Founded in 1918, Santa Rosa Junior College (SRJC) is one of the oldest publicly-funded community colleges in California. The Santa Rosa Campus is located approximately 60 miles north of San Francisco in Northern California's scenic wine country. With its ivy covered brick buildings, towering oak trees, flower gardens and manicured lawns SRJC is one of the most beautiful campuses in the California Community Colleges system. In addition to its state-of-the art classroom facilities and laboratories, the Santa Rosa campus houses a Planetarium, an Art Gallery and the Santa Rosa Junior College Museum. The friendly and dedicated faculty and staff at SRJC are happy to assist international students with priority registration, on-campus employment, nearby housing, university transfer, academic counseling and more. SRJC is ranked #1 among large California Community Colleges for acceptance rates to the UC system. Many international students from SRJC have successfully transferred to top-ranked universities, including UC Berkeley, Cornell University and UCLA. SRJC offers over 100 majors. In addition to offering programs in business, computer studies, nursing, and science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), SRJC is proud to be training future winemakers, chefs and concierges to showcase their talents in numerous fine restaurants, hotels and wineries throughout Sonoma County and worldwide. With the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Sierra Nevada Mountains to the east and several lakes and rivers nearby, sailing, hiking, water skiing, snow skiing, surfing, rafting, kayaking and cycling are all easily accessible. San Francisco is easy to get to by public transportation, where students can go shopping, ride a cable car, visit museums, attend festivals, experience Fisherman's Wharf and so much more. Average Temperatures: Low (winter): 37°F/3°C High (summer): 83°F/28°C