Southern University System

{{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){{cite web|url=http://www.sus.edu/CatSubCat/CatSubCat.asp?p9=CSC11 |title=Southern University System | 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 }}

|president = Dennis Shields

|students = 15,000

|city = 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}}

}}{{Location map+|Louisiana|places={{Location map~ | Louisiana

| marksize = 8

| label_size = 80

| label = Baton Rouge

| position = left

| lat_deg = 30.524674

| lon_deg = -91.190034 }}

{{Location map~ | Louisiana

| marksize = 8

| label_size = 80

| label = New Orleans

| position = left

| lat_deg = 29.95

| lon_deg = -90.08 }}

{{Location map~ | Louisiana

| marksize = 8

| label_size = 80

| label = Shreveport

| position = right

| lat_deg = 32.514722

| lon_deg = -93.747222 }}|float=right|caption=Southern University System Locations}}

The Southern University System is a system of public historically black 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. The Southern University System is the only historically black college system in the United States.{{cite web |url=http://www.sus.edu/AboutUs.asp |title=Southern University System | 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 }}