Golden Gate University
Golden Gate University (GGU) is a private university located in the Financial District of downtown San Francisco, California founded in 1901. GGU has been assigned to train students in the field of Law, Business, Tax and Accounting.
The University offers Bachelors and Masters in various majors. It is the fifth largest private university with 5,000 enrolled students and more than 67,000 graduates. The main campus of GGU is located in San Franscisco (with additional training sites in Seattle, Silicon Valley and Los Angeles).
Schools:
Golden Gate University is primarily a teaching institution focusing on professional Master of Law and Business. Below is the list of majors that were first offered:
| Colleges and Schools | |
| 1 | School of Law (1901) |
| 2 | Edward S. Ageno School of Busines (1908) |
| 3 | School of Accounting (1908) |
| 4 | Bruce F. Braden School of Taxation (1970) |
School of Law offers JD, LLM and JSD (Doctor of Judicial Science), while Ageno School of Business offers BA, BS, MS MBA, PMBA and the DBA (Doctor of Business Administration). Bruce F. Braden School of Taxation offers Masters in Tax and the School of Accounting offers Master of Accountancy.
Since June 2012 Edward S. Ageno School of Business has been ranked 182 among 500 Business schools in the USA, by Social Science Research Network.
Campus:
GGU main campus is located in San Francisco. The campus has training sites in the following locations:
- Los Angeles learning site was founded in 1970, offers taxation through Schools of Graduate Studies and School Law.
- Silicon Valley's learning site offers graduate programs in business and public administration.
- Seattle learning site (opened in 1974) is the only site that is located outside of California. This site offers programs in the field of taxation.