California State University, Long Beach (sometimes Long Beach State or CSULB) is a campus of the California State University system located in Long Beach, California, at the southern coastal tip of Los Angeles County.

The campus was established in 1949 as the "Los Angeles-Orange County State College"; the next year it became Long Beach State College. It acquired its current name in 1972. Today the campus spans 323 acres across 84 buildings.

Table of contents

1 Academics 2 Students 3 Notable Alumni 4 External Link

Academics

The university has seven academic colleges

• Arts
• Business Administration
• Education
• Engineering
• Health & Human Services
• Liberal Arts
• Natural Sciences and Mathematics

plus an Interdisciplinary Studies program.

Students

As of Fall 2001, CSULB had approximately 33,000 students, making it the second most populous campus of the CSU system.

Notable Alumni

• Steven Spielberg - filmmaker who was a student from 1965-1969 and 2001-2002, earning a B.A. in Film

External Link

• http://www.csulb.edu/