This college is located on the northeastern side of the main campus, which is in the heart of the Silicon Valley.

Charles W. Davidson was a civil engineer for the City of San Jose and a real estate broker for companies he founded, such as DKD Property Management and L&D Construction.

[4] The Charles W. Davidson College of Engineering provides fourteen undergraduate majors, seventeen Master's degrees, ten academic minors, and six academic certificates from thirteen engineering disciplines.

[10] San Jose State offers a double degree program in computer engineering where one earns a bachelor's (B.S.)

State residency and graduating from a high school in the Santa Clara County are factors as well.