page_title: California State University, Northridge
hierarchical_section_title: California State University, Northridge
caption_attribution_description: English: The Oviatt Library building (2009) — at California State University, Northridge in the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, California.
context_page_description: California State University, Northridge or CSUN is a public university in Northridge, California, a neighborhood in the United States' second-largest city of Los Angeles. CSUN belongs to the California State University system. It was founded first as the Valley satellite campus of California State University, Los Angeles and adopted its current name of California State University, Northridge in 1972. It has become the third largest university in the California State System.
  CSUN offers a variety of programs leading to bachelor's degrees in 61 fields, master's degrees in 42 fields, and a doctoral degree in educational leadership. Cal State Northridge hosts the National Center on Deafness, and each year the university hosts the International Conference on Technology and Persons with Disabilities.
  The school's sports teams, nicknamed "Matadors", play in the Big West Conference.
context_section_description: California State University, Northridge or CSUN is a public university in Northridge, California, a neighborhood in the United States' second-largest city of Los Angeles. CSUN belongs to the California State University system. It was founded first as the Valley satellite campus of California State University, Los Angeles and adopted its current name of California State University, Northridge in 1972.  It has become the third largest university in the California State System.
  CSUN offers a variety of programs leading to bachelor's degrees in 61 fields, master's degrees in 42 fields, and a doctoral degree in educational leadership. Cal State Northridge hosts the National Center on Deafness, and each year the university hosts the International Conference on Technology and Persons with Disabilities.
  The school's sports teams, nicknamed "Matadors", play in the Big West Conference.
caption: Oviatt Library of Cal State Northridge.
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