Southern University
Former names | Southern University for Colored Students (1880–1890) |
|---|---|
| Type | Public flagship land-grant historically black land-grant university |
| Established | April 10, 1880 |
Parent institution | SU System |
| Accreditation | SACS |
Academic affiliations | |
| Endowment | $9.4 million (2018) |
| Vice-Chancellor | James H. Ammons |
| President-Chancellor | Dennis Shields |
Administrative staff | 1,600 |
| Students | 8,226 (fall 2022) |
| Undergraduates | 6,470 (fall 2022) |
| Postgraduates | 1,756 (fall 2022) |
| Location | , , United States 30°31′29″N 91°11′24″W / 30.524674°N 91.190034°W |
| Campus | Urban; 512 acres (207 ha) |
| Newspaper | The Southern Digest |
| Colors | Columbia blue and gold |
| Nickname | Jaguars & Lady Jaguars |
Sporting affiliations | NCAA Division I FCS – SWAC |
| Website | subr.edu |
Southern University and A&M College (Southern University, Southern, SUBR or SU) is a public historically black land-grant university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States. It is the largest historically black college or university (HBCU) in Louisiana, a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, and the flagship institution of the Southern University System. Its campus encompasses 512 acres (207 hectares), with an agricultural experimental station on an additional 372-acre (151-hectare) site, five miles (8.0 km) north of the main campus on Scott's Bluff overlooking the Mississippi River in the northern section of Baton Rouge.
Southern University's 13 intercollegiate athletics teams are known as the Jaguars, and are members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) in NCAA Division I. The Human Jukebox is a well known collegiate marching band that has been representing Southern University since 1947.