Southern University
Southern University and A&M College (Southern University, Southern, SUBR or SU) is a public historically black land-grant university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. 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, with an agricultural experimental station on an additional 372-acre site, five miles north of the main campus on Scott's Bluff overlooking the Mississippi River in the northern section of Baton Rouge.
Former names | Southern University for Colored Students (1880–1890) |
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| 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 |
| 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 | www |
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.