In The Heart of It All!

Cal Poly Pomona offers the excitement of one of the world's most diverse metropolitan areas and Southern California's magnificent weather, while still retaining the serenity of a foothill community. The University's proximity to business and industry makes it ideal for internships and employment opportunities. In addition, the campus is only a short drive from natural (beach, mountains, and desert), cultural (theaters, museums, and galleries), and recreational sites (Disneyland, Hollywood Bowl, Kodak Theater, Knott's Berry Farm, Raging Waters, and Los Angeles County Fairgrounds).

Cal Poly Pomona is located on the eastern edge of Southern California's San Gabriel Valley.  The site of the University is the former winter ranch of William K. Kellogg, the cereal magnate. The University's 1,400-acre campus features lush rolling hills; flowers, plants and trees from all seven continents; a rose garden personally built by Kellogg; and a beautifully landscaped Japanese garden.  The university's aesthetic qualities are one of its best kept secrets.  Some of the world's finest architects and landscape architects designed and built the ranch - a hybrid of architecture, which combined the formal courtyards, gardens and elements of Spanish, Italian and Islamic architecture with the informality of a growing nouveau-riche society.  Pasadena architect Myron Hunt (Rose Bowl, Huntington Library) designed Kellogg's main house.  Charles Gibbs Adams whose work included the Hearst Castle Gardens in San Simeon, California was selected to landscape the grounds.  Later, the landscape was completed by Florence Yoch and Lucile Council, widely recognized as two of the finest garden designers and landscape architects in California.  More recently, Antoine Predock designed the University's administration building with a desert theme.