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Academic Calendar
Calendar system:
Semester
Semester/term begin dates:
Mid-August for fall
Mid-January for spring
Month(s) in which new student orientation is held:
June through late July for fall
January for spring
Academic Experience
Majors with the highest enrollment:
Business Administration - Marketing
Mechanical Engineering
Psychology
Biological Science
Computer Science
Kinesiology
Art
Percent of full-time freshman students who returned for sophomore year:
80%
Programs Offered
Special academic programs offered:
Student-designed majors, double majors, dual degrees, independent study, honors program, pass/fail grading option, internships, distance learning. Humanities Honors GE https://www.sjsu.edu/hum/humanities-honors-ge/index.php Honors X Program: https://www.sjsu.edu/provost/honorsx/index.php
Preprofessional programs offered:
Pre-Law and Pre-Med programs are available. Pre-Med: https://www.sjsu.edu/chhs-ssc/advising/health-professions.php Pre-Law https://www.sjsu.edu/prelaw/
International study abroad programs:
https://www.sjsu.edu/studyabroad/
After Graduation
List of firms that most frequently hire graduates:
Accenture
Adobe Systems
Amazon
Apple
Cisco
City of San San Jos�
County of Santa Clara
Deloitte
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
EY
Fremont Unified School District
Genentech
Google, Inc.
Grant Thornton
IBM
Intel Corporation
Intuit
Kaiser Permanente
KLA
KPMG
Lockheed Martin
Meta
NVIDIA
Oracle
Palo Alto Networks
PayPal
Price Waterhouse Coopers (PwC)
San Jos� State University
Santa Clara Unified School District
SAP America, Inc.
ServiceNow Inc.
Silicon Valley Bank
Stanford University
Target Corporation
Tesla
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Valley Medical Center Foundation
Walmart
Western Digital
List of most prominent alumni/ae:
https://alumni.sjsu.edu/s/1771/16/interior.aspx?sid=1771&gid=2&pgid=547
Data as of: 12/30/2024
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