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{{Short description|Public university system in Louisiana}}
{{Primary sources|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox university
|name = Southern University System
|image_name = Southern university system.png
|image_size = 175px
|established = {{start date and age|1974}} (''by the Louisiana State Constitution'')<ref name="autogenerated9">{{cite web|url=http://www.sus.edu/CatSubCat/CatSubCat.asp?p9=CSC11 |title=Southern University System &#124; SU Board |website=SUS.edu |url-status=dead |archive-date=2015-09-29 |access-date=2015-12-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929132700/http://www.sus.edu/CatSubCat/CatSubCat.asp?p9=CSC11 }}</ref>
|president = Dennis Shields
|students = 15,000
|city = [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge]]
|state = [[Louisiana]]
|country = United States
|coor = {{coord|30.524674|N|91.190034|W|source:dewiki_region:US-LA_type:landmark|format=dms|display=inline, title}}
|website = {{url|www.sus.edu}}
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    | label_size = 80
    | label = [[Southern University|Baton Rouge]]
    | position = left
    | lat_deg = 30.524674
    | lon_deg = -91.190034 }}
{{Location map~ | Louisiana
    | marksize = 8
    | label_size = 80
    | label = [[Southern University at New Orleans|New Orleans]]
    | position = left
    | lat_deg = 29.95
    | lon_deg = -90.08 }}
{{Location map~ | Louisiana
    | marksize = 8
    | label_size = 80
    | label = [[Southern University at Shreveport|Shreveport]]
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    | lon_deg = -93.747222 }}|float=right|caption=Southern University System Locations}}

The '''Southern University System''' is a system of public [[historically black]] [[university|universities]] in the U.S. state of [[Louisiana]]. Its headquarters are at the Joseph Samuel Clark Administration Building on the [[Southern University]] campus in [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge]]. The Southern University System is the only historically black college system in the United States.<ref name="autogenerated9"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sus.edu/AboutUs.asp |title=Southern University System &#124; About Us |website=SUS.edu |url-status=dead |archive-date=2015-12-27 |access-date=2015-12-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151227101727/http://www.sus.edu/AboutUs.asp }}</ref>

==Institutions==
The Southern University System has five institutions located throughout the state. Each institution operates its own budget and each has a chancellor.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sus.edu/CatSubCat/CatSubCat.asp?p9=CSC10 |title=Southern University System &#124; Campuses |website=SUS.edu |url-status=dead |archive-date=2015-12-27 |access-date=2015-12-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151227104254/http://www.sus.edu/CatSubCat/CatSubCat.asp?p9=CSC10 }}</ref>

*[[Southern University|Southern University and A&M College]] at [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge]] (flagship school)
*[[Southern University at New Orleans]]
*[[Southern University at Shreveport]]
*[[Southern University Law Center]] in Baton Rouge (law school)
*Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Baton Rouge

===Southern University Laboratory School===
{{main|Southern University Laboratory School}}
Southern University Laboratory School (Southern Lab) is a [[laboratory school]] under Southern University's College of Education that serves students in K-12 grades; it is located on the Baton Rouge campus.  The school has been operating since 1922.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sulabschool.com/history/|title=History – Southern University Laboratory School|website=sulabschool.com}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|United States}}
*[[List of colleges and universities in Louisiana]]

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official|http://www.sus.edu}}

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{{University Systems in Louisiana}}

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[[Category:Public university systems in the United States]]
[[Category:Historically black universities and colleges in Louisiana]]
[[Category:1974 establishments in Louisiana]]


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