already feeling more lively!

MOVE-IN DAY! Welcome home to Humboldt 💚
08/15/2026

MOVE-IN DAY! Welcome home to Humboldt 💚

All roads lead to Humboldt...🌲💚💛Safe travels, Lumberjacks. We can't wait to see you!
08/15/2026

All roads lead to Humboldt...🌲💚💛

Safe travels, Lumberjacks. We can't wait to see you!

Just over a week away until move-in day! We can't wait to welcome you home!
08/07/2026

Just over a week away until move-in day! We can't wait to welcome you home!

07/29/2026

That hump day feeling 😴🥱🦉

This nest cam footage shows Poppy, mom of Maple, Sage, Sequoia, and Hemlock. This barn owl family, who live in a nest box at a demonstration vineyard in Lodi, California is one of several owl families that Cal Poly Humboldt Wildlife Professor Matt Johnson and his team study for their research, which found that barn owls reduce the number of rodents in vineyards not only by eating them but also scaring them 😱

07/29/2026

Take a look back at memorable moments from the 2025–26 academic year through the lenses of photographers from across the CSU.

It's that time of year again! 📸 💚💛This photo, which shows students in a wildland firefighter training course trekking th...
07/27/2026

It's that time of year again! 📸 💚💛

This photo, which shows students in a wildland firefighter training course trekking through the Bald Hills near Orick, California, was taken by campus photographer/GOAT Kellie Jo Brown and is Humboldt's submission to photo of the year contest! Check them all out and vote for your favorites. (We know who we're voting for 😉.)

vote: https://www.calstate.edu/csu-system/news/Pages/Photo-of-the-Year-2026.aspx

One month 'til we're back in business 💚💛Who else is excited for the semester to start? 🙌
07/24/2026

One month 'til we're back in business 💚💛

Who else is excited for the semester to start? 🙌

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