Cal Maritime and Cal Poly set to merge
Ben Unglesbee
November 22, 2024
A report from California State University leaders this week said the nautical institution faces a “dire, binary choice”: Partner with another university, or close.
Dive Brief:
In a bid to save California State University Maritime Academy from closing, the Cal State system’s trustee board approved a plan Thursday to merge the institution with California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.
Officials expect the integration process to be completed by the beginning of the 2026-27 academic year, according to a press release. The trustees set two major milestones: administrative integration, due in July 2025, and academic and enrollment integration by fall 2026.
Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong is set to lead the new governance structure of the combined institutions. The new administration will also include a CEO of the maritime university, which will be renamed the Cal Poly, Solano Campus.
