If you you’re looking for hands-on research experience, you need the right tools. At Cal Poly Humboldt, you’ll find a surprising array of special facilities that are available for undergraduates to use. It’s not something you’ll find at most universities.
At the Ocean
We take full advantage of our location on California’s pristine North Coast. In nearby Trinidad, we have a fully-equipped marine lab, and just to the south in Eureka is the home port of our research vessel, the 90-foot RV Coral Sea. Each are used for undergraduate teaching, special projects and research.
Artistic Touches
Students studying art at Humboldt have access to large and well-equipped studio facilities. They include the largest metal-casting foundry on the West Coast, an 8,500-square foot ceramics facility, cutting-edge computer lab, photo labs, and extensive sculpture and painting studios.
Humboldt State is also the only California state university to offer an undergraduate certificate in Museum and Gallery Practices. There are four galleries on campus—three of which are dedicated to providing students with artist exhibition and gallery management experience. We also have a gallery off-campus in Eureka where students have hands-on opportunities.
Research Facilities
California Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit
A cooperation among Cal Poly Humboldt, the Dept. of Fish & Game, and US Dept. of the Interior to conduct research that benefits fish, wildlife, their habitats, and ecosystems.
A Physics laboratory researching short-range tests of Newton's 1/r2 law and the Weak Equivalence Principle, searches for new fundamental forces and investigates the mechanism behind Dark Energy.
Staffed by Exercise Science students, the lab offers cardiovascular fitness, body composition assessments, nutrition analysis, and personalized fitness programs to Humboldt and the community.
A field experiment station for forestry researchers, an outdoor classroom for educators, and a demonstration area for forestry extension professionals.
Part of a network of wildlife emergency response centers, the facility is used to care for oiled seabirds in the event of a spill along California's North Coast
Students gain hands-on experience in applying GIS and remote sensing technologies as tools for managing, evaluating, analyzing and visualizing spatial data.
A botanical resource for students and faculty and researchers containing nearly 100,000 specimens, with a strong emphasis in the flora of northwest California and southwest Oregon.
With over 8,000 specimens, the teaching and research collection is the second largest of its kind in the CSU System and is particularly strong in marine mammals of the Pacific.
Supports Humboldt students in creating and implementing volunteer programs through the vehicle of service learning, which includes educational and experiential components.