California State University, Long Beach

California State University, Long Beach is a large, public doctoral university with more than 42,000 students and a broad, career-connected academic and research mission. Its 322-acre campus sits within Southern California’s Space Beach ecosystem, giving corporate R&D teams access to faculty expertise, student talent, shared facilities, and more than 100 engineering labs. Industry engagement is supported through corporate affiliates, senior-design mentorship, sponsored research pathways, and partnerships with regional employers and public-sector organizations. Research is administered through the Office of Research and Economic Development and the CSULB Research Foundation, with awards from federal, state, local, and private sponsors, including NSF and NIH. Commercialization support includes entrepreneurship programming, provisional patent support, and NSF I-Corps pathways.