University of Silicon Valley
The University of Silicon Valley is a private for-profit university university in San Jose, California, in Silicon Valley. Founded in 1887 as Cogswell Technical School, and later known as Cogswell Polytechnical College.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: School
- Description: private university in San Jose, California
- Also known as: “Cogswell College”, “Cogswell Polytechnical College”, “Cogswell University of Silicon Valley”, and “USV”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lockheed Martin Transit Center and Borregas station.
Lockheed Martin Transit Center
Railway station
Photo: Grendelkhan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lockheed Martin Transit Center is a light rail and transit bus station operated by Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, located in Sunnyvale, California. Lockheed Martin Transit Center is situated 1,100 feet northwest of University of Silicon Valley.
Borregas station
Railway station
Photo: Pedro Xing, CC0.
Borregas station is a light rail station operated by Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, located in Sunnyvale, California. This station is served by the Orange Line of the VTA light rail system. Borregas station is situated 2,200 feet northeast of University of Silicon Valley.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sunnyvale and Alviso.
Sunnyvale
Photo: Alexey Komarov, CC BY 3.0.
Sunnyvale is a city in the South Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, in California. Sunnyvale was ranked the 5th safest city in the United States in its size category for 2004.
Alviso
Suburb
Photo: Vlad Butsky, CC BY 2.0.
Alviso is a district of San Jose, California, located in North San Jose on the southern shores of San Francisco Bay. Originally an independent town, founded in 1852, today Alviso is San Jose's only waterfront district, primarily residential in nature, with several Silicon Valley tech companies and recreation-oriented businesses. Alviso is situated 3 miles northeast of University of Silicon Valley.
Mountain View
Photo: Baltakatei, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mountain View in California is located in the heart of the Silicon Valley. Mountain View is one of the major cities that make up Silicon Valley, and has many notable Silicon Valley companies either headquartered there or with a large presence.
University of Silicon Valley
- Categories: private for-profit educational institution and education
- Location: Santa Clara County, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.40813° or 37° 24′ 29″ northLongitude
-122.02395° or 122° 1′ 26″ westElevation
20 feet (6 metres)Open location code
849VCX5G+7COpenStreetMap ID
node 358858301OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=school
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to French—“University of Silicon Valley” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “矽谷大學”
- Chinese: “科格威爾工藝學院”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جامعة وادى السيليكون”
- French: “Cogswell Polytechnical College”
- “Cogswell College”
- “Cogswell Polytechnic College”
- “Cogswell Polytechnical College”
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