Gallena Celebrates 80 Years

Gallena University celebrates 80 years of academic excellence. Gallena University is a private University which was founded in 1931.

The 310-acre campus is located in Gallena, a diverse community in a culturally rich region of Northern California. The University enrolls 3,634 students in twenty-five undergraduate and seven graduate programs with approximately 350 full-time faculty and staff. Gallena University celebrates 80 years of academic excellence. The University community is committed to basic education and shuns educational fads of the moment. The student body represents all 50 states and many foreign countries. Originally the university was a private institution founded by local mining concerns for those who were unable to travel to San Francisco for college. The original mining company Gallena Mining LLC gave way to a private board of trustees in 1912 and has been a private university ever since. The University is a national model for positive change and academic excellence. Our focus is on quantitative performance and results.