TL;DRJensen and Lori Huang donated $75M to Vanderbilt University for a new art, architecture and design college in San Francisco. It is Huang’s largest university gift. Opens 2027.
Jensen and Lori Huang have given Vanderbilt University $75 million to establish the Jen-Hsun and Lori Huang College of Art, Architecture and Design in San Francisco. The $75 million is a matching gift, and it has already spurred over $100 million in additional private support from alumni and donors including leaders in the Bay Area arts community. It is Huang’s largest gift to any university, surpassing the more than $50 million he has given to his alma mater Oregon State. Both Jensen and Lori Huang are engineers.
The college will open in 2027 at the former California College of the Arts campus in Potrero Hill, building on CCA’s nearly 120-year legacy. Vanderbilt will establish a California College of the Arts Institute to preserve CCA’s traditions. The campus expects to serve about 1,000 undergraduate and graduate students with a focus on engineering, entrepreneurship, and design. A national search is underway for the founding dean. The San Francisco campus is part of Vanderbilt’s broader expansion that includes a New York City campus opening to undergraduates this autumn and a graduate campus planned in West Palm Beach.
