Golden Gate University - Overview

For more than 110 years, non-profit Golden Gate University (GGU) has been helping adults achieve their professional goals by providing undergraduate and graduate education in Accounting, Law, Taxation, Business and related areas.

GGU is California's fourth oldest private university, enrolling 5,000 students and representing more than 68,000 alumni. The university's main campus is located in San Francisco with additional teaching sites in Seattle, Silicon Valley and Los Angeles. In addition to evening and weekend classes, most courses and degrees are offered entirely online.

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Why GGU:

Golden Gate University's sole purpose is to educate adults -- like you -- who are balancing the complex demands of life. We recognize the value of your education and work background, and will help you leverage your experience to accelerate your progress toward a degree.

We give you real-world knowledge from instructors who are practicing professionals in some of the Bay Area's largest and most successful organizations. We are a non-profit university, so you know that your tuition goes to your education -- not to shareholders.

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History

Golden Gate University traces its origins to an evening lecture series started by the San Francisco YMCA during the California gold rush in the early 1850s. Even then, lectures focused on practical issues of the day such as gold assaying and English.

The first degree-conferring program of the university started in 1901, with the formation of California's first evening law school. By offering classes at night, Golden Gate made legal studies available to the common person. Four students comprised the law school's first graduating class.

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Mission

Golden Gate University prepares individuals to lead and serve by providing high-quality, practice-based educational programs in law, taxation, business and related professions - as a nonprofit institution - in an innovative and challenging learning environment that embraces professional ethics and diversity.

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Academics

Golden Gate University offers a wide range of courses, both on campus and online, for students at all levels of higher education. Whether you are trying to finish a degree, working to advance your career, or looking to sharpen your skills through a certificate program, we have a program that fits your needs

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Location & Facilities

• San Francisco
• Los Angeles
• Seattle
• Silicon Valley

With many classes offered online, a main campus in downtown San Francisco, and three West Coast teaching sites, Golden Gate University is committed to offering you flexible and convenient programs.

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ONLINE

GGU eLearning offers online courses that allow students to update their skills or earn degrees and professional certificates without ever setting foot on campus. eLearning also provides increased communication, storage for course documents, and supplemental course material for web-enhanced in-person courses.

All Undergraduate Programs and most Graduate Programs are available entirely online.

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SAN FRANCISCO

The GGU San Francisco campus is located in the heart of the city's downtown financial district, and is easily accessible by public transportation. GGU libraries, legal clinics and centers, computer lab, student and alumni lounges and service offices are located here.

All Degree and Certificate Programs and Law Classes are offered on the San Francisco campus.

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LOS ANGELES

GGU branched out to Southern California in the 1970s when the area's major accounting and law firms requested our outstanding taxation program. GGU's Los Angeles site is located in the Ernst & Young building in the heart of downtown Los Angeles. The facility has two conference-style classrooms and includes a fully-equipped computer lab

Graduate Taxation Programs are offered in a variety of formats: evening, weekend, 5- and 10-week intensive and online.

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Seattle

GGU has been serving the Seattle area since 1974. Situated in downtown Seattle's 4th and Pike Building, GGU Seattle offers evening courses (Monday through Thursday). For students entering the field of taxation, tax season internships can be integrated into the completion plan.

Master of Science in Taxation and Graduate Certificates in Taxation classes are offered in the evenings and some are offered in 8-week intensive weekend and 15-week online formats.

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Silicon Valley

The Silicon Valley location is one of GGU's regional learning centers. It enables local students to combine weeknight and Saturday in-person classes to complete their degrees in an accelerated cohort format.

Executive MPA and MS Human Resource Management cohorts meet on a fixed schedule with a core group of students at GGU Silicon Valley.