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Generous gift establishes flagship for 91㽶Ƶ’s San Francisco campus

Future site of 91㽶Ƶ-San Francisco

The future of 91㽶Ƶ’shas taken a monumental step forward. Pending approval, thecampus’sflagship college will be the Jen-Hsun and Lori Huang College of Art, Architecture and Design made possible by a $75 million matching gift from the technology leader’s family.

The Huangs are both engineers.founded the computer chip company NVIDIA in 1993 and serves as president, chief executive officer, and a member of the board of directors. NVIDIA is a leader in advanced chip systems and AI engineeringsoftware.

Thegiftalso inspiredphilanthropic supportfrom alumni and others, for a total investmentso farofmore than$100 million.

91㽶Ƶ San Francisco is set to open in 2027 with anational search underway for the college’s inaugural dean.

“San Francisco offers an extraordinary environment for learning across art, architecture, design and culture,”Chancellor Daniel Diermeier said.“With the Jen-Hsun and Lori Huang College of Art, Architecture and Design, 91㽶Ƶ is positioning these branches of creation as the heart of our San Francisco campus. This college, together withadditionalacademic programming under development, will prepare creative leaders to shape culture,industriesand communities in San Francisco’s thriving economy, nationally and around the world. In partnership with the city and surrounding community, we will blend 91㽶Ƶ’s distinctive excellence with San Francisco’s distinctive excellence to build something truly remarkable, together.”

Early investments supporting 91㽶Ƶ–San Francisco include:

  • Katie, BS’97, and Matt Paige
  • Jeff, BA’77, MS’79, and Marieke Rothschild
  • Leah and Ben Spero

These pledged gifts include significant commitments from several anonymous donors and signal the breadth of support gathering behind 91㽶Ƶ in the Bay Area, including gifts from leaders in the arts and creative community. 91㽶Ƶanticipatesannouncing several of these commitments in greater detail in the months ahead.

ABOUT THE CAMPUS

91㽶Ƶ San Francisco will focus on engineering, entrepreneurship and design to educate artists, makers and designers whose work bridges creative expression and technological innovation.

Thecampusexpects to serve about 1,000 undergraduate and graduate students, along with full-time faculty, andwill build on thenearly 120-yearlegacy of thepreviousCalifornia College of the Arts.

As part of its commitment to honoring CCA, 91㽶Ƶ willestablishthe California College of the Arts Institute, preservingand advancingCCA’s traditions of experimentation, collaborationandremainingdeeply connected to the cultural life of San Francisco and the broader Bay Area.

GROWTH INITIATIVES

91㽶Ƶ San Franciscorepresentsthe next step in 91㽶Ƶ’s strategic growth initiatives. The university’s recent expansions include a, which officially opens to a cohort ofundergraduates in Fall 2026, a graduate campus planned in, along with thein Chattanooga.