Welcome to San Francisco State University’s School of Engineering website!
Since 1959, the School of Engineering has been educating and empowering engineers who help drive innovation in California and beyond. Today, we remain the only accredited four-year engineering school in San Francisco—and a major contributor to the Bay Area’s STEM workforce. Our enrollment has stayed strong at around 1,240 students over the past four years, despite continued weakness in overall campus enrollment. Our strong enrollment reflects the robust demand for engineering and other STEM workforce in the Bay Area.
The School currently has 26 tenure-line faculty, 38.5% of whom are women—double the national average of 18.5%. Our faculty are active researchers, educators, and mentors dedicated to student success. We now have three NSF CAREER Award recipients—Dr. Xiaorong Zhang (2018), Dr. Jenna Wong (2023), and Dr. Stephanie Claussen (2025)—as well as several faculty who have received recent NSF grants as principal investigators, including our assistant professors including Dr. Sanchita Ghose and Dr. Alyssa Kubota. This year, we are especially proud to be ranked #46 out of 292 institutions in the 2025–2026 U.S. News & World Report Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs (No Doctorate) and #69 out of 584 in the 2026 Wall Street Journal Best U.S. Colleges ranking.
Our students continue to excel both inside and outside the classroom. The Steel Bridge team placed third in stiffness, lightness, and structural efficiency at the 2025 ASCE Mid-Pacific Steel Bridge Competition, while our Solar Regatta team earned 4th place overall in the 2025 California Solar Regatta. Our MESA Program continues to grow, serving as a cornerstone in attracting and supporting first-generation and underrepresented students pursuing engineering careers. Additionally, we have built strong partnerships with companies such as Keysight Technologies, Instron Corporation, MTS Systems Corporation, Computer and Structures Inc., Quanser Inc., Synopsys, and Cadence to equip our labs with industry-grade tools and created new internship pipelines for our students. A recent highlight is the 10 engineering students that were selected to be the inaugural Apple Next-Generation Innovator Mentorship Program. SFSU is one of 22 campuses selected by Apple to participate in this new program aim to support students in STEM careers.
With our move into the new $150 million Science and Engineering Innovation Center, the School is entering an exciting new era. This cutting-edge facility features modern teaching and research labs, collaborative maker spaces, and advanced engineering systems that support hands-on, project-based learning across robotics, renewable energy, digital systems, seismic engineering, process controls, and green building technology, and more.
Thank you for visiting SF State’s School of Engineering. I invite you to explore our programs, connect with our community, and join us in shaping the future of engineering education in the Bay Area and beyond. Please contact me at ksteh@sfsu.edu if you have any questions or suggestions.
Go Gators!
Kwok Siong Teh, Ph.D.
Professor and Director
School of Engineering
San Francisco State University
