General Information
The Southern University System is composed of the system office and five campuses located in Baton Rouge Shreveport, and New Orleans, Louisiana. The governing body of the Southern University System is the Southern University Board of Supervisors. The Chief Administrative Officer of Southern University Baton Rouge is the Chancellor. Directly reporting to the Chancellor are the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, Vice Chancellor for Research, Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration, and the Director of Athletics.
The Baton Rouge campus is located on beautiful Scott's Bluff, overlooking the Mississippi River, in the northern part of the city, and encompasses 512 acres of land with an additional 327-acre experimental station located five miles north of the campus. The University is a publicly supported, land-grant, comprehensive institution that is focused on research, teaching, and service to the community. Baton Rouge is the second-largest metropolitan city in Louisiana with a population estimated at 230,000. The Greater Baton Rouge area, however, has a population of 825,000 while the urban area has close to 600,000 people. Baton Rouge is the capital of the State of Louisiana and serves as an important cultural, political, educational, and industrial center.